Digital health initiatives and the policy context in European integrated health systems
All EU28 countries, Norway and Iceland, run Integrated Care Initiatives (ICI) in efforts to address the new demographic challenges, reduce costs and improve health outcomes. As part of a study commissioned by Chafea and DG SANTE, Optimity Advisors has conducted an extensive review and mapping of ICI...
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ftjijic:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/5299 2024-09-15T18:13:45+00:00 Digital health initiatives and the policy context in European integrated health systems Tedeschi, Micol Dates, Mariana Lennox-Chhugani, Niamh 2019-08-08 application/pdf https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/5299 https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.s3546 eng eng Ubiquity Press https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/5299/6077 https://account.ijic.org/index.php/up-j-ijic/article/view/5299 doi:10.5334/ijic.s3546 Copyright (c) 2019 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 International Journal of Integrated Care; Vol. 19: Annual Conference Supplement 2019; 546 1568-4156 integrated care mapping digital health maturity assessment info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2019 ftjijic https://doi.org/10.5334/ijic.s3546 2024-08-22T03:32:17Z All EU28 countries, Norway and Iceland, run Integrated Care Initiatives (ICI) in efforts to address the new demographic challenges, reduce costs and improve health outcomes. As part of a study commissioned by Chafea and DG SANTE, Optimity Advisors has conducted an extensive review and mapping of ICI across Europe, to assess the level of penetration and adoption of ICI in the 30 countries and evaluate the level of maturity of several healthcare systems. This has allowed to examine the extent of the use of digital tools in ICI. The aim of this presentation will be to look at the relationship between theory and practice, assessing whether assessments of a country’s healthcare system in terms of its Digital Health maturity is reflected in its number of digitally-enabled ICI.For each country, the Study Team, in collaboration with researchers from all included nationalities, has identified 573 ICI and analysed their characteristics and implementation. Considering the different elements of the selected initiatives, it was possible to assess the extent to which Digital Health was included in each country. Additional desk research and the use of the Scirocco Maturity Assessment Tool (which has “information and e-Health” as one of its 12 assessment criteria) have then allowed to examine whether a correlation between the number of digitally-enabled ICI per country and the maturity of their integrated care systems exists.Our research has shown that all EU28 countries, Norway and Iceland, have implemented e-Health Strategies. The review found that IC strategies, policies and projects are present in all 30 countries, although their characteristics, depth and breadth of integration are varied. However, based on our repository of ICI, only 79, out of the 573 ICI retrieved, included a digital component. This translates to less than 15%, spread across 18 countries (Spain (16); UK (11); Lithuania (9); Italy (6); Germany (6); Czech Republic (5); Belgium (5); Greece (4); Finland (4); Slovakia (3); Hungary (2); France (2); Cyprus ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland International Journal of Integrated Care (IJIC) International Journal of Integrated Care 19 4 546 |
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All EU28 countries, Norway and Iceland, run Integrated Care Initiatives (ICI) in efforts to address the new demographic challenges, reduce costs and improve health outcomes. As part of a study commissioned by Chafea and DG SANTE, Optimity Advisors has conducted an extensive review and mapping of ICI across Europe, to assess the level of penetration and adoption of ICI in the 30 countries and evaluate the level of maturity of several healthcare systems. This has allowed to examine the extent of the use of digital tools in ICI. The aim of this presentation will be to look at the relationship between theory and practice, assessing whether assessments of a country’s healthcare system in terms of its Digital Health maturity is reflected in its number of digitally-enabled ICI.For each country, the Study Team, in collaboration with researchers from all included nationalities, has identified 573 ICI and analysed their characteristics and implementation. Considering the different elements of the selected initiatives, it was possible to assess the extent to which Digital Health was included in each country. Additional desk research and the use of the Scirocco Maturity Assessment Tool (which has “information and e-Health” as one of its 12 assessment criteria) have then allowed to examine whether a correlation between the number of digitally-enabled ICI per country and the maturity of their integrated care systems exists.Our research has shown that all EU28 countries, Norway and Iceland, have implemented e-Health Strategies. The review found that IC strategies, policies and projects are present in all 30 countries, although their characteristics, depth and breadth of integration are varied. However, based on our repository of ICI, only 79, out of the 573 ICI retrieved, included a digital component. This translates to less than 15%, spread across 18 countries (Spain (16); UK (11); Lithuania (9); Italy (6); Germany (6); Czech Republic (5); Belgium (5); Greece (4); Finland (4); Slovakia (3); Hungary (2); France (2); Cyprus ... |
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Digital health initiatives and the policy context in European integrated health systems |
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Digital health initiatives and the policy context in European integrated health systems |
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