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European Union (EU) governments and healthcare providers are facing significant challenges to their health systems. Rising costs in healthcare, ageing populations, and diagnosing and treating chronic conditions are just some of the issues that policy-makers face. The EU has clearly defined the benefits and barriers of perusing a digital agenda to improve every citizen’s health by making health data and information available using e-Health tools. The ben- efit of increased quality of healthcare needs to be seen as the cornerstone of each country’s political, financial, and technical strategies, improving access to healthcare and ultimately making the health sector more efficient.
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Currie, W.L., Seddon, J.J.M. (2015). E-Health Policy and Benchmarking in the European Union. In: Kuhlmann, E., Blank, R.H., Bourgeault, I.L., Wendt, C. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Healthcare Policy and Governance. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137384935_32
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