Exploring Linkages between Quality, E-Health and Healthcare Education

Abstract

Changes in healthcare delivery have become so widespread and frequent that the idea of change in healthcare has become one of anticipation and expectation rather than interruption and surprise. Consumers, providers, organizations and societies have seen changes in the definitions of vital concepts related to healthcare delivery, like health and quality, which have in turn altered the methods by which healthcare organizations and communities align and create the structures and processes necessary to provide healthcare services to supported populations. In addition to changing definitions, the healthcare sector remains influenced by changing expectations and interests of the numerous and diverse set of stakeholders found within the healthcare sector. The concept of e-health is one of the more recent concepts to emerge in the healthcare sector and, like many other aspects of healthcare delivery, is a concept that clearly embodies a combination of ideas and theoretical approaches. Eysenbach defines the concept as: ABSTRACT