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. 2004 Sep 3;6(3):e22.
doi: 10.2196/jmir.6.3.e22.

The interdisciplinary eHealth team: chronic care for the future

John Wiecha  1 , Timothy Pollard
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The interdisciplinary eHealth team: chronic care for the future

John Wiecha et al. J Med Internet Res. .

Abstract

An interdisciplinary clinical team is a consistent grouping of people from relevant clinical disciplines, ideally inclusive of the patient, whose interactions are guided by specific team functions and processes to achieve team-defined favorable patient outcomes. Teamwork supported by properly designed eHealth applications could help create more effective systems of care for chronic disease. Given its synchronous and asynchronous communication capacity and information-gathering and -sharing capabilities, the Internet is a logical platform for supporting interdisciplinary clinical teamwork. Research is needed to better understand how interdisciplinary eHealth team members can work together in everyday practice and to guide the development of effective and efficient eHealth software applications to support greater clinical teamwork.

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  • Disease management and the Internet.
    Demiris G. Demiris G. J Med Internet Res. 2004 Sep 29;6(3):e33. doi: 10.2196/jmir.6.3.e33. J Med Internet Res. 2004. PMID: 15471759 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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