I have found the 2012 WHO document National eHealth Strategy Toolkit (who.int) (https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/national-ehealth-strategy-toolkit)
Interestingly- Najeeb is hiding his light under a bushel as he was one of
three on the steering committee!
"The World Health Organization and the International Telecommunication Union gratefully acknowledge the contributors, peer reviewers, and consultants whose dedication, expertise, and support made this first edition of the National eHealth Strategy Toolkit possible. Steering committee Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Joan Dzenowagis (WHO); Hani Eskandar, Mario Maniewicz (ITU)."
"The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) are pleased to present this National eHealth Strategy Toolkit. WHO and ITU have a long history of working together, and this new publication represents one of our most substantial and significant collaborations of recent years. It fully reflects the importance that the governing bodies of our two organizations attach to the development of national eHealth strategies. This is a shared work that reflects a shared goal – responding to the needs of countries, at every level of development, who seek to adapt and employ the latest information communication technologies (ICT) in health for the measurable benefit of their citizens.
The National eHealth Strategy Toolkit is a milestone in our understanding of what eHealth is, what it can do, and why and how it should be applied to health care today. The Toolkit is a comprehensive, practical guide that all governments, their ministries, departments and agencies can adapt to suit their own circumstances and their own vision and goals. Its publication is very timely. This is a period when all health systems face stringent economic challenges, greater demands for efficiencies and higher expectations from citizens.
There is, everywhere, an urgent challenge to provide more care and better care to more people, especially those most in need. This Toolkit expertly demonstrates how all nations can rise to that challenge, each in its own way. While it brings the sectors of health and ICT much closer together, the Toolkit also encourages the active participation of a wider range of stakeholders, including the general public, reflecting important issues of social justice and equity. By bringing all of these interested parties together, the Toolkit offers them a chance to share in a unique national project whose ambition is nothing less than to achieve lasting progress in public and individual health.
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