West Health Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Annu Rev Biomed Eng. 2013;15:359-82. doi: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-071812-152350. Epub 2013 May 13.
eHealth holds the promise of revolutionizing health care by improving its efficiency; extending and enhancing its reach; energizing and engaging its practitioners and their patients; and in the process, democratizing, decentralizing, and even partially demystifying the practice of medicine. In emerging and developing countries, the use of eHealth and smart health-care planning has the potential to expand access to necessary treatments and prevention services that can serve as underpinnings of rapid economic development. In developed countries, the application of eHealth promises to restructure the business model of health-care delivery, while at the same time improving and personalizing the quality of care received. This article reviews the past, present, and future of eHealth in an effort to illuminate the potential of its impact.
电子健康有望通过提高效率、拓展和增强服务范围、激发并吸引从业者及其患者的参与来彻底改变医疗保健行业，在此过程中，还使医疗实践民主化、去中心化，甚至在一定程度上揭开其神秘面纱。在新兴和发展中国家，电子健康和智能医疗保健规划的使用有可能扩大必要治疗和预防服务的可及性，这些服务可以成为快速经济发展的基础。在发达国家，电子健康的应用有望重塑医疗服务的商业模式，同时提高和个性化护理质量。本文回顾了电子健康的过去、现在和未来，以努力阐明其影响的潜力。
