Putting Another "e" in "Health"
ICT is transforming healthcare worldwide. Our North America correspondent takes a look at a range of ehealth applications that are attracting attention across the continent.
Paul Turek doesn鈥檛 bother with the phone much anymore. The doctor, who runs a male fertility clinic, uses a web service called Healthloop to monitor his young patients after surgery, ensuring that they are recovering properly and using the right dose of medication.
...鈥淎s we collect this data, it can be used to develop a treatment plan,鈥� explains Yeona Jang, professor of practice at 平特五不中鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management. 鈥淭he data is then available to do competitive evidence-based treatment, and to compare the results of different kinds of medication.鈥�
Read full article: , April 3, 2013