|Worldwide, the application of information and communication
technologies to support national health-care services is rapidly
expanding and increasingly important. This is especially so at a
time when all health systems face stringent economic challenges
and greater demands to provide more and better care, especially
to those most in need.| The National eHealth Strategy Toolkit is
an expert, practical guide that provides governments, their
ministries and stakeholders with a solid foundation and method
for the development and implementation of a national eHealth
vision, action plan and monitoring framework. All countries,
whatever their level of development, can adapt the Toolkit to
suit their own circumstances. Representing one of the most
significant collaborations in recent years between the World
Health Organization and the International Telecommunication
Union, the Toolkit is a landmark in understanding what eHealth
is, what it can do, and why and how it should be applied to
health care today. NB: pdf ver