eHealth Innovations: Empowering patients, enabling better health care

The purpose of the eHealth Initiative was to develop, integrate, and evaluate eHealth innovations to improve the cost-effectiveness of patient and population-centred care. The initiative facilitated partnerships between technology industries and health system players, researchers and end-users such as patients/families and clinicians to create innovative approaches to health care delivery, and results showed that the Initiative improved outcomes and patient experience in priority areas and increased Canada's competitive position in the health-related information communication technology (ICT) industry.

Conditions for success:

The eHealth Innovation initiative (eHII) was co-led by the Institutes of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR) and Aging (IA) in collaboration with the Institutes of:

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To develop, integrate, and evaluate patient-oriented eHealth innovations that will improve health outcomes and lower the cost of care.

Funded Research Projects

Find information about the eHealth Innovations funding opportunities and funded research projects.

Impact Assessment

Find out more about the key results and learnings from the eHealth Innovations Impact Assessment.

Contact Information

Email: support-soutien@cihr-irsc.gc.ca
Telephone: 613-954-1968
Toll Free: 1-888-603-4178

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