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Old-fashioned scalpels. 'It is only matter of time before we drop the 'e' in e-health' (Photo: zpeckler)

Putting the 'e' in e-health

The 'e' for electronic has become a familiar sight in front of words like mail, book, or commerce, but health has long been spared the token affix of the digital age. Until recently that is. Now e-health has arrived and, say some, is set to revolutionise traditional healthcare.\n \nUnlike its fellow affixees, e-health is rather difficult to define. It refers not to a thing or a single practice, but to a series of trends in healthcare that owe their existence to the emergence of new communicat...

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Old-fashioned scalpels. 'It is only matter of time before we drop the 'e' in e-health' (Photo: zpeckler)

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