This book addresses the main issues, challenges, opportunities, and trends related to the cutting-edge fields of online health and medical study. This compilation disseminates the latest findings in this growing area of research in order to transform, both socially and technologically, the way...

1. The application of virtual organization technology for eHealth / Ekaterina Kldiashvili -- 2. Grid technology / I. Aas -- 3. Health and health care grid services and delivery integrating eHealth and telemedicine / Thomas Clark -- 4. The Teams of Leaders (Tol) concept / Dag von Lubitz -- 5....

A global and growing shortage of medical doctors and nurses, exacerbated by increasing life expectancy, is generating greater cost pressures on health care around the world. Many industry analysts and health care professionals have argued that early detection and preventive care, as well as...