Documents/WCIT/3: Quality of Life, Trust and Confidence/3.5: Healthcare

3.5: Healthcare

[Use] public spending on ICT to make healthcare more efficient, effective and sustainable.

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Governments should recognise that public spending on ICT for health can make healthcare more efficient, effective and sustainable. This empowers patients and triggers innovation. They should commit themselves to fostering the opportunities ICT offers for health and stimulate the use of common eHealth standards and cross-border data exchange.

Stakeholder(s):

  • Governments

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