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Yearb Med Inform 2005; 14(01): 157-164
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1638441
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E-Health Strategies Worldwide

N. M. Lorenzi
1   Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee USA
› Author AffiliationsHM Goh, Malaysia, Terry J. Hannan, Australia Alvaro Margolis, Uruguay, Eneida A Mendonca, Brazil and USA Ghassan Shahrour, Syria, Umberto Tachinardi, Brazil William M. Tierney, USA, Ryan Webb, Vanderbilt University
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06 March 2018 (online)

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Healthcare worldwide is in a state of constant change. The multitude of changes require creative solutions that range from restructuring healthcare to provide better services to the effective use of information technology (e-health). Both are daunting tasks in any individual organization let alone on a national or international level. To completely cover the many e-health initiatives worldwide would require a more comprehensive document than is possible within this article. Therefore, this article represents a sample of the e-health efforts that are occurring simaltenously throughout the world.