Scotland is known in Europe as a visionary country of the integration of telemedicine. Knowing that innovation is a continuous process, the Scottish government developed a national plan to implement these technologies on 2015.
The objective of the long-term plan is to reach an increase of population’s well-being by 2020.
Scottish´s national plan of telemedicine implementation
This plan defines the importance of telemedicine and E-Health inclusion on key strategies to improve healthcare, for the 2012-2015 period.
The original document was developed by 6 main topics:
• Improve healthcare.
• Encourage well-being.
• Improve patient´s role in their healthcare.
• Reducethe cost of healthcare services.
• Support economics improvement.
• Share experiences and develop new ideas.
