Title: Electronic healthcare: issues and challenges

Authors: Sushil K. Sharma, Huinan Xu, Nilmini Wickramasinghe, Nazim Ahmed

Addresses: Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, Miller College of business, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA. ' Department of Information Systems and Computing, Brunel University, Uxbridge, UB8 3PH, UK. ' Computer and Information Science Department, James J. Nance College of Business Administration, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44114, USA. ' Department of Information Systems and Operations Management, College of Business, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306, USA

Abstract: The shift in the nation|s attention, resources and interest toward internet-related healthcare activities, often called |e-health|, is dramatic and a most significant development in the healthcare environment. E-health, while exciting and promising, also presents new challenges, particularly in regard to acceptable standards, choice of technologies, overcoming traditional jurisdictional boundaries, up-front investment and privacy and confidentiality. This paper presents e-health architecture and various issues and challenges that need to be resolved before e-health becomes commonplace.

Keywords: e-health; internet-related healthcare; online healthcare; telemedicine; e-healthcare; electronic healthcare; standards; technology selection; jurisdictional boundaries; investment; privacy; confidentiality; legal issues; health information.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEH.2006.008693

International Journal of Electronic Healthcare, 2006 Vol.2 No.1, pp.50 - 65

Published online: 16 Jan 2006 *

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