E-Health—a topic for analytical chemists?

摘要: Early in the 1970s, first project was started USA to use computer-based anamnesis of patients. Late twentieth century, term E-Health coined refer computers healthcare and practitioners’ communication with their The focus systems on gathering, storing, exchanging, managing data. This data also used monitor chronic diseases. programs that could be hospitals gave a kind decision tree, after inputting self-anamnesis by patient, for diagnosing potential disease. Meanwhile, collection has been discussed as an advantage health insurance cards, which are helpful case emergency or when visiting medical practitioner, consequence different countries protection privacy is being at levels. IT part E-Health. Recently, terms such telemedicine online health, cybermedicine, internet consumer informatics have used. However, apart from electronic records IT-driven aims, it combining instrumentation central hospital laboratories laboratory information management system (LIMS). allowed better connection between results obtained analytical methods, resulting long list parameters disease markers assisting doctor. In parallel further development compatibility interfacing networks, developed countries, extensive discussions started, example, Action Plan European Union (EU). intention add record improved quality evidence-based medicine support personalized interpretation early identification exceptional situations. Current demographic, economic, social developments contributed intensive discussion, especially provide high-quality efficient services. Typical outcomes topics ambient assisted living stratification tool identify diseases stage. World Health Organization (WHO) states EHealth should cost-efficient requires secure technologies promote public health. Accordingly, inmany EU level, funding directed topics. Process-controlled care changed personal care, including medicine. mHealth even introduced include mobile devices (mobile phones, portable diagnostic devices, etc.). rationale improvement healthcare, general, schemes optimize each patient. Present EU, former Asia North America, therefore, adds its calls idea studies alsomany instrumental area detection epidemics pandemics care. An urgent need new identified these aims. Prevention monitoring form increasing this area. Thus, recently, international sites publications Badvanced E-Health^ describe future mobile, modular, individually patients (especially developers instruments bioassays). * Gunther Gauglitz abc.gg@ipc.uni-tuebingen.de; guenter.gauglitz@uni-tuebingen.de