8 July 2010
Researchers and practitioners in eHealth should visit the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund's eHealth Research Guide for up to date information, articles, programs and resources on eHealth initiatives worldwide.
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have just updated the e-Health Research Guide, a free, public and up-to-the-minute online resource on eHealth, Telemedicine and Health Information Technology.
This essential guide is the go-to space online for the broadest and most up to date developments in eHealth. It is a constantly replenished resource on the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Health Care Delivery and Management.
To get an idea of the range of directly relevant articles linked to, current articles include:
mHealth for Development: The Opportunity of Mobile Technology for Healthcare in the Developing World from Mobileactive.org
e-Health Toolkit from the Foundation for eHealth Initiative
e-Health Trends and Issues (eGovernment Resource Centre) from the Australian Government
m-Health: From Policy to Implementation, a World Bank publication
e-Health Intelligence Report by the World Health Organization
Global Observatory for e-Health by the World Health Organization
Other topics include e-health standardization, with links to relevant work done by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commission and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).
There are also direct links to some of the most relevant pages on the Internet in the following areas of eHealth:
- Data & Statistics
- Institutions
- Programs
- Publications
- Research Resources
- Journals
- News & Media Updates
To tap into the best online resources and keep current on the most recent developments in eHealth, bookmark the World Bank and the IMF's eHealth Research Guide.