Contact us
e-Health Unit
Research Department of Primary Care and
Population Health
Upper Third Floor
UCL Medical School (Royal Free Campus)
Rowland Hill Street
London
NW3 2PF
For all enquiries please contact Orla O'Donnell
Reception Telephone: +44 (0)20 7794 0500 ext. 36747
Fax: +44 (0)20 7472 6871
Email: o.odonnell@ucl.ac.uk
How to find us
E-Health Unit
Background
The e-Health
Unit was established by Elizabeth Murray in 2003 to explore the use of new
information and communication technologies, such as the Internet or mobile
phones, to improve health and health care. It is now one of the foremost e-Health units
internationally, with a strong multi-disciplinary focus and expertise across a
wide range of research methods.
There are three main streams of work:
- We develop and evaluate interventions for the public and patients – these include our work on alcohol (DownYourDrink), sexual health (Sexunzipped), heart disease (CHESS) and type 2 diabetes.
- We have an interest in implementation of e-health and new technology in health care systems. This stream includes work on the Normalisation Process Theory (NPM peer learning group) and led to the development of the e-Health Implementation Toolkit as part of an SDO-funded grant (EH 94).
- Our third work stream focuses on understanding interactions between health care professionals and patients. This stream is led by Fiona Stevenson and uses qualitative research methods alongside discourse analysis and conversation analysis to better understand interactions between clinicians and patients and the likely impact of e-health interventions.
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