Technology enabled knowledge translation for ehealth : Principles and practice /
<p>Better health for the world's people is a moral imperative. Digital innovation linking the globe is a growing reality. Intersecting these critical phenomena, Technology-Enabled Knowledge Translation (TEKT) is opening up numerous arenas for improving access to care, upgrading quality of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Springer New York
2012.
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| Series: | Healthcare Delivery in the Information Age
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| Online Access: | Click here to view the full text content |
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| Summary: | <p>Better health for the world's people is a moral imperative. Digital innovation linking the globe is a growing reality. Intersecting these critical phenomena, Technology-Enabled Knowledge Translation (TEKT) is opening up numerous arenas for improving access to care, upgrading quality of care, advancing health education, and reducing health inequities worldwide. </p><p> </p><p><i>Technology-Enabled Knowledge Translation for eHealth </i>surveys in depth the current status of major TEKT projects and its potential to contribute to future widespread health care refinements. In applications as varied as bioinformatics, youth e-mentoring programs, and electronic communities of practice, TEKT is shown as evolving toward larger humanitarian goals, addressing environmental concerns, and-in keeping with one of the earliest premises of the Internet-answering the salient question, "How global is e-health?" Contributors set out a well-rounded picture of TEKT use across health delivery platforms as the book:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Updates technological concepts in training, recordkeeping, and quality control.</li><li>Provides extended examples of virtual collaboration between colleagues.</li><li>Explores TEKT as a means of improving health outcomes in disadvantaged populations.</li><li>Demonstrates applications of social media in qualitative research.</li><li>Reports on TEKT projects from Mexico, China, and Brazil.</li><li>Applies TEKT practice at the policy level. </li></ul><p> </p><p>Health care administrators as well as researchers in health care management, policy, and services will find <i>Technology-Enabled Knowledge Translation for eHealth </i>a leading-edge resource that stimulates action as well as interest. </p> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (XIV, 440 pages) 89 illustration, 43 illustration in colour, digital. |
| ISBN: | 9781461434955 |