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An Introduction to the Technological Basis of eHealth

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What is eHealth? This is the first question to which we have to respond, in order to describe its technological basis.

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Rinaldi, G. (2014). An Introduction to the Technological Basis of eHealth. In: Gaddi, A., Capello, F., Manca, M. (eds) eHealth, Care and Quality of Life. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-5253-6_3

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