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E-Health: Current Status and Future Trends

E-Health: Current Status and Future Trends

Virginie Felizardo, Paula Sousa, Daniel Sabugueiro, Celina Alexandre, Rafael Couto, Nuno Garcia, Ivan Pires
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 25
ISBN13: 9781466672666|ISBN10: 1466672668|EISBN13: 9781466672673
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-7266-6.ch016
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Felizardo, Virginie, et al. "E-Health: Current Status and Future Trends." Handbook of Research on Democratic Strategies and Citizen-Centered E-Government Services, edited by Ćemal Dolićanin, et al., IGI Global, 2015, pp. 302-326. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7266-6.ch016

APA

Felizardo, V., Sousa, P., Sabugueiro, D., Alexandre, C., Couto, R., Garcia, N., & Pires, I. (2015). E-Health: Current Status and Future Trends. In Ć. Dolićanin, E. Kajan, D. Randjelović, & B. Stojanović (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Democratic Strategies and Citizen-Centered E-Government Services (pp. 302-326). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7266-6.ch016

Chicago

Felizardo, Virginie, et al. "E-Health: Current Status and Future Trends." In Handbook of Research on Democratic Strategies and Citizen-Centered E-Government Services, edited by Ćemal Dolićanin, et al., 302-326. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-7266-6.ch016

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Abstract

Due to higher life expectancy, the number of older people continues to increase, and with it the number of cases of chronic diseases. Estimates indicate that the percentage of people with at least one chronic disease living in modern societies can reach as much as 40%, making chronic diseases one of the major challenges for modern healthcare systems. In order to reduce healthcare costs, solutions based on information and communication technologies have emerged. The expansion of e-Health solutions is associated with the increased demand for flexible, comprehensive, and cost-effective chronic care models, and continues expanding, putting together a very comprehensive set of knowledge. This chapter presents an inclusive and widespread current state of the art of e-health solutions for chronic diseases, proposing a number of predictable future trends and scenarios.

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