Paper Info
Title
Global eHealth, Social Business and Citizen Engagement: A Natural Convergence?
Abstract
This paper draws on the vision, mission and experience with the WHO Collaborating Centre on eHealth (WHOCC-eHealth) and Yunus Social Business Health Hub (YSBHH) based at UNSW Australia, and the Asia electronic Health Information Network (AeHIN). Global eHealth aims to provide equitable access to ICT and health care, particularly to the poor, vulnerable and disadvantaged. Social business aims to solve social and economic problem. Its best known product is microcredit financial services for the poor which are small loans that enable them to "produce something, sell something, earn something to develop self-reliance and a life of dignity". Citizen engagement and community participation is integral to both constructs within the context of global partnerships for Integrated People-Centred Health Services (IPCHS) and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The eHealth dimension is consumer heath informatics, social media, mHealth and the Internet of Things. The convergence is multidimensional, mutually beneficial and requires good governance and leadership.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.3233/978-1-61499-830-3-773
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Commerce,Community Participation,Goals
Conference
245
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
0926-9630
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Siaw-Teng Liaw15713.79
Alvin Marcelo210.78
Padmanesan Narasimhan311.07
Mahfuz Ashraf4132.60
Pradeep Ray5516.42