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A 7 page overview of E-Health as it relates to hypertension in women. This paper emphasizes the value of e-health information but also encourages the user to use reason when deciding the validity of that information. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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2006). These needs include information, guidance and access to the individuals, services, and pharmaceuticals that are critical to health (Edlin, 2006). Consider, for example, the problem of hypertension.
An estimated fifty million Americans are treated for hypertension on an annual basis (Woods, 2001). Unfortunately, even more go untreated and only half of those that are treated
have the condition under control (Woods, 2001). E-Health applications can be a tremendous resource in fighting hypertension.
Benefits to the Consumer, the Organization, and the Community Exactly what is encompassed by the term "e-health" seems
to mystify some. Although several definitions have been proposed, perhaps one of the most pertinent is that proposed by the HIMSS. They define e-health as the application of
the Internet and: "other related technologies in the healthcare industry to improve the access, efficiency,
effectiveness, and quality of clinical and business processes". E-Health resources are utilized not just by
the healthcare establishment itself but also by patients and consumers (HIMSS, 2006; Edlin, 2006). The goal of this utilization, of course, is to "improve the health status of patients"
(HIMSS, 2006). Of the varied entities that utilize e-health resources to explore the problem of hypertension, it is perhaps women that have more to gain from that utilization than
others. Research has shown, in fact, that risk factor reduction can be more effective in women than in men (National Womens Health Report, 1996). E-Health applications can be
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