What is eHealth (3): A systematic review of published definitions

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Oh, Hans ^a,b   Rizo, Carlos ^a,b   Enkin, Murray ^a   Jadad, Alejandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

eHealth; Information services; Internet; Medical informatics; Systematic review; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; DATA BASE; DATA EXTRACTION; DATA SYNTHESIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PRINTING; PUBLICATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING;

EID: 22144477475     PISSN: 14388871     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.7.1.e1     Document Type: Review

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