Nordic eHealth indicators: organisation of research, first results and plan for the future.
eHealth indicator and benchmarking activities are rapidly increasing nationally and internationally. The work is rarely based on a transparent methodology for indicator definition. This article describes first results of testing an indicator methodology for defining eHealth indicators, which was reported at the Medical Informatics Europe conference in 2012. The core elements of the methodology are illustrated, demonstrating validation of each of them in the context of Nordic eHealth Indicator work. Validation proved the importance of conducting each of the steps of the methodology, with several scientific as well as practical outcomes. The article is based on a report to be published by the Nordic Council of Ministers [4].
Information Department, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland.
Hannele
H
Hyppönen
Arild
A
Faxvaag
Heidi
H
Gilstad
Gudrun Audur
GA
Hardardottir
Lars
L
Jerlvall
Maarit
M
Kangas
Sabine
S
Koch
Christian
C
Nøhr
Thomas
T
Pehrsson
Jarmo
J
Reponen
Åke
Å
Walldius
Vivian
V
Vimarlund
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