Richardson Ricky
Richardson Consulting (UK) Limited, London, UK.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2003;96:151-6.
eHealth has been defined as "a means of applying new low cost electronic technologies, such as 'web enabled' transactions, advanced networks and new design approaches, to healthcare delivery. In practice, it implies not only the application of new technologies, but also a fundamental re-thinking of healthcare processes based on using electronic communication and computer-based support at all levels and for all functions both within the healthcare service itself and in its dealings with outside suppliers. eHealth is a term which implies a way of working rather than a specific technology of application". As the chairman of the eHealth Working Group of the European Health Telematics Association and as an Honorary Consultant Physician at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children as well as a Consultant Paediatrician at the Portland Hospital for Women and Children, the author tries to identify relevant aspects of eHealth for Europe.
电子健康被定义为“一种应用新型低成本电子技术的方式，例如‘基于网络的’交易、先进网络和新设计方法，以用于医疗保健服务的提供。实际上，它不仅意味着新技术的应用，还意味着基于在医疗服务机构内部及其与外部供应商打交道的所有层面和所有职能中使用电子通信和计算机支持，对医疗保健流程进行根本性的重新思考。电子健康这个术语意味着一种工作方式，而非特定的应用技术”。作为欧洲健康远程信息处理协会电子健康工作组主席、大奥蒙德街儿童医院名誉顾问医师以及波特兰妇女儿童医院儿科顾问医师，作者试图确定欧洲电子健康的相关方面。
