title: Introduction: how we got here.
authors.affiliation: European Commission, DG Information Society.
authors.forename: Ilias
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Iakovidis
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.forename: Jean Claude
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Healy
mesh_terms: D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D005062:European Union; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications