Digital medicine:health care in the Internet era

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: West Darrell M 1954-
Corporate Authors: Brookings Institution
Group Author: Miller Edward Alan
Published: Brookings Institution Press,
Publisher Address: Washington, D.C.
Publication Dates: c2009.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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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.