Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (ITACA)
Connected Health
The Internet offers a wide range of possibilities for health-care issues, from individual consumers and health-care professionals, to national health systems and global public health.
Research in this topic at ITACA includes issues such as quality of health information on the Internet, the impact of the use of social networks in health, patient empowerment and health education.
Relevant projects in this area
In order to respond to our health care systems challenges, many innovative eHealth solutions have already been developed and many health care providers have invested in...
The number of elderly (aged 65 and above) will almost double, rising from 85 million in 2008 to 151 million in 2060 in the EU. One of the greatest social hurdles the EU...
Today’s rich digital information environment is characterized by the multitude of data sources providing information that has not yet reached its full potential in...