Digital medicine:health care in the Internet era
Saved in:
Main Authors: | |
---|---|
Corporate Authors: | |
Group Author: | |
Published: |
Brookings Institution Press,
|
Publisher Address: | Washington, D.C. |
Publication Dates: | c2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Subjects: | |
Carrier Form: | xii, 183 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780815702764 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815702760 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | R319 |
CLC: | R319 |
Call Number: | R319/W517 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-173) and index. The e-health revolution -- Online content and sponsorship status -- Use of technology -- Relationship between use of digital technology and attitudes toward health care -- Digital disparities -- Information acquisition -- International comparisons -- Improving digital medicine. "Investigates factors limiting the ability of digital technology to remake health care. Analyzes data sources to study content of health care-related websites, sponsorship status, public usage, and the relationship between e-health use and health care attitudes. Examines the different ways in which officials overseas have implemented health information technology"--Provided by publisher. |