Report of the WHO Global Observatory for eHealth
This brochure has been produced by Information Society Policy Link (ISPL), an initiative
of DG Information Society and Media that aims to link information society projects with European policy-makers across a wide range of policy domains.
More than 3000 projects from information society programmes are being analysed, identifying a wealth of concrete results that support EU policies across all of the principal policy areas. By exchanging information and experiences, the Information Society Policy Link initiative helps to leverage the benefits of these activities for European policies.
This study shows that across a wide range of eHealth applications clear evidence can be found of the benefits of information and communication technologies in routine healthcare settings.
These benefits range from improvements in quality and better access of all citizens to care, to avoidance of unnecessary cost to the public purse.
This strategy brochure explores the potential of Information and Communication Technologies for Health and the need for a new landscape in European healthcare.
The European Commission has been supporting research activities in ICT for Health for the last two decades. This has placed Europe in a leading position in the use of regional health networks, electronic health records in primary care and deployment of health cards.