Electronic Health Technology and its Application Area: A Review

Abstract

Electronic (E)-health is the use of ICT in the health sector for clinical, education and administrative purpose, at both local site and distance. E-health enable the uses of computer, network and information technology to improve healthcare quality, patient safety and secure confidential access to health information to enable individual and communities to make the best possible health decision. E-health reducing the cost incurred on healthcare by cutting the heavy administration bill normally associated with public healthcare program, hereby improved reliability, secure and efficient of health delivery. (E)-health encouraging healthier lifestyles in the entire population,including increased physical activity, better nutrition, avoidance of behavioral risks, and wider use of preventative care. This paper review some of the research carried out in the area of e-health. Aside from the general reviews, discussion is made on agent oriented software engineering, agent oriented programming, e-health application, its benefit and challenges have been presented in a chorological orde