management, allow better disease management, and solve the problem of shortages of healthcare providers in Lebanon. The priorities to for successful e-health implementation are: National/Government Compose a National e-health policies and strategies Committee in Lebanon. This committee will be in charge of: Establishing a 5-year e-health strategy plan to advance the use of information technology all ‒ over the health sector. Dealing with the e-health strategic planning including infrastructure, funding, policy and ‒ governance of e-health practice, besides collaborating with International e-health foundations. Developing e-health competency framework to guide and help ensuring sufficient skills for ‒ various healthcare professionals, who should be also adequately prepared to train other healthcare providers. Establishing a national forum that: ‒ Promotes the use of telecommunications and related technology in the delivery of ‒ health care and health education in the country. Facilitates and assists various healthcare organizations in developing secure and ‒ private electronic health records for the Lebanese citizens and makes health information available electronically whenever and wherever it is needed. Serves as a forum for advocacy, communication and sharing of resources among ‒ communities of interest. Raising awareness among the various stakeholders about the opportunities in the e-health ‒ sector in Lebanon. Assisting healthcare facilities in securing the needed funds for e-health implementation from ‒ national and international resources. Considering innovative financing and compensation schemes for e-health services. ‒ Including e-health concepts in medical and nursing curricula. ‒ Legalizing electronic signature and making it lawful by the Lebanese government in to ‒ encourage healthcare institutions and insurance companies to promote e-health practices and data protection and liability through the development of guidelines and codes of conduct for e-health services. Putting more emphasis on international cooperation in order to promote benchmarking and ‒ evaluation projects that can provide evidence to support the deployment of e-health practices. Ministry of Public Health Level: Initiating the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system and facilitate the communication of ‒ health data between the private and public health sectors. Encourage national research in e-health practices. ‒ Collaborate with healthcare industry organizations such as the Health Information ‒ Management Systems Society Collaborate with professional communities such as the American Health Information ‒ Management Association
management, allow better disease management, and solve the problem of shortages of healthcare providers in Lebanon. The priorities to for successful e-health implementation are: National/Government Compose a National e-health policies and strategies Committee in Lebanon. This committee will be in charge of: ‒ Establishing a 5-year e-health strategy plan to advance the use of information technology all over the health sector. ‒ Dealing with the e-health strategic planning including infrastructure, funding, policy and governance of e-health practice, besides collaborating with International e-health foundations. ‒ Developing e-health competency framework to guide and help ensuring sufficient skills for various healthcare professionals, who should be also adequately prepared to train other healthcare providers. ‒ Establishing a national forum that: ‒ Promotes the use of telecommunications and related technology in the delivery of health care and health education in the country. ‒ Facilitates and assists various healthcare organizations in developing secure and private electronic health records for the Lebanese citizens and makes health information available electronically whenever and wherever it is needed. ‒ Serves as a forum for advocacy, communication and sharing of resources among communities of interest. ‒ Raising awareness among the various stakeholders about the opportunities in the e-health sector in Lebanon. ‒ Assisting healthcare facilities in securing the needed funds for e-health implementation from national and international resources. ‒ Considering innovative financing and compensation schemes for e-health services. ‒ Including e-health concepts in medical and nursing curricula. ‒ Legalizing electronic signature and making it lawful by the Lebanese government in to encourage healthcare institutions and insurance companies to promote e-health practices and data protection and liability through the development of guidelines and codes of conduct for e-health services. ‒ Putting more emphasis on international cooperation in order to promote benchmarking and evaluation projects that can provide evidence to support the deployment of e-health practices. Ministry of Public Health Level: ‒ Initiating the Electronic Health Record (EHR) system and facilitate the communication of health data between the private and public health sectors. ‒ Encourage national research in e-health practices. ‒ Collaborate with healthcare industry organizations such as the Health Information Management Systems Society ‒ Collaborate with professional communities such as the American Health Information Management Association
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