Governance – the key factor of E-health implementation in Latvia

Ieva Bikava, Ilga Kreituse (Corresponding Author)

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    Abstract

    The idea of implementation of Electronic Health Record systems on national scale “e Health” has started in all three Baltic States at the same time, in 2003. But the progress of the system development is very different – Estonia had started mandatory use of e Health in 2009, Latvia on 2018, but the Lithuania is still on its way.
    The research involved analyze of e-Health development and implementation process in Latvia and comparison with Estonia, with the aim to discover the differences and identify hindering factors.
    The main conclusion obtained after the research was that the key factor of implementation differences was the disparity in governance process and performance.
    Keywords: Health Governance, Healthcare reforms, Change implementation in Healthcare
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2018
    Subtitle of host publication1. Section Political Sciences
    Place of PublicationSofia
    Pages11-18
    Number of pages7
    Volume18
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018
    Event5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts (SGEM) - Vienna, Austria
    Duration: 19 Mar 201821 Mar 2018
    Conference number: 5
    https://sgemsocial.org/index.php/peer-review/impact-factor-2

    Publication series

    NameInternational Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts-SGEM
    Volume1.1
    ISSN (Electronic)2367-5659

    Conference

    Conference5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts (SGEM)
    Abbreviated titleSGEM 2018
    Country/TerritoryAustria
    CityVienna
    Period19/03/1821/03/18
    Internet address

    Field of Science*

    • 5.6 Political science
    • 3.3 Health sciences

    Publication Type*

    • 3.2. Articles or chapters in other proceedings other than those included in 3.1., with an ISBN or ISSN code

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