Description (short summary):
This report presents an analysis of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries’ efforts to implement information and communication technologies (ICTs) in health care systems.

It provides advice on the range of policy options, conditions and practices that policy makers can adapt to their own national circumstances to accelerate adoption and effective use of these technologies. These ranged from foundational communication infrastructures to sophisticated Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems.

The analysis draws upon a considerable body of recent literature and in, particular, lessons learned from case studies in six OECD countries (Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United States), all of which reported varying degrees of success deploying health ICT solutions.

Number of pages: 117