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Telehealth acquires meanings: information and communication technologies within health policy
Author(s) -
KlecunDabrowska Ela,
Cornford Tony
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
information systems journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.635
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2575
pISSN - 1350-1917
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2000.00074.x
Subject(s) - telehealth , telemedicine , principal (computer security) , health care , information and communications technology , health information , public relations , process (computing) , business , icts , health policy , knowledge management , internet privacy , telecommunications , political science , computer science , computer security , world wide web , law , operating system
. Over the last decade, British health policy has increasingly considered the role of information and information technologies in the provision of health care. Recently, there is a growing interest in new health applications, often referred to as telemedicine and telehealth, and incorporating a diverse range of services that can be provided in electronic form over various telecommunications networks. This paper discusses how such use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in health acquires meanings through a policy process, and what implications it has for telehealth in particular. This is done through a hermeneutic exploration of four principal UK health policy papers published between 1989 and 1998.