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Quality Use Medicine
Enhancing Quality: Increasing efficiency involves not only reducing costs, but at the
same time improving quality. e-Health may enhance the quality of health care by
allowing comparisons between different providers, involving consumers as
additional power for quality assurance, and directing patient streams to the best
quality providers.
Equity: To make health more equitable is one of the promises of e-Health. People
who do not have money, skills, and access to computers and networks cannot use
computers effectively. As a result, these patient populations are those who are least
likely to benefit from advances in information technology, unless political measures
ensure equitable access for all.
Conclusions
It is clear that there is now a large volume of work studying the impact of
eHealth on the quality and safety of health care. This might be seen as setting a
firm foundation for realising the potential benefits of eHealth.
What is IM?
Integrative medicine refers to the blending of conventional
and evidence based complementary medicines and therapies
with the aim of using the most appropriate of either or both
modalities to care for the patient as a whole. Integrative
medicine, like general practice, embraces and encourages a
holistic approach to practice that incorporates patient
involvement in self healthcare, prevention and lifestyle
interventions.
Integrative medicine emphasises a number of issues including:
a focus on wellness and illness prevention
2.e-Health India
https://www.nhp.gov.in/e-health-india_mty