Defining and Promoting an E-Health Agenda for Children
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) are significantly
changing the health care system in the United States. ICT impacts how
health care information is gathered, how patients participate in
medical decisions and how payments are made. It is also altering
how patients handle medical conditions, as well as how public
health issues are managed.
Yet, as this electronic revolution accelerates there has been
virtually no public discussion about how ICT tools could improve health
care for the nation's children. At this time, when large amounts of
public and private dollars are being invested in this new field, it is
crucial to ensure the money is spent in ways that benefit children.
The Children's Partnership has initiated a program area to determine
how ICT can benefit children most and to begin building public support
to advance a successful E-Health Agenda for Children that ensures:
- Affordable health insurance for all children;
- Comprehensive, accessible and high quality care;
- Public health education and measures that promote child health;
and
- Quality, accessible medical and health information for parents and
youth.
Program Elements:
E-Enrollment
Information and Communications Technology can be used to make health
insurance enrollment and renewal more efficient for families and more
accountable to the public.
E-Health Snapshot: Harnessing Technology
to Improve Medicaid and SCHIP Enrollment and Retention
Practices reviews promising opportunities for improving our
public health programs through effective use of available
technology.
Modernizing
Medicaid and SCHIP So They Work Better for Children and Taxpayers: The
case for wise investments in health IT describes how Express
Lane Eligibility fits into the health information technology (HIT)
agenda.
Telemedicine
Telemedicine, the application of Information and Communications
Technology to provide health care at a distance, is becoming a vital
tool in meeting the health care needs of low-income and underserved
children.
Meeting the Health Care Needs of California's Children:
The Role of Telemedicine describes how telemedicine, the
application of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) to
provide health care services at a distance is used to improve the health
of California's children, especially those who are low-income or living
in medically underserved areas.
Download Meeting the Health Care Needs of
California Children in Schools and Child Care: Telemedicine Can
Help to learn how telemedicine can help California schools and
child care centers meet the health care needs of the children and
communities they serve.
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