eHealth has the potential to transform current care pathways and provide new and innovative solutions to patient care. However, it is difficult for decision-makers to decide which eHealth innovations provide ‘good value for money’, and conventional methods for the economic evaluation of healthcare technologies may fall short of capturing the full extent of potential impact of eHealth on patients and health and care systems respectively. Researchers at the European Centre will review current methods for the economic evaluation of eHealth and identify methodological challenges as well as potential solutions. In addition, we will review case-studies of eHealth applications across Europe, with a particular view on related decision-making processes.
