Abstract
The importance of IT in healthcare continues to grow, driven by disruptive changes, including financial pressure, an aging population, the spread of connectivity and mobile technology, and significant advances in the biology of disease and the practice of medicine. These changes demand new advances in health IT. This special issue discusses the most recent trends in IT for healthcare and well-being.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 7478507 |
Pages (from-to) | 9-13 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | IT Professional |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 May 2016 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- distributed systems
- Healthcare IT
- m-health
- mobile health
- pervasive computing