Same Goals, Yet Different Outcomes : Analysing the Current State of eHealth Adoption and Policies in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland Using a Mixed Methods Approach
- Despite similar policy goals, the adoption of eHealth practices took different paths in Austria (AT), Switzerland (CH), and Germany (GER). We seek to provide a rigorous analysis of the current state of hospitals by focusing on three key eHealth areas: electronic patient records (EPR), health information exchange (HIE), electronic patient communication. For validation and in order to gain better contextual insight we applied a mixed method approach by combining survey results from clinical directors with qualitative interview data from eHealth experts of all three countries. Across countries, EPR adoption rates were reported highest (AT: 52%, CH: 78%, GER: 50%), HIE-rates were partly lower (AT: 52%, CH: 14%, GER: 17%), and electronic patient communication was reported lowest overall (AT: 17%, CH: 8%, GER: 19%). Amongst others, results indicate patient awareness about eHealth to be equally weak across countries, which thus may be an important focal point of future policy initiatives.
Author: | Laura NaumannORCiD, Moritz EsdarORCiD, Ursula Hertha HübnerORCiD |
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Title (English): | Same Goals, Yet Different Outcomes : Analysing the Current State of eHealth Adoption and Policies in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland Using a Mixed Methods Approach |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:959-opus-20391 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3233/SHTI190377 |
ISBN: | 978-1-64368-002-6 |
ISBN: | 978-1-64368-003-3 |
Parent Title (English): | MEDINFO 2019 : Health and Wellbeing e-Networks for All |
Publisher: | IOS Press |
Place of publication: | Amsterdam |
Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
Language: | English |
Year of Completion: | 2019 |
Release Date: | 2021/05/20 |
First Page: | 1012 |
Last Page: | 1016 |
Note: | 17th World Congress of Medical and Health Informatics, 25.08. - 30.08.2019, Lyon (Frankreich) |
Faculties: | Fakultät WiSo |
DDC classes: | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 610 Medizin, Gesundheit |
Review Status: | Veröffentlichte Fassung/Verlagsversion |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International |