@inbook{c5dbde32230442c1aa49ea16c4cfd2dc,
title = "Preface",
abstract = "e-Health – in its many forms – continues to be implemented throughout the globe, yet sound evidence of its {\textquoteleft}value{\textquoteright} to healthcare systems remains limited, and achieving its successful, sustained integration is a challenge. Telehealth, one component of e-health, also suffers from the same shortcomings, and has not yet reached the necessary tipping point for assuring its universal adoption. Health consultations delivered via videoconferencing, store-and-forward solutions for remote provision of health services, and home monitoring of patients for telecare are examples of some diverse areas of Telehealth that offer gains in quality and efficiency. In contrast, the recent spontaneous growth of mobile healthcare solutions as smartphones become more common amongst healthcare providers, and creation of web-based wellness promotion and health management tools has opened up whole new areas for Telehealth to provide future benefits. ",
keywords = "e-health, telehealth, Videoconferencing, remote health delivery",
author = "Maeder, {Anthony J.} and Maurice Mars and Scott, {Richard E.}",
note = "This book is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License. ; 3rd International Conference on Global Telehealth, GT 2014 ; Conference date: 10-11-2014 Through 11-11-2014",
year = "2014",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-1-61499-455-8",
series = "Studies in health technology and informatics",
publisher = "IOS PRESS",
pages = "v",
editor = "Anthony Maeder and Maurice Mars and Richard Scott",
booktitle = "Global Telehealth 2014",
}