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

Ieva Bikava; Ilga Kreituse

doi:10.5593/SGEMSOCIAL2018H/11/S01.002

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

Ieva Bikava, Ilga Kreituse (Coresponding Author)

Department of Political Science

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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 language	English
Title of host publication	5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2018
Subtitle of host publication	1. Section Political Sciences
Place of Publication	Sofia
Pages	11-18
Number of pages	7
Volume	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5593/SGEMSOCIAL2018H/11/S01.002
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts (SGEM) - Vienna, Austria Duration: 19 Mar 2018 → 21 Mar 2018 Conference number: 5 https://sgemsocial.org/index.php/peer-review/impact-factor-2

Publication series

Name	International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts-SGEM
Volume	1.1
ISSN (Electronic)	2367-5659

Conference

Conference	5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts (SGEM)
Abbreviated title	SGEM 2018
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	19/03/18 → 21/03/18
Internet address	https://sgemsocial.org/index.php/peer-review/impact-factor-2

Field of Science*

5.6 Political science
3.3 Health sciences

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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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Bikava, I., & Kreituse, I. (2018). Governance – the key factor of E-health implementation in Latvia. In 5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2018: 1. Section Political Sciences (Vol. 18, pp. 11-18). (International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts-SGEM; Vol. 1.1).. https://doi.org/10.5593/SGEMSOCIAL2018H/11/S01.002

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Bikava, I & Kreituse, I 2018, Governance – the key factor of E-health implementation in Latvia. in 5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2018: 1. Section Political Sciences. vol. 18, International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts-SGEM, vol. 1.1, Sofia, pp. 11-18, 5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts (SGEM), Vienna, Austria, 19/03/18. https://doi.org/10.5593/SGEMSOCIAL2018H/11/S01.002

Governance – the key factor of E-health implementation in Latvia. / Bikava, Ieva; Kreituse, Ilga (Coresponding Author).
5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2018: 1. Section Political Sciences. Vol. 18 Sofia, 2018. p. 11-18 (International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts-SGEM; Vol. 1.1).

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Bikava I, Kreituse I. Governance – the key factor of E-health implementation in Latvia. In 5th International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts SGEM 2018: 1. Section Political Sciences. Vol. 18. Sofia. 2018. p. 11-18. (International Multidisciplinary Scientific Conference on Social Sciences and Arts-SGEM). doi: 10.5593/SGEMSOCIAL2018H/11/S01.002

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

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