E-Health Practices and Technologies: A Systematic Review from 2014 to 2019

Healthcare (Basel). 2021 Sep 10;9(9):1192. doi: 10.3390/healthcare9091192.

Abstract

E-health can be defined as a set of technologies applied with the help of the internet, in which healthcare services are provided to improve quality of life and facilitate healthcare delivery. As there is a lack of similar studies on the topic, this analysis uses a systematic literature review of articles published from 2014 to 2019 to identify the most common e-health practices used worldwide, as well as the main services provided, diseases treated, and the associated technologies that assist in e-health practices. Some of the key results were the identification of the four most common practices used (mhealth or mobile health; telehealth or telemedicine; technology; and others) and the most widely used technologies associated with e-health (IoT, cloud computing, Big Data, security, and systems).

Keywords: e-health; ehealth; practices; technologies.

Publication types

  • Review