Developing a Strategic Program for Chilean Health Information Technology: Environmental Scan and Key Informant Interviews

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A Roadmap for the Development of Health Information Technology in Chile

“…For the first phase of this project, we conducted an environmental scan and key informant interviews designed to understand the current state of health IT in Chile, as well as to identify opportunities and challenges associated with the growth of health IT over the next ten years. The detailed methods and findings from the first phase are described in the first report for this project (Taylor, Fischer, Gracner, Tejeda, Kim, Chavez-Herrerias, et al, 2016).…”

“…First, we researched information about current health IT projects operating in Chile and assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the health care system, with a focus on identifying opportunities and challenges for the development of the health IT sector over the short (one to two years), medium (four to six years), and long (ten years) terms. The final report for phase I, Taylor et al, 2016, presents in detail the methods used as part of this work. In short, we conducted an environmental scan of the available literature, including published academic literature, the gray literature, and government and nongovernmental organizations' websites.…”

Improving Healthcare Access through Digital Health: The Use of Information and Communication Technologies

“…A number of country studies have listed challenges and opportunities of using digital health solutions from legal, ethical, infrastructural, human and material resources, training, education, attitude, organizational, cultural and behavioral points of view [57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66]. These challenges may include: 1.…”

Health shocks and the added worker effect: a life cycle approach

“…According to the Chilean Ministry of Social Development, in 2015 about 77.3% of the Chilean population were enrolled in FONASA and about 15.1% were covered by ISAPRES. 2 The Universal Access Plan with Explicit Health Guarantees (AUGE plan), which came into force in July 2005, specifies four basic guarantees of access, quality, opportunity or timeliness, and financial protection for patients diagnosed with priority diseases, which were selected based on their epidemiological prevalence and public concern (Taylor et al, 2016). Currently, there are 80 guaranteed health conditions.…”