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The searched key terms were (health informatics OR telemedicine OR mHealth) AND (newborn OR newborn care OR neonatal care).<\/p>\n<p><bold>Results.<\/bold> From a total of 305 articles initially identified, 10 articles fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The main domains of eHealth identified as applied to neonatal health were telemedicine (3 studies), eLearning (1 study) and mHealth (7 studies). Target population were health care providers or parents. The studies aimed at diagnosis, provision of health care and training, promoting adherence to interventions in parents or improving quality of care.<\/p>\n<p><bold>Conclusions.<\/bold> The use of eHealth in general and specifically focused on neonatal health shows important possibilities for development and expansion, given the advances and present needs, and should be considered a key tool for the reduction of inequalities.<\/p>","DOI":"10.26633\/rpsp.2020.123","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,10]],"date-time":"2020-11-10T19:17:05Z","timestamp":1605035825000},"page":"1","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Information and communication technologies in neonatal health"],"prefix":"10.26633","volume":"44","author":[{"given":"Pablo","family":"Duran","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Pan American Health Organization\/World Health Organization, Montevideo, Uruguay"},{"name":"duranpa@paho.org"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Janine A.","family":"Sommer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Paula","family":"Otero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mariana","family":"Daus","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sonia","family":"Benitez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Suzanne","family":"Serruya","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pan American Health Organization\/World Health Organization, Montevideo, Uruguay"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Luis Andres","family":"De Francisco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Pan American Health Organization\/World Health Organization, Washington DC, United States of America"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"11167","reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Lunze K, Higgins-Steele A, Simen-Kapeu A, Vesel L, Kim J, Dickson K. 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