Category | Abbreviation | Conditions | Data treatment explanation | Codes |
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National policy or strategy | POLICY | National e-health policy | Reported policy for particular country. | 0 – absent 1 – present |
HIS | National health information system (HIS) policy or strategy | Reported policy for particular country. | 0 – absent 1 – present | |
Funding sources | FUNDING | E-health funding sources | Covers several sources: public funding; private or commercial funding; donor/ not-public funding; public-private partnership. | 0 – no or one funding source reported 1 – three funding sources reported |
Capacity building | TRAINING | E-health capacity building | Includes: Health sciences students – Pre-service training in e-health and health professionals – In-service training in e-health. | 0 – no or only pre-service or only in-service training 1 – both pre- and in-service training present |
Legal frameworks | MED_JURIS | Policy of e-health legislation defines medical jurisdiction, liability or reimbursement of e-health services | Reported purpose for given country. | 0 – absent 1 – present |
DATASHARE | Policy of e-health legislation governs the sharing of digital data between health professionals in other health services in the same country through the use of an her | Reported purpose for given country. | 0 – absent 1 – present | |
IND_ACC | Policy of e-health legislation allows individuals electronic access to health-related data (when held in EHRs) | Reported purpose for given country. | 0 – absent 1 – present | |
Programmes at national level | TELEPROG | Telehealth | Includes five telehealth programmes: teleradiology, teledermatology, telepathology, telepsychiatry, and remote patient monitoring. We included only established or pilot programmes at the national level. | 0 – absent 1 – present |
HER | Electronic Health Records (EHRs) | We included only the national EHR system | 0 – absent 1 – present | |
MHEALTH | mHealth programmes country overview | We counted only those at the national level that are in the pilot or established phase. | 0 – absent 1 – present |