Warwick Ehealth Research Group at Warwick Medical School 

  Ehealth describes the use of information & communications technology (ICT) to improve health & healthcare

 Current WMS Ehealth projects

The Networked Carers Project: how the networked society is changing the experience of caring and whether new technologies can support carers (WMS lead: Dr John Powell).

The OSCAR trial Online Study of Cardiac Rehabilitation: Randomised Controlled Trial (WMS lead: Dr John Powell, with Professor Sally Singh and Reena Devi, Coventry University).

The Net Effects project: understanding the motivations and outcomes of internet health information use (WMS lead: Dr John Powell).

A serious game for childhood obesity: development and piloting of a novel intervention (WMS lead: Dr John Powell, with Professor Alan Chalmers, WMG).

The Virtual Clinic study: evaluation of a virtual community for people with diabetes (WMS lead: Dr John Powell).

Development and testing of a virtual reality treatment for social phobia (WMS lead: Dr John Powell, with Professor Alan Chalmers, WMG).

Acceptability and impact of on-line self-assessment in a student health centre (WMS lead: Aimee Poote, supervised by Dr John Powell, Professor Jeremy Dale, WMS, and Professor David French, Coventry University).

Electronic Virtual Patient, European Commission (WMS lead: Dr David Davies).

E-learning resources for reproductive system teaching, International Virtual Medical School (IVIMEDS)(WMS lead: Dr David Davies).

The E-nudge trial: A randomised controlled trial of automated electronic feedback to reduce the cardiovascular risk of individuals in general practice (WMS lead: Dr Tim Holt)

Key people

• Dr John Powell, Associate Clinical Professor in Epidemiology & Public Health
• Dr David Davies, Reader in Medical Education
• Dr Aileen Clarke, Associate Clinical Professor in Public Health & Health Services Research

Links

• WMS Ehealth publications
• What is Ehealth? 
• WMS Ehealth podcasts