Maria Gabriella Melchiorre|Roberta Papa|Mieke Rijken|Ewout van Ginneken|Anneli Hujala|Francesco Barbabella
eHealth in integrated care programs for people with multimorbidity in Europe: Insights from the ICARE4EU project
Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani|Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani|Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research|University of Eastern Finland|Istituto Nazionale di Riposo e Cura per Anziani|Linnaeus University
care people multimorbidity requires integrated approach order adequately meet complex needs respect ehealth could help paper aims describe implementation well benefits barriers ehealth applications integrated care programs targeting people multimorbidity european countries including insights older people 65within framework icare4eu project 2014 expert organizations 24 european countries identified 101 integrated care programs based selected inclusion criteria managers programs completed related online questionnaire addressing various aspects including use ehealth paper analyze data questionnaire addition qualitative information six programs selected high potential innovative approach studied depth site visitsout 101 programs 85 adopted ehealth applications 42 focused explicitly older people cases electronic health records ehrs registration databases patients data tools communication care providers implemented percentages slightly higher programs addressing older people ehealth improves care integration management processes inadequate funding mechanisms interoperability technical support represent major barriersfindings seems suggest ehealth could support integrated care older people multimorbidity