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Current State, Recent Advances and Perspectives of Development of Healthcare Information and Communication Technologies in Armenia: A Review Article

Current State, Recent Advances and Perspectives of Development of Healthcare Information and Communication Technologies in Armenia: A Review Article

Georgi Chaltikyan, Armen Avoyan, Ruben Hovhannisyan, Tatul Saghatelyan, Aleksandr Aroyan
Copyright: © 2013 |Volume: 2 |Issue: 4 |Pages: 16
ISSN: 2160-9551|EISSN: 2160-956X|EISBN13: 9781466635814|DOI: 10.4018/ijrqeh.2013100105
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Chaltikyan, Georgi, et al. "Current State, Recent Advances and Perspectives of Development of Healthcare Information and Communication Technologies in Armenia: A Review Article." IJRQEH vol.2, no.4 2013: pp.48-63. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijrqeh.2013100105

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Chaltikyan, G., Avoyan, A., Hovhannisyan, R., Saghatelyan, T., & Aroyan, A. (2013). Current State, Recent Advances and Perspectives of Development of Healthcare Information and Communication Technologies in Armenia: A Review Article. International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH), 2(4), 48-63. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijrqeh.2013100105

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Chaltikyan, Georgi, et al. "Current State, Recent Advances and Perspectives of Development of Healthcare Information and Communication Technologies in Armenia: A Review Article," International Journal of Reliable and Quality E-Healthcare (IJRQEH) 2, no.4: 48-63. http://doi.org/10.4018/ijrqeh.2013100105

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Abstract

Armenia became an independent state after breakdown of the Soviet Union in 1991. After considerable derangements in the first independence decade, the country's healthcare system has seen some progress recently in terms of improving existing and developing new services, diversification of financing, with the introduction of public benefits, private domain and health insurance. The Information and Communication Technologies sector is one of the country's most dynamically developing and competitive industries. Despite that, Armenia has had modest achievements in eHealth and telemedicine so far. Centralized eHealth policy, administration and infrastructure are as yet absent, Health Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools and applications are very slowly making their way into mainstream healthcare practices, and there are few regular telemedicine activities. Some revival of the field in the recent years is primarily related to consistent efforts by the authorities to develop eHealth, and the emergence of the national professional organization – Armenian Association of Telemedicine (AATM).

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