Information Technology and Community
Health
In the advent of Information Communication
Technology (ICT), the current healthcare
industry is undertaking a significant
transformation. - Since the goal of the
health system is to provide quality,
affordable, accessible, equitable, and
efficient health for all, majority of the health
systems are challenged to improve the
quality of care while decreasing cost and
establish an administrative and medical
process with the use of ICT such as digital
health. - --ANSWER---eHealth in the
Community Setting
,__________ also known as information and
communication technology (ICT) in the
health system, is the field of theory and
practice associated with any aspect of
adopting digital technologies to improve
health from its conceptualization to
application or operation (WHO, 2019;
Ghebreyesus, 2017). - --ANSWER---Digital
health,
it involves the use of different health care
services to improve patient's health and
well being - --ANSWER---Digital health
Often digital health is used interchangeably
with eHealth. But________ is broader and
focuses also on smart devices, huge data
storage and big data analytics (WHO,
2019). Moreover, since the face of digital
health is dynamic, terms - eHealth, medical
informatics, health informatics,
telemedicine, telehealth, and mHealth -
, have been used over the last decades,
depending on the available advancements
of technologies and their respective local
environments - --ANSWER---digital health
However, _______ goes beyond its simple
meaning as it reflects the integration of
concepts while allowing flexibility for diverse
purposes to understand various categories,
functions and policy needs (WHO, 2019).
The terms digital health and eHealth will be
used interchangeably depending on the
context within which the particular term is
being discussed. - --ANSWER---digital
health
The ultimate objective of digital health is to -
--ANSWER---enable a health system to use
ICT to improve the achievement of health
and wellness, in line with national strategies
and plans as well as with the global
objectives such as Universal Health
Health
In the advent of Information Communication
Technology (ICT), the current healthcare
industry is undertaking a significant
transformation. - Since the goal of the
health system is to provide quality,
affordable, accessible, equitable, and
efficient health for all, majority of the health
systems are challenged to improve the
quality of care while decreasing cost and
establish an administrative and medical
process with the use of ICT such as digital
health. - --ANSWER---eHealth in the
Community Setting
,__________ also known as information and
communication technology (ICT) in the
health system, is the field of theory and
practice associated with any aspect of
adopting digital technologies to improve
health from its conceptualization to
application or operation (WHO, 2019;
Ghebreyesus, 2017). - --ANSWER---Digital
health,
it involves the use of different health care
services to improve patient's health and
well being - --ANSWER---Digital health
Often digital health is used interchangeably
with eHealth. But________ is broader and
focuses also on smart devices, huge data
storage and big data analytics (WHO,
2019). Moreover, since the face of digital
health is dynamic, terms - eHealth, medical
informatics, health informatics,
telemedicine, telehealth, and mHealth -
, have been used over the last decades,
depending on the available advancements
of technologies and their respective local
environments - --ANSWER---digital health
However, _______ goes beyond its simple
meaning as it reflects the integration of
concepts while allowing flexibility for diverse
purposes to understand various categories,
functions and policy needs (WHO, 2019).
The terms digital health and eHealth will be
used interchangeably depending on the
context within which the particular term is
being discussed. - --ANSWER---digital
health
The ultimate objective of digital health is to -
--ANSWER---enable a health system to use
ICT to improve the achievement of health
and wellness, in line with national strategies
and plans as well as with the global
objectives such as Universal Health
