2018 Regional Policy Dialogue: Digital Transformation of the Health Sector
Session 1: The Route to Electronic Health Records
Although the countries of the region have made slow progress in the implementation of electronic health records (EHR), there are international examples that can be useful to answer certain questions:
- What are the most important elements to implement EHR?
- What are the experiences of countries that implemented HR successfully?
- Which of these elements are applicable to our region?
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In this presentation, Jennifer Zelmer reviewed Canada's path to EHR adoption and included recommendations for Latin America and the Caribbean.
In this presentation, Peeter Ross reviewed Estonia's path to national electronic health record implementation.
In this presentation, David Eaves reviewed 3 myths and 3 recommendations for implementing EHR systems and digital infrastructure.