E-health in Egypt: challenges and opportunities

Author

Shaheen, Samir I.

Author_Institution

Min. of Commun. & Inf. Technol., Giza, Egypt

fYear

2004

fDate

19-23 April 2004

Firstpage

35

Lastpage

36

Abstract

E-health started to be recognized as one of fundamental requirements of the information society. It has been recognized in the World Summit on Information Society; Geneva, December 2003. The term refers to the utilization of the information and communication technology (ICT) to improve the health services in the society. The application of ICT in the health sector could provide a better quality of life to the citizens and an easier job environment for physicians and other health care workers. ICT can be used wherever it has a clear benefit, such as reaching remote populations, providing continuous training for doctors, and offering the tools for building a national health network.

Keywords

Internet; health care; medical information systems; social aspects of automation; telemedicine; Egypt medical center; e-health; information and communication technology; national health network; telemedicine; Biomedical engineering; Communications technology; Continuing education; Databases; Educational institutions; Hospitals; Information technology; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information and Communication Technologies: From Theory to Applications, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8482-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTTA.2004.1307598

Filename

1307598