eHealth Institute Mission

The eHealth Institute seeks to promote the use of emerging technologies to improve the health and well being of all people, including the underserved. We develop initiatives to:

Enhance the capacity of people to access and utilize eHealth resources,
Improve the state of knowledge and public understanding of eHealth-related issues, and
Improve the quality and effectiveness of eHealth resources.

eHealth is the use of emerging technologies, especially the Internet, to improve or enable health and healthcare. eHealth resources can help:

Improve health status by supporting healthy lifestyles, improving health decisions, and enhancing health care quality;
Reduce health care costs by improving efficiencies in the healthcare system and prevention;
Empower people to take greater control of their health by supporting better-informed health decisions and self-care;
Enhance clinical care and public health services by facilitating health professional practice and communication; and
Reduce health disparities by applying new approaches to improve the health of underserved populations.

Ensuring access to and quality of eHealth resources will be central to realizing and maintaining health in the future.

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