Why Are children's interests invisible in European national e-Health strategies?
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Author(s)
Rigby, MJ
Kühne, G
Majeed, A
Blair, ME
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Harnessing the power of IT solutions in child primary care requires strategic thought at national level, and good health care delivery needs this support. The aim of this study was to investigate whether children's needs are considered in national e-health strategies in Europe. In 2016, a survey was carried out in all 28 European Member States plus 2 European Economic Area countries. Sixteen countries fail to mention children's needs at all. Only eleven of 27 countries mention children and adolescents in their national e-health strategy documents ranging from mere data protection concerns to comprehensive IT approaches for the improvement of child primary care.
Date Issued
2017-04-01
Date Acceptance
2017-04-01
Citation
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 2017, 235, pp.58-62
ISSN
0926-9630
Publisher
IOS Press
Start Page
58
End Page
62
Journal / Book Title
Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume
235
Copyright Statement
© 2017 European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI) and IOS Press.
This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms
of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0).
This article is published online with Open Access by IOS Press and distributed under the terms
of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Subjects
Child primary care
Europe
e-health strategies
informatics
policy
Publication Status
Published