E-health: implementation and evaluation research in Scotland -- a scoping exercise

J Telemed Telecare. 2008;14(3):119-21. doi: 10.1258/jtt.2008.003004.

Abstract

We searched the National Research Register (NRR) to identify funded research in Scotland (or in collaboration with a Scottish partner) in the area of implementation and evaluation of e-health services. A total of 61 research projects were identified which had been funded since 1 January 1995. These projects shared almost 7 million pound of funding (1 pound is $1.9 or 1.3 euro), the main funding sources being the Scottish Government and the European Union. Based on the projects reviewed, the majority of e-health research in Scotland was being conducted within the communication systems domain. Most of the research was being conducted at a single centre: only 14 studies (23%) were multisite. Future collaboration between these researchers, involving larger scale funding bids, may increase the quantity of e-health implementation and evaluation research.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Multicenter Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Health Services Research / economics
  • Humans
  • Scotland
  • Telemedicine* / economics
  • Telemedicine* / standards
  • Telemedicine* / statistics & numerical data