Monday, July 21, 2008

[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
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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

 

           

 

 

 

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