Three faces of contemporary medicine
Applications of e-Health

Twenty years after the emergence of the concept of "e-health" (health associated with the use of electronics), "digital content related to health", or the term "telehealth", the definition of these English-language notions is still evolving. Applications linked to developments in electronics and networks are grouped together under the generic term "ICT", which stands for information and communication technologies. While the tools of modern medicine also make use of electronics and computing, they do not always require remote communications for their operation. However, the rapid development of ICT is mainly based on the use of computers and cell phones.

For the World Health Organization (WHO), telemedicine is the use of information and communication...