E-health and the Universitas 21 organization: 1. Global e-health through synergy.
The Universitas 21 (U21) organization funded a one-year project to examine global e-health. An e-health steering committee surveyed the opinions of e-health researchers at U21 member schools and conducted a literature review. Information about key themes was analysed and the findings were summarized. The steering committee recommended an eight-step strategy to establish a sustainable endeavour in global e-health. This included implementing a dissemination strategy within the U21 organization to engage a progressively larger community of faculty members and others, and translating e-health knowledge into global practice in those areas in which the U21 has special expertise. While the recommendations in the discussion paper are specific to the U21 organization, the e-health steering committee believes they can be generalized and applied to any globally minded educational or research institutions seeking to contribute to e-health.
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Division of Continuing Professional Development and Knowledge Translation, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Canada. kho@cme.ubc.ca
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D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D014943:Global Health; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D007256:Information Systems; D007391:International Cooperation; D020407:Internet; D017216:Telemedicine