e-Health policy and deployment activities in Europe

• Published in: Telemedicine journal and e-health Vol. 17; no. 4; p. 262
• Main Authors: Lang, Achim, Mertes, Alexander
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2011
• Subjects: Diffusion of Innovation; Electronic Health Records; Europe; European Union; Health Planning; Health Policy; Health Status Disparities; Humans; Internet; Linear Models; Medical Record Linkage; Politics; Quality of Health Care; Socioeconomic Factors; Statistics as Topic; Europe

e-Health has become a major topic in the European Union (EU) Commission due to the assumption that it improves the quality and effectiveness of health services and, at the same time, promotes information and communications technologies in this emerging high-technology area. In 2004, the EU Commissio...