Dentro de: "Thought Leaders : connected health": p. 8-14
ISBN: 0-9546445-0-6
Autor:

Bob Gann
Director, NHS Direct Online, England

Resumen:

At the beginning of the new millennium, we are entering a new era ? the era of patient expertise. In the old era (the 20th century), expertise was seen as the
preserve of highly qualified doctors and other health professionals. Major social changes have now called into question our understanding of where expertise lies. The shift in the burden of illness from acute to chronic conditions has created a generation of people living with long-term illness and disability (known as expert patients). At the same time, revolutionary
developments in information and communications technologies are enabling direct access for patients to healthcare services and knowledge sources previously only available to professionals.

"Developments in information and communications technologies are opening up to patients and the public information sources that were once the exclusive preserve of professionals."
Gann, Bob