Knowtex

La startup de bien-être et d’eSanté Novu considère que traiter les patients comme des consommateurs est clé pour développer des produits de qualité ; et le meilleur moyen de changer leurs comportements au long terme.

La e-santé regroupe les activités, services et systèmes appliqués aux domaines de la santé, du médico-social et du social, pratiqués à distance au moyen des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (TIC).

A disturbing new trend is emerging: hackers holding health data for ransom.

Digital pills that monitor you from within.

Today, each hospital, doctor’s office and physician practice selects health information technologies (HIT) to solve the challenges they see, at a price point they can afford. And the result is universal dissatisfaction. There’s unhappiness for two basic reasons.

A large part of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act is aimed at making patients’ health records more accessible between multiple physicians, as well as between doctors and their patients.

Patient empowerment via online medicine represent a business opportunity for pharmaceutical companies. How to avoid the coming eHealth divide between those who have access to quality online information - and those who are prey of Big Pharma disinformation.

The New York Times's blog Well features an interesting piece on Desktop medicine. Are we really facing the rise of a new brand of medicine, or just living a new phase of the screen-based one?

European Commission eHealth impact study (2005-06) - Final report featuring case studies in 10 European countries