Table 3.
Diffusion of eHealth/digital divide.
Level | Policy category | Issues | |
a) | Global eHealth policies | i. | Telecommunication policies allowing increased access |
ii. | Control of technology costs | ||
iii. | Provision of universal and unlimited access to the Internet | ||
iv. | Humanitarian vs commercial policies | ||
v. | Sharing of knowledge and services | ||
b) | Jurisdictional (national and provincial/subnational) policies | i. | Increasing focus on open-source technologies |
ii. | Telecommunication policies allowing increased access | ||
iii. | Control of technology costs | ||
iv. | Capacity building | ||
c) | Institutional/individual policies | i. | Capacity building |