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Making a Business Case for eHealth and Teleservices

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Telemedicine is emerging as a critical solution to some challenging problems of our current health-care system: access to care, cost-effective delivery, and distribution of limited providers. With Internet connectivity and decreasing computer costs, online health-care services are increasingly available. Now, more than ever, patients expect personalized connectivity and communication with health-care providers along with self-service access to their personal health information. Teleservices and e-Health are therefore being deployed to provide medical management to consumers of various ages and health statuses through secure e-mail, websites, and online home medical devices. This chapter describes the application of Return on Investment (ROI) models to shape Teleservices and e-Health.

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  1. eHealth Services Information Services Division, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Suzanne Paone

  2. Health-UPMC, University Center at Level Green, 101 Orchard Drive, Level Green, PA, 15085, USA

    Grant Shevchik

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  2. , School of Health and Rehabilitation Scie, University of Pittsburgh, 4033 Forbes Tower, Atwood and Sennott Streets, Pittsburgh, 15217, USA

    Ellen R. Cohn

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Paone, S., Shevchik, G. (2013). Making a Business Case for eHealth and Teleservices. In: Kumar, S., Cohn, E. (eds) Telerehabilitation. Health Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4198-3_20

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