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Table 5 Conditions for the Implementation of E-health

From: Antecedents of use of e-health services in Central Eastern Europe: a qualitative comparative analysis

Category

Abbreviation

Conditions

Data treatment explanation

Codes

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