About eHealth

The eHealth Programme aims to change the way in which information and related technology are used within NHSScotland in order to improve the quality of patient care in support of the improvements and ambitions set out in

pdf The Healthcare Quality Strategy for NHSScotland
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Strategic Aims 

eHealth’s five strategic aims are to use information and technology in a coordinated way to: 

  • maximise efficient working practices, minimise wasteful variation, bring about measurable savings and ensure value for money;
  • support people to communicate with the NHSS, manage their own health and wellbeing, and to become more active participants in the care and services they receive;
  • contribute to care integration, and to support people with long term conditions ;
  • improve the availability of appropriate information for healthcare workers and the tools to use and communicate that information effectively to improve quality ; and
  • improve the safety of people taking medicines and their effective use. 

This is set out in detail in the eHealth Strategy 2011-17.


March 20th, 2012