Summary
The World Health Organization’s Global Observatory for eHealth (GOe) conducted its
first strategic workshop at Bellagio, Italy on April 9 to 11, 2008. Supported by a
grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, the workshop brought together a select group
of twenty-one eHealth experts from around the globe to help plan for the future of
the Observatory. Participants were chosen from all six WHO regions and included a
mix of researchers, practitioners, specialist physicians, academics and consultants.
Key issues addressed included: how to build a dynamic and cohesive network of National
Observatories to improve worldwide eHealth data collection; analysis and reporting;
developing Thematic Working Groups in specialist eHealth themes; eHealth assessment
frameworks; the development of the research agenda for the second global survey; cultivating
partnerships; and governance.
Keywords
World Health Organization - WHO - eHealth - health informatics - research - survey
- policy - Global Observatory for eHealth - National Observatories - Thematic Working
Groups - data collection and processing
