Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Health Systems

Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Health Systems Synopsis

This document describes and analyses implementation of e-health in several European countries, as well as strengths and weaknesses, using this experience in order to support the management and execution of this kind of projects in other scenarios. Five EU member states evidencing different degrees of advancement in their national e-health projects have been selected for this purpose: Belgium, Denmark, Spain, the United Kingdom and Sweden. In addition to these five cases, a brief study has been made of several international collaboration projects for the implementation of cross-border spaces for e-health that most of these countries are currently participating in.