E-health in Sight

The Minister of Health, Welfare and Sport has asked the Council for its advice on current forms of and future developments in e-health, on the relevant threats and opportunities and on the measures to be taken by the government and prac-titioners in the field in order to exploit opportunities and re-duce threats.
In this advisory report e-health is defined as the use of new information and communication technologies, especially Internet technology, to support or improve health and health care.