Managing eHealth

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxii

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2. Introducing eHealth: Past, Present and Future

   1. Introducing eHealth: Past, Present and Future

      • Diane Whitehouse, Petra Wilson

      Pages 1-15

3. Politics — Policy and Institutions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17

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   2. On the Creation of AIM and Its First Six Years

      • Niels Rossing

      Pages 19-25

   3. European eHealth Agenda, 1990–2010

      • Ilias Iakovidis

      Pages 26-36

   4. From Governments to Governance: An Emerging Paradigm in eHealth

      • Joan Dzenowagis

      Pages 37-49

   5. New Directions in eHealth Governance in Europe

      • Zoi Kolitsi, Michèle Thonnet

      Pages 50-60

   6. The Emergence of EU Law and Policy on eHealth

      • Petra Wilson

      Pages 61-73

4. People — Professionals, Patients and Consumers

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75

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   2. Physicians’ Perspectives on eHealth

      • Birgit Beger, Michael Wilks

      Pages 77-94

   3. Nursing’s Pivotal Role in eHealth: A Brief, Selective History

      • Nicholas R. Hardiker

      Pages 95-105

   4. The Emerging Role of the Health Informatician as a Key Player on eHealth

      • Jean Roberts

      Pages 106-119

   5. eHealth for Patient-Driven Healthcare

      • Diane Whitehouse, Magdalene Rosenmöller

      Pages 120-130

   6. Dynamic Quality Control for a Changing Internet

      • Célia Boyer, Mayoni Ranasinghe

      Pages 131-147

   7. Social Networks for Health: A Personal Snapshot

      • Denise Silber

      Pages 148-158

5. Practice — New Ways of Working and Other Challenges

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 159-159

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   2. The Role of eHealth in Supporting Care Coordination

      • Nick Goodwin, Albert Alonso

      Pages 161-173

   3. The eHealth Contribution to Person-Centred Care

      • Dipak Kalra, Jörg Artmann, Veli Stroetmann, Niels Boye

      Pages 174-189

   4. HIT: The Leadership Role of Hospitals

      • Antoine Geissbühler, Josep M. Piqué, Magdalene Rosenmöller

      Pages 190-201

   5. Recent US Experience with Health ICT

      • Don Eugene Detmer

      Pages 202-214

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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• IESE Business School, Spain

  Magdalene Rosenmöller

• The Castlegate Consultancy, Malton, UK

  Diane Whitehouse

• CEO, International Diabetes Federation, Brussels, Belgium

  Petra Wilson

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.

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