National eHealth implementation: Country experience

Gudrun Audur Hardardottir; Asta Thoroddsen

doi:10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-168

National eHealth implementation: Country experience

Gudrun Audur Hardardottir^*, Asta Thoroddsen

^*Corresponding author for this work

Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery

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Abstract

A national eHealth strategy is presumed to empower health professionals, patients and citizens to increase patient safety and quality of health care delivery. A national eHealth infrastructure encompassing a secure HealthNet, interconnected electronic health records, e-prescriptions, a national medication database and a patient portal has been implemented in Iceland. The timely and secure access to patient information by health professionals through a single portal, independent of where the patient received care, is expected to increase continuity of care, decrease duplication of data and tests, increase efficiency, increase cost effectiveness and benefit citizens in several ways. The eHealth strategy needs to be evaluated using comparable indicators.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Nursing Informatics 2016 - eHealth for All
Subtitle of host publication	Every Level Collaboration - From Project to Realization
Editors	Walter Sermeus, Patrick Weber, Paula M. Procter
Publisher	IOS Press
Pages	168-172
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781614996576
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-168
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	13th International Conference on Nursing Informatics, NI 2016 - Geneva, Switzerland Duration: 25 Jun 2016 → 29 Jun 2016

Publication series

Name	Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
Volume	225
ISSN (Print)	0926-9630
ISSN (Electronic)	1879-8365

Conference

Conference	13th International Conference on Nursing Informatics, NI 2016
Country/Territory	Switzerland
City	Geneva
Period	25/06/16 → 29/06/16

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IMIA and IOS Press.

Other keywords

EHealth
Electronic health record
Information sharing
National strategy
Patient portal
Patient safety
Quality of care

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Hardardottir, G. A., & Thoroddsen, A. (2016). National eHealth implementation: Country experience. In W. Sermeus, P. Weber, & P. M. Procter (Eds.), Nursing Informatics 2016 - eHealth for All: Every Level Collaboration - From Project to Realization (pp. 168-172). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 225). IOS Press. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-168

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Hardardottir, GA & Thoroddsen, A 2016, National eHealth implementation: Country experience. in W Sermeus, P Weber & PM Procter (eds), Nursing Informatics 2016 - eHealth for All: Every Level Collaboration - From Project to Realization. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, vol. 225, IOS Press, pp. 168-172, 13th International Conference on Nursing Informatics, NI 2016, Geneva, Switzerland, 25/06/16. https://doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-658-3-168

National eHealth implementation: Country experience. / Hardardottir, Gudrun Audur; Thoroddsen, Asta.
Nursing Informatics 2016 - eHealth for All: Every Level Collaboration - From Project to Realization. ed. / Walter Sermeus; Patrick Weber; Paula M. Procter. IOS Press, 2016. p. 168-172 (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 225).

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