Sixteen years of eHealth experiences in Iran: a qualitative content analysis of national policies.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

As a building block of all health systems and a multi-sectoral domain, eHealth has a critical role to accelerate the achievement of sustainable development goals (SDGs), particularly universal health coverage (UHC). Our objective was to provide a better understanding of the recent experiences on eHealth policy, particularly in framing process of the policies and strategies, in an attempt to develop evidence-based recommendations that can inform future eHealth policy formulation, implementation, and development in Iran.

Methods

We undertook an exploratory, descriptive, comparative, retrospective and longitudinal analysis of eHealth policies by using content analysis of upstream and other key national policy documents, guided by criteria for reporting qualitative

SUBMITTER: Mousavi SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8665305 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature