Question

Find three examples of e-health-one that is credible, one that is questionable, and one that is clearly a fraud designed to sell a product. Present your findings and reasoning. This is a critical thinking and common sense exercise.

-Telemedicine is broadly defined as the use of technology to connect with patients in a variety of ways, from remote consultations to patient information portals to sites like WebMD

-E-health and telemedicine are interchangeable terms here. Telemedicine is basically anything where technology is used to assist the health of a patient who is not physically present.

-Remote doctor consultations through certain websites, for instance, would definitely the bill. A doctor or other health practitioner posting medical advice in a forum or on an informational website would count such as WebMD and the like

Answer 1

1. Electronic health records - this is a type of collection and saving of health records with the help of an electronic device in a healthcare care setting. If protected from malware and data loss, it could be considered the most credible form of e-health. As long as it is managed by an authorised organisation, it can be safe and secure. Records consisting of hundreds of pages can be written down using less than 100mb of space. Thus, it helps to reduce unwanted paper usage and also reduces the chance of losing the records. In today's world, it is possible to buy huge amounts of data spaces online, which can prevent the loss of data in physical formats.
2. E-health Informational forums - the informations and articles which are mostly uploaded by non-professionals based on vague knowledge on some particular subjects. In such a situation, there exist many health tips which are not prescribed by professionals . These informations might not be having any basics and can lead to negative outcomes than positive outcomes. At the same time, it acts as a good platform for ordinary people to gain medical knowledge if the provided informations are valid. So we can say that these types of e-health forums are not completely 100%safe but can be relied upon to an extent.
3. Online advertisements of medicines - These companies could be completely fraud and they might not be safe at all. Such popup advertisements would probably be fraud and can lead to loss of money and could be malware. There exist many such pop up advertisements with attractive thumbnails which can catch users eyes within seconds. For example, advertisements of hair growth oils and creams, which popup while landing on certain websites. These could advertisements of unauthorised companies.