Bonn-based empirica, a major consultancy the the European telehealth/telecare arena has won a contract to measure and assess Union Member States eHealth progress:
- whether national eHealth policies, strategies, roadmaps and/or implementation measures exist and have been updated
- whether and to what extent the objectives defined in the European eHealth Action plan have been incorporated into them
- what progress has been achieved, focusing on eHealth Action Plan priorities
- which (further) national priorities and actions may support the accelerated realisation of the eHealth Action Plan.
The final output is expected during the middle of 2010. empirica press release for more information.