[EQ] Making the eHealth Connection -- Week 2: eHealth Capacity Building - Access to Health Information and Knowledge Sharing

Making the eHealth Connection: Global Partnerships, Local Solutions

Bellagio Center in Bellagio, Italy - July 13 to August 8, 2008

The Rockefeller Foundation

Website: http://www.ehealth-connection.org/

Making the eHealth Connection: Global Partnerships, Local Solutions is a month-long conference series at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in Bellagio, Italy. 
eHealth is defined as the use of information and communications technology to improve the performance of health systems and represents a promising frontier.

 

Week 2:

eHealth Capacity Building - Background Papers:

 

Determining Health Informatics

William Hersh, Alvaro Margolis, Fernán Quirós, Paula Otero
http://ehealth-connection.org/files/conf-materials/Determining%20Health%20Informatics_0.pdf

Establishing Partnerships to Promote eHealth

William M. Tierney, Andrew S. Kanter, Hamish S.F. Fraser, Christopher Bailey

http://ehealth-connection.org/files/conf-materials/Establishing%20Partnerships%20to%20Promote%20eHealth_0.pdf

 

An Environmental Scan: Educating the Health Informatics Workforce
Judy Ozbolt: http://ehealth-connection.org/files/conf-materials/An%20Environmental%20Scan_0.pdf

 

Access to Health Information and Knowledge Sharing - Background Papers:

Information for Patient Safety, Quality of Health Care, and Equity: Knowing What Is Available

Zulma  Ortiz, E. Chapman, M. Confalone, J. Anciola, M. Garcia Dieguez
http://ehealth-connection.org/files/conf-materials/Information%20for%20Patient%20Safety_0.pdf

 

eHealth Portals: Access to Health Information in the Context of Government Health Portals

Nicholas Cop: http://ehealth-connection.org/files/conf-materials/eHealth%20Portals_0.pdf

 

Barriers to Equitable Access to Quality Health Information with Emphasis On Developing Countries

Naina Pandita, Sukhdev Singh

http://ehealth-connection.org/files/conf-materials/Barriers%20to%20Equitable%20Access_0.pdf

 

           

 

 

 

*      *      *     *  
This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO, is part of an effort to disseminate 
information Related to: Equity; Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality in health; Socioeconomic 
health differentials; Gender; Violence; Poverty; Health Economics; Health Legislation; Ethnicity; Ethics; 
Information Technology - Virtual libraries; Research & Science issues.  [DD/ KMS Area] 

“Materials provided in this electronic list are provided "as is". Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings
and interpretations included in the Materials are those of the authors and not necessarily of The Pan American
Health Organization PAHO/WHO or its country members”.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PAHO/WHO Website: http://www.paho.org/ 
EQUITY List - Archives - Join/remove: http://listserv.paho.org/Archives/equidad.html  

 

 

    IMPORTANT: This transmission is for use by the intended recipient and it may contain privileged, proprietary or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this transmission to the intended recipient, you may not disclose, copy or distribute this transmission or take any action in reliance on it. If you received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately by email to infosec@paho.org, and please dispose of and delete this transmission. Thank you.