@misc{764, author = {Mike Chiasson and Donal Flynn and Bonnie Kaplan and Pascale Lehoux and Cynthia LeRouge}, title = {eHealth: Redefining Health Care in the Light of Technology}, abstract = {Information and communication technology is now the major enabler for healthcare organizations on many levels{\textemdash} national, regional and local{\textemdash}hoping to achieve structural and cultural change in healthcare provision; for example, the UK{\textquoteright}s NPfIT (National Program for IT) and the National Health Information Initiative in the United States. Final NPfIT costs are variously estimated from {\textsterling}12billion to {\textsterling}31 billion. Major initiatives are also underway in other developed as well as developing economies to address healthcare issues with eHealth technologies. }, year = {2008}, booktitle = {Information Technology in the Service Economy: Challenges and Possibilities for the 21st Century}, journal = {Information Technology in the Service Economy: Challenges and Possibilities for the 21st Century}, pages = {357 - 362}, month = {2008}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09768-8_28}, language = {eng}, key = {764}, }