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Developing a Strategic Program for Chilean Health Information Technology

Environmental Scan and Key Informant Interviews

by Erin Audrey Taylor, Shira H. Fischer, Tadeja Gracner, Ivo Tejeda, Alice Y. Kim, Emilio R. Chavez-Herrerias, Fernando Hoces de la Guardia

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As part of an effort to assist Chile in developing a strategic program to foster the development of the health information technology (health IT) sector over the next five to ten years, this report assesses the current state of health IT adoption and implementation in Chile, as well as the challenges and opportunities facing the sector over the coming years. The authors conducted an environmental scan and ten key informant interviews and found that there are a number of successful health IT projects and strategies for further development currently underway in Chile, but that the successful projects are generally localized within specific health care providers and lack integration. These and other challenges suggest significant potential for the Ministry of Economy and other stakeholders to take specific actions designed to encourage further development of the health IT sector in Chile over the coming years. The next phase of this effort will use the results from this report to develop a roadmap for the Ministry of Economy to encourage health IT development in Chile over the short, medium, and long terms.

Table of Contents

  • Chapter One

    Introduction

  • Chapter Two

    Methods

  • Chapter Three

    Health Care System Overview

  • Chapter Four

    Current Efforts to Implement Health IT in Chile

  • Chapter Five

    Health IT Implementation: Challenges and Opportunities

  • Chapter Six

    Implications

  • Chapter Seven

    Conclusions

The research described in this report was prepared for Chilean Ministry of Economy and conducted by RAND Health.

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