Background: There is a growing body of evidence highlighting the potential of mobile health
(mHealth) in reducing health care costs, enhancing access, and improving the quality of …

E-health can be defined as a set of technologies applied with the help of the internet, in
which healthcare services are provided to improve quality of life and facilitate healthcare …

Objectives Patient-accessible electronic health records (PAEHRs) are being implemented at
international scale. Comparing policies and systems could allow countries to learn from …

Background Internationally, there is a movement toward providing patients a Web-based
access to their electronic health records (EHRs). In Sweden, Region Uppsala was the first to …

Being a 21st-century health care provider is extremely demanding. The growing number of
chronic diseases, lack of medical workforce, increasing amounts of administrative tasks, the …

Background Roles in the doctor-patient relationship are changing and patient participation
in health care is increasingly emphasized. Electronic health (eHealth) services such as …

Background Patient portals that provide access to electronic health records offer a means for
patients to better understand and self-manage their health. Yet, patient access to electronic …

The digitalization of healthcare work has gained center stage in academic debates spanning
disciplines as diverse as medicine, sociology and STS. The different analytical interests and …

Background: Although there is a push toward encouraging mobile health (mHealth)
adoption to harness its potential, there are many challenges that sometimes go beyond the …

In many countries, including patients are legally entitled to request copies of their clinical
notes. However, this process remains time-consuming and burdensome, and it remains …