The range of organizational and technological changes grouped under electronic health are going to be crucial to progressive and responsive health reform. But here also, the goal cannot just be more comprehensive electronic health records and more efficient systems for exchanging health information – as important as this will be. Implementation of e health must also contribute to reducing stark and damaging health disparities and ensuring equitable access for all to high-quality care when and where they need it. These papers analyze how equity can be built into e health strategy.
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Today’s article in the Globe and Mail’s series on healthcare rightly stressed the crucial importance of electronic health strategies to progressive health reform. Unfortunately, this issue has been tainted by scandals around consultants and inefficient spending. But we shouldn’t let that distract us from e-health’s importance; a Wellesley policy briefing sets out the potential of e health within a comprehensive equity strategy. [...]
The proliferation of electronic health information technology (e-health) tools is crucial to progressive and responsive health reform. However, while more comprehensive electronic health records and more efficient health care delivery are important, e-health implementation must also focus on reducing stark health disparities and ensuring equitable access for all to e-health tools and the quality improvements that they bring. [...]
Before the provincial agency coordinating eHealth was engulfed in controversy, it issued a strategy in 2009 and called for input. This policy briefing sets out how equity can be built into e health strategy.
Here is the report for downloading.