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Received: 2023-03-18  |  Accepted: 2023-07-31  |  Published: 2023-09-30

Title

Information and communication technology: electronic health record as sustainable choice in Southern Europe in the European context


Abstract

Following the European outlook, in the reform context, as declared by the European Government Law related to National Health Service, the countries are implementing Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and Electronic Health Records (EHR). The present research assesses the degree of ICT and EHR and its sustainability in diffusion and adoption across southern Europe cities' hospitals. It outlines the framework of European ICT to evaluate the different degrees of EHR present in southern Europe. The evaluation of the degree of diffusion and adoption of EHR is based on the Southern Europe Inpatient Dataset. It shows how the EHR is in close correlation with ICT policies and how it can also affect such policies.


Keywords

Europe, sustainability, cross hospital comparative study, cities, EHR, ICTs diffusion and adoption


JEL classifications

I11 , I18 , O33 , O38


URI

http://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/1103


DOI


Pages

48-64


Funding

The research was supported by the Research Program V: ALERE – Università della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

This is an open access issue and all published articles are licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Authors

Marino, Alfonso
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy https://www.unicampania.it
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Pariso, Paolo
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy https://www.unicampania.it
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Picariello, Michele
University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Caserta, Italy https://www.unicampania.it
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Journal title

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues

Volume

11


Number

1


Issue date

September 2023


Issue DOI


ISSN

ISSN 2345-0282 (online)


Publisher

VšĮ Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, Vilnius, Lithuania

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