Summary of the maturity grading criteria at micro, meso, and macro level for technologies and medical products and for information and research.
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Digital health tools (micro) | ||
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Electronic medical records—EMR | + |
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Personal health records at program level | ++ |
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Personal health records at regional level | +++ |
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Organizational interoperability (meso) | ||
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Health information exchange | + |
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Shared EMRa | ++ |
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Shared case management systemsb | +++ |
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Digital transformation policies (macro) | ||
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Only addressing EMR | + |
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Several initiatives at program level | ++ |
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National and regional strategic plans | +++ |
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Evaluation strategies (micro) | ||
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Planned evaluation | + |
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Partial assessment | ++ |
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Full assessment with published papers | +++ |
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Risk assessment (meso) | ||
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Clinical knowledge or rule-based | + |
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Clinical predictive modelling tools | ++ |
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Multilevel predictive modelling toolsc | +++ |
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Research and innovation policies (macro) | ||
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Incipient initiatives | + |
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Consolidated programs | ++ |
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Strong co-ordination with EUd programs | +++ |
aShared electronic medical records among health care providers.
bShared case management systems among health care providers to support integrated care pathways.
cPredictive modelling tools that combine information from various data sources, for example, clinical, population-based, biological, and patient-reported.
dEU: European Union.