SERIES: eHealth in primary care. Part 6: Global perspectives: Learning from eHealth for low-resource primary care settings and across high-, middle- and low-income countries

DISCUSSION: The case studies illustrate eHealth's potential to improve the provision of healthcare by i) improving the delivery of healthcare (using AI-generated chats); ii) supporting the workforce (using telemedicine platforms); iii) strengthening the healthcare information system (through patient-centred healthcare information systems), and iv) improving system-related elements of healthcare (through a mobile health financing platform). Nevertheless, we found that development and implementation are hindered by user-related, technical, financial, regulatory and evaluation challenges. We formulated six recommendations to help anticipate or overcome these challenges: 1) evaluate eHealth's appropriateness, 2) know the end users, 3) establish evaluation methods, 4) prioritise the human component, 5) profit from collaborations, ensure sustainable financing and local ownership, 6) and contextualise and evaluate the implementation strategies.PMID:37615720 | DOI:10.1080/13814788.2023.2241987

Source: European Journal of General Practice - August 24, 2023 Category: Primary Care Authors: Margot Rakers Steven van de Vijver Paz Bossio Nic Moens Michiel Rauws Millicent Orera Hongxia Shen Cynthia Hallensleben Evelyn Brakema Nick Guldemond Niels H Chavannes Mar ía Villalobos-Quesada Source Type: research