e-Health: Opportunities and Critical Issues for the Patient and for Health Services

The introduction to the monografic section of issue 1/2023 of Erdal (e-Health: New Frontiers and Challenges for Healthcare) aims to provide an overview of the topic of e-Health, by which is meant a heterogeneous and growing set of instruments that are constantly evolving. Reflections are developed on two levels: both the impact of digital health on the role played by the sick person with respect to his or her own health and the course of care, an issue that also involves the doctor-patient relationship, and the impact on welfare systems.