Knapp Caprice
Department of Epidemiology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2010 Feb;27(1):66-73. doi: 10.1177/1049909109355596.
e-Health has the potential to improve pediatric palliative care. e-Health initiatives use the Internet or health information technology to improve quality of care and have the potential to decrease costs by reducing medical errors, reducing duplication of services, improving access to diagnostic and laboratory results, and improving communication between providers and patients, and so on. The majority of e-health initiatives are for adults and only a limited amount of evidence exists in the literature on e-health interventions in palliative care that are focused on pediatrics. To explore what role e-health could play in pediatric palliative care programs, this article aims to describe the Internet use in general in the United States and in palliative care, describe the use of health information technology in general in the United States and in palliative care, and suggest areas in pediatric palliative care that might benefit from e-health interventions.
电子健康有潜力改善儿童姑息治疗。电子健康倡议利用互联网或健康信息技术来提高护理质量，并有可能通过减少医疗差错、减少服务重复、改善诊断和实验室结果的获取以及改善提供者与患者之间的沟通等方式降低成本。大多数电子健康倡议针对的是成年人，而关于专注于儿科的姑息治疗中电子健康干预措施的文献证据有限。为了探讨电子健康在儿童姑息治疗项目中可能发挥的作用，本文旨在描述美国总体上以及姑息治疗领域的互联网使用情况，描述美国总体上以及姑息治疗领域的健康信息技术使用情况，并提出儿童姑息治疗中可能从电子健康干预措施中受益的领域。
