eHealth is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communication to improve the patient’s health status. eHealth typically involves a specialist providing services to a primary care provider to assist with diagnosis and treatment planning.
Effective treatments are available for hepatitis C patients, but they are not accessible to everyone and some do not have the knowledge to manage the side effects when treatments are available. This is why eHealth can help patients with hep C who would normally not seek treatment due to certain obstacles.
eHepatology helps improve the care of hep C patients in rural and under-served populations by equipping the primary care provider to manage their patients.
Effective treatments are available for hepatitis C patients, but they are not accessible to everyone and some do not have the knowledge to manage the side effects when treatments are available.