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                        eHealth Overview
           The World Health Organization defines eHealth as the use of information 
           and communication technologies (ICT) for health. In its broadest sense, 
           eHealth is concerned with improving the flow of information, through 
           electronic means, to support the delivery of health services and the
           management of health systems.
           Examples of eHealth: 
      Electronic Health Records            Telemedicine                  Mobile Health
      Electronic Health Records            Telemedicine                  Mobile Health
                   Health Information                    Practice, Patient, Clinical 
                   Health Information                    Practice, Patient, Clinical 
                        Systems                            Management Systems
                        Systems                            Management Systems
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              Benefits and Impact of 
                             eHealth
             Access to Services
             Efficiency Gains in Health Services
             Quality and Safety of Care
             Health Monitoring and Reporting
             Access to Health Knowledge and Education
             Operations Planning and Management
             Empowering Individuals
             Innovation and Growth
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                    eHealth Components
                                  Leadership and Governance
                                  Leadership and Governance
                         Services and Applications
                         Services and Applications
                                                        Legislation , 
      Strategy and            Standards and             Legislation , 
      Strategy and            Standards and              Policy and          Workforce
    Implementation            Interoperability           Policy and          Workforce
    Implementation            Interoperability           Compliance
                                                         Compliance
                              Infrastructure
                              Infrastructure
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                                       ITU and eHealth
       Since 1994, ITU has implemented telemedicine projects in developing countries and 
       organized seminars and workshops on telemedicine in different parts of the world.
       Activities: 
       •    Raising awareness about ICTs’ role in improving healthcare delivery in developing countries
       •    Providing assistance in implementing technical cooperation projects in e-and m-health
       •                 Presentation 
            Encourage collaboration between the telecommunication & the health sectors in developing 
            countries to maximize utilization of resources for implementing eHealth
       •    Disseminate experiences & best practices on ICT technologies’ use in eHealth in developing 
            countries (incl. creating guidelines and training materials on e-Health applications)
       •    Promote the development of technical standards for eHealth applications and develop 
            guidelines for developing countries on how to use them
       •    Facilitate the establishment of collaboration platforms that bring together e-Health experts 
            from the industry, academic institutions &  NGOs to stimulate cooperation and knowledge 
            sharing
       •    Encourage cooperation among developing and developed countries in the field of m-health
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       ITU-D Publications on eHealth (sample)
      Facilitating national eHealth planning
      The National eHealth Strategy Toolkit  (2012) presents a 
      methodology and set of resources to guide country decision makers to 
      develop their national eHealth strategy and roadmap.  
      Several countries have already used the toolkit to 
      develop/update/review their eHealth national strategy.
      Facilitating eHealth infrastructure planning
      The Scaling eHealth Services in step with ICT transformation 
      (2011) provides guidance to e-Health planners on e-Health services that 
      can be deployed immediately with available infrastructure and on which 
      additional services can be added as the infrastructure is transformed 
      according to the needs and constrains of the target demographics
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