title: Report on the World Health Organization Global Observatory for eHealth strategic planning workshop, April 2008.
abstract: The World Health Organization's Global Observatory for eHealth (GOe) conducted its first strategic workshop at Bellagio, Italy on April 9 to 11, 2008. Supported by a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, the workshop brought together a select group of twenty-one eHealth experts from around the globe to help plan for the future of the Observatory. Participants were chosen from all six WHO regions and included a mix of researchers, practitioners, specialist physicians, academics and consultants. Key issues addressed included: how to build a dynamic and cohesive network of National Observatories to improve worldwide eHealth data collection; analysis and reporting; developing Thematic Working Groups in specialist eHealth themes; eHealth assessment frameworks; the development of the research agenda for the second global survey; cultivating partnerships; and governance.
authors.affiliation: World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. kaym@who.int
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kay
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Santos
mesh_terms: D004493:Education; D020407:Internet; D007558:Italy; D008490:Medical Informatics / Q000458:organization & administration; D016730:Program Development; D014944:World Health Organization