KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE
SELECTED DOCUMENTS, ARTICLES, AND BOOKS ON ICT APPLICATIONS IN HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE
Cockburn, IM (2004). The changing structure of the pharmaceutical industry. Health Affairs 23(1):10-22 [Download]
Docteur, E and Oxley, H (2003). Health-Care Systems: Lessons from the Reform Experience. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Directorate for Employment, Labor and Social Affairs. OECD Health Working Papers DELSA/ELSA/WD/HEA(2003)9 [Download]
Institute of Medicine (2001). Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century. Committee on Quality of Health Care in America, Institute of Medicine. National Academy Press, Washington, DC; ISBN 0 309 07280 8
Harris Interactive (2001). Why public opinion on health care issues changes. Health Care News 1 (33):1-3
Musgrove P, Zeramdini R, Carrin G (2002). Basic patterns in national health expenditure. Bull World Health Org 80 (2):134-146
Harris Interactive (2001). Big differences in attitudes toward health care systems in 10 countries. Health Care News 1 (2):1-3
Bloom G and Standing H (2001). Pluralism and Marketisation in the Health Sector: Meeting Health Needs in Contexts of Social Change in Low and Middle Income Countries. University of Sussex Institute of Development Studies IDS Working Paper 136, Brighton, Sussex, UK [Download]
Shine KI (2001). Health Care Quality and How to Achieve It. 2001 Robert H. Ebert Memorial Lecture. Milbank Memorial Lecture [Download]
World Bank (2005 ). OTF Group. Improving Competitiveness and Increasing Economic Diversification in the Caribbean: The
Role of Information and Communication Technologies. Washington, DC: infoDev / World Bank [Download]
ITU (2009). Measuring the
Information Society:
The ICT Development Index. International Telecommunication Union,
Place des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva Switzerland [Download]
World Economic Forum (2008). The Global Information Technology Report 2007-2008. Executive Summary. WEF [Download]
European Commission (2007). Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social
Committee and the Committee of the Regions.
i2010 - Annual Information Society Report 2007. {SEC(2007) 395} {Volumes 1, 2, 3}. Brussels, 30.3.2007
COM(2007) 146 final [Download]
UNESCO (2008). Towards Information Literacy Indicators - Conceptual framework paper prepared by
Ralph Catts and Jesus Lau,
with a list of potential international indicators for information supply, access and supporting skills.
UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Paris [Download]
UNCTAD(2008). Information Economy Report 2007-2008: Science and technology for development - the new paradigm of ICT. Overview Version. United Nations, New York and Geneva [Download]
World Health Organization (2008). Assessing the National Health Information System - An Assessment Tool Version 4.00. Health Metrics Network, WHO Geneva, Switzerland [Download]
Heeks, R and Kenny, C (2002). The Economics of ICTs and Global Inequality: Convergence or Divergence for Developing Countries?. Development Informatics Working Paper Series No. 10a. Development Informatics Group Institute for Development Policy and Management University of Manchester, UK [Download]
ECLAC (2005). Public policies for the development
of information societies in
Latin America and the Caribbean. Division of Production, Productivity and
Management, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. United Nations Publication
LC/W.19 [Download]
Fukuyama F (2002). How to regulate science. Excerpted from Our Posthuman Society: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution, by Francis Fukuyama. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. The Public Interest / Winter 2002 [Download]
UNESCO (2003). Basic Texts on the Information Society. Publications for the World Summit on the Information Society, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris [Download]
UNESCO (2003). Science in the Information Society. UNESCO Publications for the World Summit on the Information Society, UNESCO 2003 (CI-2003/WS/6), Paris [Download]
UNCTAD(2006). Information Economy Report 2006: The Development Perspective. United Nations, New York and Geneva. ISBN 92 1 112700 9 [Download]
Galperin, H and Mariscal, J [Editors](2005). Digital Povery: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives. International Development Research Centre (IDRC-CRDI), Canada and REDIS-DIRSI, Instituto de Estudios Peruano, Lima [Download]
Minges, M (2005). Evaluation of e-Readiness Indices in Latin America and the Caribbean. United Nations Publication LC/W.73. United Nation’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile [Download]
The Economist (2007). The 2007 E-readiness Rankings: Raising the Bar. A white paper from the Economist Intelligence Unit, London [Download]
Eurostat (2006). How skilled are Europeans in using computers and the Internet?. ISSN 1561-4840 Catalogue number: KS-NP-06-017-EN-N European Communities [Download]
UNESCO (2004). Social Transformation in an Information
Society: Rethinking Access to You
and the World. Prepared by Dutton W, Oxford Internet Institute for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization 7, place de Fontenoy F-75352 Paris [Download]
Galperin, H and Mariscal, J [Editors] (2006). Digital Poverty: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives. International Development Research Centre (IDRC-CRDI) and The Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (REDIS-DIRSI)Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, Lima [Download]
Villatoro, P and Silva A (2005). Estrategias, programas y
experiencias de superación de la
brecha digital y universalización del
acceso a las nuevas tecnologías de
información y comunicación (TIC).
Un panorama regional. Serie Politicas Sociales 101. División de Desarrollo Social, United Nation’s Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Santiago, Chile [Download]
Hilbert, M and Katz, J [Editors] (2002). Building an Information Society: A Perspective from Latin America and the Caribbean. Libros de la CEPAL series No. 72 (LC/G.2199-P), United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile [Download]
Antón, PS; Silberglitt, R; and Schneider J (2001). The Global Technology Revolution: Bio/Nano/Materials Trends and their Synergies with Information Technology by 2015. Prepared for the National Intelligence Council by Rand National Defense Research Institute, Santa Monica CA and Arlington VA, ISBN 0 8330 2949 5 [Download]
Marcelo Bonilla and Gilles Cliche [Editors] (2004). Internet and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean. Southbound/IDRC 2004 ISBN 1-55250-017-9 [Download]
Bogdanowicz M; Centeno C; Burgelman J-C (2004). Three Challenges for the Future Development of the Information Society in Europe. TIGER Working Paper Series No. 61, CENTRUM BADAWCZE TRANSFORMACJI, INTEGRACJI I GLOBALIZACJI Warsaw, August 2004 [Download]
OECD (2005). Digital Broadband Content: Scientific Publishing. Working Party on the Information Economy. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Directorate for Science, Technology, and Industry. Publication DSTI/ICCP/IE(2004)11/FINAL. JT00188746, Sept 2 [Download]
Martin, B (2005). The Information Society and the Digital Divide: Some NorthSouth
comparisons.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Australia. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology
(IJEDICT) 1:4, pp. 3041 [Download]
Kalathil, S and Boas, TC (2001). The Internet and State Control in Authoritarian Regimes: China, Cuba, and the Counterrevolution. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Information Revolution and World Politics Project, Global Policy Program Number 21 July 2001, Washington DC [Download]
United Nations (2004). World Urbanization Prospects - The 2003 Revision Data Tables and Highlights. Publication SA/P/WP.190 24 March 2004, U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division, New York, 2004 [Download]
Cawthera, A (undated). Computers in secondary schools in developing countries: costs and other issues. Research conducted for The Department For International Development (DFID), World Links For Development (WorLD), World Bank Institute and The Human Development Network of the World Bank [Download]
Zielinski, C (undated). Progress in Health Digital Libraries Global and Regional Perspectives. In Building the Virtual Health Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean [Download]
Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs (2003). Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on the Information Society. WSIS Civil Society Plenary Geneva, 8 December 2003 [Download]
Cummings S, Heeks R, Huysman M (2003). Knowledge and Learning in Online Networks in Development: A Social Capital Perspective. Development Informatics Working Paper Series. Institute for Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester, UK. ISBN 1 904143 41 5 [Download]
Bannister F (2002). Citizen Centricity: A Model of IS Value in Public Administration. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation 5(2) [Download]
International Telecommunication Union (2003). The nature of the information society: A developing world perspective. A paper by Madanmohan Rao, Bangalore, India edited by Joanna Goodrick of the Strategy and Policy Unit of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Geneva [Download]
International Telecommunication Union (2003). Fostering Globally Accessible and Affordable ICTs. A paper was prepared by Toshihiko Hayashi, Professor of Economics, University of the Air Chairman, Stanford Japan Center for ITU, Geneva [Download]
Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil (2000). The Evolution of Initiatives towards an Information Society in the World. In: Green Book on Information Society in Brazil. Takahashi T. (Coordinator). Programa Sociedade da Informação (SocInfo). Brasília, DF. CDU 316.42(81) [Download]
Lyman P and Varian HR. (2000). How Much Information?. School of Information Management and Systems at the University of California at Berkeley. A study measuring how much information is produced in the world each year by several media and estimated yearly production, accumulated stock, rates of growth, and other variables of interest [Download]
Levinson P (1997). The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution. Routledge, London. ISBN 0 415 19772 4
Alcántara CH ( 2001). The Development Divide in a Digital Age: An Issues Paper. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Technology, Business and Society Programme Paper Number 4, August; Geneva. ISSN 1020 8216 [Download]
Ishaq A (2001). On the Global Digital Divide. Finance & Develop 38(3): September [Download]
Digital Opportunity Task Force (2001). Digital opportunities for all: Meeting the challenge. Report of the DOT Force 11 May 2001
European Commission (1998). Working Document: Summary of the Results of the Public Consultation on the Green Paper on the Convergence of the Telecommunications, Media and Information Technology Sectors; Areas for Further Reflection. SEC (98) 1284, Brussels
Hilbert M (2001). From Industrial Economics to Digital Economics: An Introduction to the Transition. U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Santiago, Chile. ISBN 92 1 121297 9 [Download]
U.S. Department of Commerce (2000). Digital Economy. Economics and Statistics Administration, Office of Policy Development, Washington DC [Download]
Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil (2000). Information Society Monitoring Indicators. In: Green Book on Information Society in Brazil. Takahashi T. (Coordinator). Programa Sociedade da Informação (SocInfo). Brasília, DF. CDU 316.42(81) [Download]
Walsham G (2001). Globalization and ICTs: Walking Across Cultures. University of Cambridge Research Papers in Management Studies, Document WP8/2001 [Download]
Sassen S (2002). Digitization: its variability as a variable in the reshaping of cross-border relations. The 2nd Social Study of IT workshop "ICT and Globalization" 22-23 April, Department of Information Systems, Cambridge University [Download]
Wallsten S (2003). Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries. American Enterprise Institute-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies. Related Publication 03-8 [Download]
Pan American Health Organization (2001). Indicators of Development for Information Technology, Latin America and Caribbean Countries. Tables in PDF format [Download]
Bridges.org (2002). Spanning the Digital Divide: Understanding and Tackling the Issues. A report by bridges.org, 152 pages. South Africa: P.O. Box 4163, Durbanville 7551, United States: 2000 P St NW Ste 240, Washington DC [Download]
Bognadowicz M, Burgelman J-C, Centeno C, Gourova E, Carat G (2003). Factors of regional/national success in Information Society developments: Information Society strategies for candidate countries. First Monday, volume 8, number 10 (October 2003) [Download]
Digital Opportunity Initiative (2001). Creating a Development Dynamic. Final report of the DOI. Accenture/Markle Foundation/UNDP [Download]
Rodrigues RJ (2010). International Trends in Hospital Information Systems. Technical Note, January 2010 [Download]
CEPAL (2012). Manual de Salud Electronica para Directivos de Servicios y Sistemas de Salud . Publicación de las Naciones Unidas
LC/L.3446
2011-953. Santiago, Chiler. Naciones Unidas, enero de 2012 [Download]
Rodrigues RJ (2008).
Compelling issues for adoption of e-health. The Commonwealth Health Ministers Reference Book 2008, pages 36-40. Published by the Henley Media Group Limited. Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London ISBN 97 80955 44086 1
[Download]
U.S. Government (2008). Evidence on the
Costs and Benefits of
Health Information Technology. The Congress of the United States/Congressional Budget Office, May 2008 [Download]
Interamerican Development Bank (2009). Mobile Health: The potential of mobile telephony
to bring health care to the majority. By Anta,R; El-Wahab, S; and Giuffrida, A. Inter-American
Development Bank
and with the support of the
Korea Fund for Technology
and Innovation. Washington D.C. [Download]
IDRC (2009). Telehealth in the Developing World. Wootton, R; Patil, NG; Scott, RE; and Ho, K [Editors]. International Development Research Centre (Canada) and Royal Society of Medicine Press Ltd (UK), E-ISBN 978-1-55250-396-6 [Download]
Organización Panamericana de la Salud (2003). e-Salud en Latinoamérica y el Caribe: Tendencias y Temas Emergentes. Rodrigues, RJ; Oliveri, NC; Monteagudo, JL; Hernández, A; and Sandor, T (Editors). OPS, Washington DC, 208 pg. ISBN 92 75 32462 [Download]
Pan American Health Organization (2001). Building Standard-Based Nursing Information Systems. Marin, F; Rodrigues, RJ; Delaney, C; Nielsen, GH and Yan, J [Editors]. Health Services Information Technology (HSP/HSE), Division of Health Systems and Services Development, Washington DC, ISBN 92 75 12364 0 [Download]
Organization of American States (2003). Telehealth in the Americas. Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), in collaboration with the Telecommunication Development Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), and the Latin American Association of Research Centers and Telecommunication Enterprises (AHCIET). Publication OEA/Ser.L/XVII.6.4, December 16, 2003, Washington D.C., 56 p, ISBN 0-8270-4614-6
Rodrigues, RJ (2003). Opportunities and Challenges in the Deployment of Global eHealth. Int J Healthcare Technology and Management 5(3/4/5): 335-358 [Download]
Martínez, A; Rodrigues, RJ; Infante, A; Campillo, C and Gattini, C (2001). Bases Metodológicas para Evaluar la Viabilidad y el Impacto de Proyectos de Telemedicina. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC, 2001, 138 p. ISBN 92 75 32363 1 [Download]
U.S. Department of Commerce (2004). Innovation, Demand and Investment in Telehealth. Office of Technology Policy. Brantley D, Laney-Cummings K, and Spivack R (Editors), Office of Technology Competitiveness and Advanced Technology Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Washington D.C. February 2004 [Download]
Bower, AG (2005). The Diffusion and Value of Healthcare Information Technology. Prepared for Cerner, General Electric, Hewlett Packard, Johnson & Johnson, and Xerox by the Rand Health. ISBN 0-8330-3760-9 [Download]
Rodrigues RJ (2003). Deploying e-Health Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean: Development and Policy Issues. Proceedings of the International Telecommunications Union Telecom World 2003, Forum PL11: Workshop on Telemedicine. October 12-18, 2003. Geneva [Download]
IPTS (2003). Skills and Competencies for the Future of eHealth. By Anastasia Constantelou and Vasiliki Karounou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece . Report 81. Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission [Download]
IPTS (2003). eHealth and the Ageing Society. By Marcelino Cabrera, IPTS. Report 81. Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission [Download]
Rodrigues, RJ; Oliveri, NC; Monteagudo, JL; Hernández, A and Sandor, T [Editors] (2003). e-Salud en Latinoamérica y el Caribe: Tendencias y Temas Emergentes. Organización Panamericana de la Salud en colaboración con Fundación de Informática Médica (Miami, FL) y Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo (Madrid), Washington, DC, 2003, 208 p. ISBN 92 75 32462 X
Canadian National Initiative for Telehealth (2003). National Initiative for Telehealth (NIFTE) Framework of Guidelines. Ottawa, Fall 2003 [Download
Eng TR, Gustafson DH. [Editors] (1999). Wired for Health and Well-Being - The Emergence of Interactive Health Communication. US Department of Health and Human Services: Science Panel on Interactive Communication and Health; Office of Public Health and Science. Washington, DC; US Printing Office [Download]
Eng TR (2001). The eHealth Landscape: a Terrain Map of Emerging Information and Communication Technologies in Health and Health Care. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton NJ. ISBN 0 942054 148 [Download]
Mitchell J (1999). From telehealth to e-health: the unstoppable rise of e-health. Canberra, Australia: National Office for the Information Technology, 1999
Ball M, Douglas JV, O'Desky RI, Albright JW [Editors] (1991). Healthcare Information Management Systems: A Practical Guide. Springer-Verlag New York. ISBN 0 387 97434 2
Brady M and Hassett M [Editors] (2000). Clinical Informatics. Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. HIMSS Guidebook Series, Chicago. ISBN 0 9704287 07 25
Ball M (2001). Welcome to e-health. Healthcare Informatics, October Issue :45-49
Eysenbach G (2001). What is e-health?. J Med Internet Research 3(1):e20. Available online at: http://www.jmir.org/2001/2/e20/index.htm
Della Mea V (2001). What is e-health (2): The Death of Telemedicine?. J Med Internet Research 3(2):e22. Available online at: http://www.jmir.org/2001/2/e22/index.htm
Rodrigues RJ (2000). Telemedicine and the transformation of healthcare practice in the information age. In: Speakers’ Book of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecom Americas 2000; Telecom Development Symposium, Session TDS.2; Rio de Janeiro, April 10-15, 2000, pages 91-105 [Download]
Rodrigues RJ and Risk A (2003). eHealth in Latin America and the Caribbean: Development and Policy Issues. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2003;5(1):e4. Available on line at: http://www.jmir.org/2003/1/e4/index.htm
Harris Interactive (2001). The Increasing Impact of eHealth on Physician Behavior. Health Care News 1 (31):1-14 [Download]
Harris Interactive (2001). The increasing impact of e-health on consumer behavior. Health Care News 1 (21):1-9 [Download]
Harris Interactive (2002). Four-Nation Survey Shows Widespread but Different Levels of Internet Use for Health Purposes. Health Care News 2 (11):1-4 [Download]
Maheu MM, Whitten P, Allen A (2001). E-Health, Telehealth, and Telemedicine: A Guide to Start-Up and Success. Jossy-Bass, San Francisco. ISBN 0 7879 4420 3
Fortune Magazine (2000). E-Health: An Online Cure for the Health Care Industry. Special Section on Health Care; published Aug 14.
Rodrigues RJ (2000). Information systems: the key to evidence-based health practice. Bull World Health Org 78 (11):1344-1351
Executive Office of the President of the United States (2001). Digital Libraries: Universal Access to Human Knowledge. President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC). Panel on Digital Libraries. Washington DC [Download]
Goff V (2001). Consumer Health Care Decision Support: State of the Art. National Health Care Purchasing Institute. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Washington DC [Download]
Whitten P, Steinfield C and Hellmich S (2001). Ehealth: Market Potential and Business Strategies. Department of Telecommunications Michigan State University, USA. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 6(4)
Degoulet P, Jean F-C, Safran C (1996). Multimedia workstations: electronic assistants for the health care professionals. Yearbook '96 of Medical Informatics, van Bemmel JH, McCray AT (Eds). Stuttgart: Schattauer, 1996 pp.65-75
Reiser, SJ (1984). The machine at the bedside: Technological transformations of practices and values. In: Reiser, SJ and Anbar, M (editors), The Machine at the Bedside: Strategies for Using Technology in Patient Care. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 3-19
PricewaterhouseCoopers (2000). E-connectivity producing measurable results. HealthCast 2010/ E-Health Quarterly, November: 1-23
Harris Interactive (2001). The increasing impact of e-health on consumer behavior. Health Care News 1 (21):1-9
Harris Interactive (2001). Survey on Internet Use by Medical Groups. Sponsored by The Health Technology Center, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, and the Institute for the Future
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (2001). Computer-Based Patient Records: Selected Articles from the Proceedings of the 2000 and 2001 Annual HIMSS Conferences. HIMSS Compendium Series, Chicago. ISBN 0 9704287 5 8
Rodrigues RJ (2003). e-Health in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities. PowerPoint Presentation of Keynote Lecture at the NI 2003 / 8th International Congress in Nursing Informatics. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 20-25, 2003 [Download]
United
Nations (2004). Interim Report of Task Force 10 on Science, Technology and
Innovation. United Nations Millenium Project. Report commissioned by the Secretary
General. UNDP, February 1, 2004. New York [Download]
European Commission (2010). Business Models
for eHealth. Prepared by Rand Corporation Europe and Capgemini Consulting for the EC
ICT for Health Unit,
DG Information Society and Media
28 February 2010
[Download]
National Research Council (2009) Computational Technology for Effective Health Care: Immediate Steps and Strategic Directions William W. Stead and Herbert S. Lin [Editors]. Committee on Engaging the Computer Science Research Community in Health Care Informatics Computer Science and Telecommunications Board Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences [Download]
CEPAL (2010). Salud
electrónica
en América Latina y el Caribe:
Avances y desafíos. Andrés Fernández and Enrique Oviedo
(Ed), División de Desarrollo Social de CEPAL, Proyecto @LIS2, “Alianza para la Sociedad
de la Información 2 - Diálogo político inclusivo e intercambio de
experiencias”, desarrollado en conjunto por CEPAL y la Unión
Europea [Download]
Hanna NK (2003). Why National Strategies are needed for ICT-enabled Development. ISG Staff Working Papers, ISGIA No. 3; June 2003 [Download]
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (2003). E-Commerce and Development Report 2003. Chapter 4 - Free and open-source software: Implications for ICT policy and development. Publication UNCTAD/SDTE/ECB/2003/1, New York and Geneva [Download]
Canadian National Initiative for Telehealth (2003). National Initiative for Telehealth (NIFTE) Framework of Guidelines. Ottawa, Fall 2003 [Download]
Markle Foundation (2003). Global Digital Opportunities: National Strategies of ICT for Development. Prepared by Tipson, FS and Frittelli, C., New York NY [Download]
Mokyr J (1996). Innovation and Its Enemies: The Economic and Political Roots of Technological Inertia. Prepared for the NCAER and Iris Conference on AA New Institutional Approach to Development: Achieving India's Full Potential. New Delhi-Madras-Calcutta, Jan. 1996 [Download]
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2001). Information for Health: A Strategy for Building the National Health Information Infrastructure. Report and recommendations from the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Washington DC [Download]
Executive Office of the President of the United States (2001). Transforming Health Care Through Information Technology. President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC). Panel on Transforming Health Care. Washington DC [Download]
OECD/UN/UNDP/World Bank (2001). Joint Global Forum: Exploiting the Digital Opportunities for Poverty Reduction. OECD, Paris, 5 -6 March 2001
Hancock T and Groff (2000). Information Technology, Health and Health Care: a View to the Future. Canadian Policy Research Networks Discussion Paper No. H/02, Ottawa [Download]
ECLAC (2000). Latin America and the Caribbean in the Transition to a Knowledge-Based Society: An Agenda for Public Policy. Document prepared by the secretariat of the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean for the Regional Meeting on Information Technology for Development, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil 20-21 June. Document ECLAC LC/L.1383
Hilbert, M and Katz, J [Editors] (2002). Building an Information Society: A Perspective from Latin America and the Caribbean. Libros de la CEPAL series No. 72 (LC/G.2199-P), United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile [Download]
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (2000). E-Commerce for Development: Prospects and Policy Issues. Technical Papers No. 164, by Goldstein A and O’Connor D. OECD Development Centre, Paris, France; Publication CD/DOC(00)8 [Download]
World Health Organization (1998). A Health Telematics Policy in Support of WHO's Health-for-All Strategy for Global Health Development. Report of the WHO Group Consultation on Health Telematics; Dec 11-16, 1996. Publication WHO/DGO/98.1
Noseworthy TW, McAllister JA, Bader D (2001). A provincial strategy in the development of Canada's health infrastructure. ElectronicHealthcare.com vol 1 (1):23-32
Protti D (2001). What might Canada learn from the UK?. ElectronicHealthcare.com vol 1 (1):61-72
Rector A (2001). From an Information Poor to an Information Rich Health Environment A Research Strategy in Health Informatics for the UK. University of Manchester, prepared for the the UK Institute of Health Informatics [Download]
Whitten P, Steinfield C, Hellmich S (2001). Ehealth: Market Potential and Business Strategies. JCMC 6(4):July [Download]
Broome CV and Loonsk JW (2002). A standards-based approach to integrated information systems for bioterrorism preparedness and response. Department of Health and Human Services Data Council Meeting, February 13. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta
World Health Organization (2002). Data Management for Evidence-based Decision-making. Report of an Intercountry Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand, 3-7 December 2001. WHO Project: ICP GPE 001, Publication SEA-HS-221, WHO Regional Office for South-East Asia, New Delhi. Available online at: http://whqlibdoc.who.int/searo/2002/SEA_HS_221.pdf
Rodrigues RJ (2003). Integración de la Información en la Atención de Salud. Keynote Presentation at the Congreso de Tecnologías de la Información en Salud, organized by the Corporación Médicos para Chile. Santiago, Chile, September 1, 2003. PowerPoint presentation in Spanish [Download]
Rodrigues RJ (2003). Deploying e-Health Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean: Development and Policy Issues. Proceedings of the International Telecommunications Union Telecom World 2003, Forum PL11: Workshop on Telemedicine. October 12-18, 2003. Geneva [Download]
Vital Wave Consulting (2008). mHealth in the Global South: Landscape Analysis. A report commissioned by the United Nations Foundation and the Vodafone Group Foundation [Download]
Kaushal R et al. (2005). The Costs of a National Health Information Network. Ann Intern Med. 143:165-173, 2005 [Download]
World Economic Forum (2004). The Networked Readiness Index 2003–2004: Overview and Analysis Framework. developments. A publication of INSEAD, the World Bank (InfoDev), and the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Programme [Download]
World Economic Forum (2004). Global Diffusion of ICT: A Progress Report. A publication of INSEAD, the World Bank (InfoDev), and the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Programme [Download]
International Telecommunication Union (2003). World Telecommunication Development Report 2003 Access Indicators for the Information Society. Executive summary. English [Download] and Spanish [Download]
World Bank (2001). World Development Indicators 2001. The World Bank Development Data Center, Washington, DC, ISBN 0 8213 4898 1
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (2001). Science, Technology and Industry Outlook. Drivers of Growth: Information Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Special Edition OECD, Paris
Center for International Development at Harvard University (2000). Readiness for the Networked World: A Guide for Developing Countries. Available online at: http://www.readinessguide.org
U.S. Department of Commerce (2000). Leadership for the New Millenium: Delivering on Digital Progress and Prosperity. The U.S. Government Working Group on Electronic Commerce, 3rd Annual Report, Washington DC
Downes R (2001). Wireless communications’ contribution to the information society of Latin America and the Caribbean (draft paper). U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean [Download]
Fortune Magazine (2001). Building a Virtual Infrastructure for Health Care. Special Section on Health Care; published March 19.
National Research Council (2001). Toward a Health Statistics System for the 21st Century: Summary of a Workshop. Committee on National Statistics, Perrin EB, Kalsbeek WD, Scanlan TM (editors). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Academy Press; Washington D.C. ISBN 0-309-07582-3
Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil (2000). Computer Technology and Telecommunications in Brazil. In: Green Book on Information Society in Brazil. Takahashi T. (Coordinator). Programa Sociedade da Informação (SocInfo). Brasília, DF. CDU 316.42(81) [Download]
Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil (2000). Internet Development in Brazil. In: Green Book on Information Society in Brazil. Takahashi T. (Coordinator). Programa Sociedade da Informação (SocInfo). Brasília, DF. CDU 316.42(81) [Download]
Meta Group (2000). Infrastructure Agility: Part 1 - Architecting for Agility. Report by Gall N, 31 July 2000; Stanford, CT
Development and Implementation
U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (2004). The Decade of Health Information
Technology: Delivering Consumer-centric and Information-rich Health Care Framework
for Strategic Action. Tommy G. Thompson Secretary of Health and Human
Services David J. Brailer, MD, PhD National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, July 21,
2004, Washington, D.C. [Download]
Rodrigues
RJ (2003). Deploying e-Health Solutions in Latin America and the Caribbean:
Development and Policy Issues. Proceedings of the International Telecommunications
Union Telecom World 2003, Forum PL11: Workshop on Telemedicine. October 12-18,
2003. Geneva
[Download]
The Business Rules Group (2000). Defining Business Rules -What Are They Really? GUIDE Business Rules Project Final Report, Revision 1.3 [Download]
World Bank (2003). Good Practice for Planning, Delivering, and Sustaining ICT Products. A Task Managers' ICT Toolkit. The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, The World Bank. Washington, DC [Download]
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