Telemedicine, Telehealth, and eHealth

• to describe the use of information technology system in health care industry to provide an easier access between health care providers and patients, especially from remote area.

→ technology for patient’s health care self-management

• Telemedicine is defined by the WHO as “the use of information and communications technology (ICT) to deliver health care particularly in settings where access to medical services is insufficient”.

The broadest term : Telehealth incorporates not only technologies that fall under “telemedicine,” but also direct, electronic patient-toprovider interactions and the use of medical devices (e.g., smartphone applications (“apps”), activity trackers, automated reminders, blood glucose monitors, etc.) to collect and transmit health information, often with the intent to monitor or manage chronic conditions → helps with developing and improving health-related education, health administration, and improving general public health.

The term eHealth → an even broader scope of digital information tools, ranging from electronic health records (EHRs), which facilitate the exchange of patient data between health care professionals. The concept of eHealth is not limited only to provide long-distance health care, but also to increase health care efficiency as a whole