eHealth: Redefining health care in the light of technology

Abstract

Information and communication technology is now the major enabler for healthcare organizations on many levels- national, regional and local-hoping to achieve structural and cultural change in healthcare provision; for example, the UK's NPfIT (National Program for IT) and the National Health Information Initiative in the United States. Final NPfIT costs are variously estimated from £12billion to £31 billion. Major initiatives are also underway in other developed as well as developing economies to address healthcare issues with eHealth technologies. © 2008 International Federation for Information Processing.