This book constitutes an excellent source of information for gaining a better understanding of information technologies in healthcare; for reviewing how healthcare will change as a consequence; and how to manage these changes in order to realise eHealth's full potential in creating value for patients, professionals and the system as a whole.

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Magdalene Rosenmöller is Professor of IESE's Operations Management Department, University of Navarra, Spain. German by nationality, she holds a MD (University Louis Pasteur, France), a PhD in Health Policy (University of London, UK) and an MBA from IESE Business School. Her main areas of expertise are health management, managing information technology and innovation in health care, European health and research policies, and global health issues.

Diane Whitehouse is a founding partner of The Castlegate Consultancy, which specialises in research, policy and deployment in eHealth. She previously worked in the European Commission's DG Connect in these same areas of expertise. Her career has spanned action research, academic research/teaching, civic and human rights, policy formation, and publishing. Her academic background covered information systems, organizational theory and behaviour, and political science.

Petra Wilson is the Chief Executive Officer of the International Diabetes Federation. She has a PhD in Public Health Law from Oxford University, UK, and over 20 years' experience in the eHealth sector as senior director in Cisco's Connected Health team, and previously as European Director of the European Health Management Association. She has also worked for the European Commission in its eHealth Directorate. Originally trained in law, Petra spent several years as a lecturer at Nottingham University, UK, specialising in healthcare law.

Inhalt

1. eHealth From Vision to Reality; Diane Whitehouse, Petra Wilson and Magdalene Rosenmöller PART I: POLITICS - POLICY AND INSTITUTIONS 2. On the Creation of AIM And Its First Six Years; Niels Rossing 3. European eHealth agenda, 1990-2010; Ilias Iakovidis 4. From Governments to Governance: an Emerging Paradigm in eHealth; Joan Dzenowagis 5. New Directions in eHealth Governance in Europe; Zoi Kolitsi and Michèle Thonnet 6. Shaping eHealth through Legal actions; Petra Wilson PART II: PEOPLE - PROFESSIONALS, PATIENTS AND CONSUMERS 7. Physicians' Perspectives on eHealth; Birgit Beger and Michael Wilks 8. Nursing's Pivotal Role in eHealth: a Brief, Selective History; Nicholas R. Hardiker 9. The Emerging Role of the Health Informatician as a Key Player on eHealth; Jean Roberts 10. A Quick Scan of Patients' Relationships with eHealth; Diane Whitehouse 11. Dynamic Quality Control for a Changing Internet; Célia Boyer and Mayoni Ranasinghe 12. Social Networks for Health a Personal Snapshot; Denise Silber PART III: PRACTICE - NEW WAYS OF WORKING AND OTHER CHALLENGES 13. The role of eHealth in supporting care coordination; Nick Goodwin and Albert Alonso 14. The eHealth Contribution to Person-Centred Care; Dipak Kalra, Jörg Artmann, Veli Stroetmann, and Niels Boye 15. HIT -The Leadership Role of Hospitals; Antoine Geissbuhler, Josep M. Piqué and Magdalene Rosenmöller 16. Recent US Experience with Health ICT; Don Eugene Detmer 17. Reshaping Health in a World of Mobile Phones; Patricia Mechael, Ada Kwan, Avrille Hanzel and Chelsea Hedquist 18. eHealth in Drug Discovery and Disease Research; Mats Sundgren 19. The European Virtual Physiological Human Initiative; Vanessa Diaz-Zuccarini, Rainer Thiel, Veli Stroetmann 20. Making the Economic Case for eHealth;Tom Jones