Interprofessional e-health

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The U21 Health Sciences Group funded a project to examine global e-health. An e-health steering committee surveyed the opinions of e-health researchers at U21 member schools and conducted a literature review. Information about key themes was analysed and the findings were summarized. The steering committee recommended an eight-step strategy to establish a sustainable endeavour in global e-health. This included implementing a dissemination strategy within the U21 organization to engage a progressively larger community of faculty members and others, and translating e-health knowledge into global practice in those areas in which the U21 has special expertise. While the recommendations in the discussion paper are specific to the U21 organization, the e-health steering committee believes they can be generalized and applied to any globally minded educational or research institutions seeking to contribute to e-health.

Reports

• Report on the 2005 Global e-health workshop in Lund
• Report on the 2006 Global e-health workshop in Nottingham
• Report on the 2007 Global e-health workshop in Hong Kong
• Report on the 2008 Global e-health Symposium in Virginia

Surveys

• Survey focusing on interprofessional e-health initiatives across the U21 network
• Web survey template

Publications

• E-health and the Universitas 21 organization: 1. Global e-health through synergy.
  Ho and Sharman Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare.2005; 11: 218-220 

• E-health and the Universitas 21 organization: 2. Telemedicine and underserved populations.
  Wootton et al. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare.2005; 11: 221-224

• E-health and the Universitas 21 organization: 3. Global policy.
  Scott and Lee Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare.2005; 11: 225-229

• E-health and the Universitas 21 organization: 4. Professional portability.
  Goldberg et al. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare.2005; 11: 230-233

Contact
Edwin Yen
Kendall Ho