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eHealth, Telematics and Telehealth

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This chapter focuses on the background/development, practice and outcomes related to eHealth, telematics and telehealth in the context of psychiatric/mental health nursing and mental health care. According to the World Health Organization in 2016, the implementation of different technological solutions is seen as one development that would help promote and support person-centred care and research. The empirical and narrative-based accounts of benefits and drawbacks of eHealth are explored, and the author points out how the preponderance of the evidence in this area appears to show that eHealth or telehealth interventions and programmes can be just as effective as face-to-face care. Following this, the role of P/MH nurses in working with eHealth and telematics, specific areas where this has already found to be effective and specific are explored. The chapter concludes by pointing out how adaptation of eHealth is a challenge for mental health nurses to remain updated and capable of finding the most suitable technological solution with patients and families.

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I would like to thank the information specialist Taina Peltonen at the Tampere University of Applied Sciences for her support in the literature searches.

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Kilkku, N. (2018). eHealth, Telematics and Telehealth. In: Santos, J., Cutcliffe, J. (eds) European Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing in the 21st Century. Principles of Specialty Nursing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31772-4_17

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