Register      Login
Australian Journal of Primary Health Australian Journal of Primary Health Society
The issues influencing community health services and primary health care
EDITORIAL

The rhetoric and reality of e-health: a critical assessment of the benefits of e-health in primary health care

Lareen Newman A C and Oliver Frank B
+ Author Affiliations
- Author Affiliations

A Southgate Institute for Health Society and Equity, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia.

B Discipline of General Practice, Maildrop DX 650 550, North Terrace, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.

C Corresponding author. Email: lareen.newman@flinders.edu.au

Australian Journal of Primary Health 19(4) 265-269 https://doi.org/10.1071/PY13133
Published: 18 November 2013


References

Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (2008) National e-health strategy: summary. (Victorian Department of Human Services, on behalf of the Australian Health Ministers’ Conference: Melbourne) Available at http://www.health.gov.au [Verified 5 July 2012]

Baum F, Newman L, Biedrzycki K (2012) Vicious cycles: digital technologies and determinants of health in Australia. Health Promotion International
Vicious cycles: digital technologies and determinants of health in Australia.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Commonwealth of Australia (2013) Australia’s domestic response to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health report ‘Closing the gap within a generation’. Available at http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/senate_committees?url=clac_ctte/completed_inquiries/2010-13/social_determinants_of_health/report/index.htm [Verified 29 August 2013]

Department of Health and Ageing (2012) ‘E-mental health strategy for Australia.’ (Australian Government: Canberra)

Dexheimer JW, Talbot TR, Sanders DL, Rosenbloom ST, Aronsky D (2008) Prompting clinicians about preventive care measures: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 15, 311–320.
Prompting clinicians about preventive care measures: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Diamond CC, Shirkey C (2008) Health information technology: a few years of magical thinking? Health Affairs 27, w383–w390.
Health information technology: a few years of magical thinking?Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Frank O, Litt J, Beilby J (2004) Opportunistic electronic reminders. Improving performance of preventive care in general practice. Australian Family Physician 33, 87–90.

Frank OR, Stocks NP, Aylward P (2011) Patient acceptance and perceived utility of pre-consultation prevention summaries and reminders in general practice: pilot study. BMC Family Practice 12, 40
Patient acceptance and perceived utility of pre-consultation prevention summaries and reminders in general practice: pilot study.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Garg AX, Adhikari NKJ, McDonald H, Rosas-Arellano MP, Devereaux PJ, Beyene J, Sam J, Haynes RB (2005) Effects of computerized clinical decision support systems on practitioner performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review. Journal of the American Medical Association 293, 1223–1238.
Effects of computerized clinical decision support systems on practitioner performance and patient outcomes: a systematic review.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Goodall K, Ward P, Newman L (2010) Use of information and communication technology to provide health information: what do older migrants know and what do they need to know? Quality in Primary Care 18, 27–32.

Kawamoto K, Houlihan CA, Balas EA, Lobach DF (2005) Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success. British Medical Journal 330, 765–773.
Improving clinical practice using clinical decision support systems: a systematic review of trials to identify features critical to success.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Lupton D (2013) Digitized health promotion: personal responsibility for health in the Web 2.0 era’. Sydney Health and Society Group working paper no. 5. (Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney: Sydney)

Narring F, Perron NJ, Dao MD, Righini NC, Humair J-P, Broers B, Gaspoz J-M, Haller DM (2013) Text-messaging to reduce missed appointment in a youth clinic: a randomised controlled trial. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 67, 888–891.
Text-messaging to reduce missed appointment in a youth clinic: a randomised controlled trial.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

National E-health Transition Authority (2013) NEHTA e-health scorecard. Available at http://www.nehta.gov.au/media-centre/news/445-nehta-ehealth-scorecard [Verified 13 September 2013]

National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (2009) ‘A healthier future for all Australians – final report.’ (Australian Government: Canberra)

Newman L, Biedrzycki K, Baum F (2010) Digital technology access and use among socially and economically disadvantaged groups in South Australia. The Journal of Community Informatics 6(2). Available at http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/639/582 [Verified 18 October 2013]

Raghavendra P, Newman L, Grace E, Wood D (2013) ‘I could never do that before’: effectiveness of a tailored Internet support intervention to increase the social participation of youth with disabilities. Child: Care, Health and Development 39, 552–561.
‘I could never do that before’: effectiveness of a tailored Internet support intervention to increase the social participation of youth with disabilities.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Wade VA (2013) Telehealth and equitable access to health care. The Medical Journal of Australia 198, 594–595.
Telehealth and equitable access to health care.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

Wen LM, Rissel C, Baur LA, Lee E, Simpson M (2011) Who is NOT likely to access the Internet for health information: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney. International Journal of Medical Informatics 80, 406–411.
Who is NOT likely to access the Internet for health information: findings from first-time mothers in southwest Sydney.Crossref | GoogleScholarGoogle Scholar |

World Health Organization (2006) Building foundations for e-health: progress of member states. Report of the WHO Global Observatory for E-health. (WHO: Geneva) Available at http://www.who.int/goe/publications/bf_FINAL.pdf [Verified 29 August 2013]

World Health Organization (2012) Health. In ‘Accelerating development using the Web: empowering poor and marginalized populations’. (Ed. G Sadowsky) pp. 103–118. (World Wide Web Foundation: San Francisco, CA)