A few days ago I decided to participate in JMIR WIKI (another great initiative from the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation). I was a little embarrased about that because I know the importance of this forum, but anyway the Internet allows us to do this kind of things and I think we should take advantage… Read more »
Posts Categorized: eHealth
Who is empowered in e-health?
‘Jakob Nielsen’s Digital Divide: The Three Stages’ posted by Ismael Peña talking about Empowerment Divide and a conversation with him make me think about empowerment in health and the consequences of Internet in this topic. Roma Harris and Tiffany Veinot wrote The Empowerment Model and Using E-Health to Distribute Information. In this working paper they… Read more »
New Web-based tools, health education and health communication
It looks like the Web 2.0 has arrived to the field of health education as far as we can find articles talking about it. I have read Boulos, M., et al. (2006). “Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education.” BMC Medical Education 6(41): 8 [link]… Read more »
World Health Organization and eHealth
The World Health Organization (WHO) created in 2005 the Global Observatory for eHealth (GOe) As its initial task it carried out the first global survey on eHealth. The survey covered seven key themes in the eHealth domain and one of these is the subject of this report which summarizes the needs for eHealth tools and… Read more »