As the worlds of healthcare and communications converge, a myriad of new digital services are being made possible. Everything from mobile diagnostic monitoring (mHealth) to electronic health records (eHR) to robust distance medicine applications (telemedicine) are revolutionizing the way healthcare is provided..
These digital services hold the promise of enabling healthcare providers to be more efficient, deliver better care to a wider population of patients and lower administrative time and costs.
Yet many challenges remain, especially in developed economies. Global healthcare and insurance industries, governments and regulators and digital service providers must all work together for eHealth services to become a reality. That's why we've established an eHealth community dedicated to exploring these issues.
And now, read the new eHealth Report published in May 2013. This new document from our members defines the players in the eHealth value chain and their interactions, and defines the roadmap for the management challenges that will need to be addressed in the upcoming 18 months, including how TM Forum Frameworx can help.
Work Being Done in the eHealth Community
Defining the Digital Health Value Chain
This Catalyst
demonstrates how to address challenges and create new business service
models for eHealth, enabling healthcare providers to be more efficient,
deliver better care to more patients and lower administrative time and
costs.
As the worlds of healthcare and communications converge, a myriad of new
digital services are being made possible. Everything from mobile
diagnostic monitoring (mHealth) to electronic health records (eHR) to
robust distance medicine applications (telemedicine) are revolutionizing
the way healthcare is provided. Yet many challenges remain, especially
in developed economies.
Champions: Rogers, France Telecom-Orange, Deutsche Telekom
Participants: TOA Technologies, Amdocs, Detecon, Infonova, BaseN
Supporters: University of Cape Town, Ranck Consulting
Click here for more details on this exciting project
Get Involved
To get involved in our eHealth community, please click here or contact Craig Bachmann at cbachmann@tmforum.org
“Mobile technology has the potential to improve public health overall and ultimately to make health care more accessible and affordable for all of us.”
Dr. Paul Jacobs, Chairman and CEO, Qualcomm