National monitoring and evaluation of eHealth: a scoping review

Objective: There has been substantial growth in eHealth over the past decade, driven by expectations of improved healthcare system performance. Despite substantial eHealth investment, little is known about the monitoring and evaluation strategies for gauging progress in terms of eHealth availability and use. This scoping review aims to map the existing literature and depict the predominant approaches and methodological recommendations to national and regional monitoring and evaluation of eHealth availability and use in order to advance national strategies for monitoring and evaluating eHealth.
Methods: Peer-reviewed and grey literature on monitoring and evaluation of eHealth availability and use, published between January 1st, 2009, to March 11th, 2019, were eligible for inclusion. 2,354 publications were identified, and 36 publications were included after full-text review. Data on publication type (e.g. empirical research), country, level (national or regional), publication year, meth...