Main eHealth challenges for healthcare providers in Europe 2021| Statista

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What are the main eHealth challenges healthcare providers currently face?*

Characteristic	Share of responses
Funding & costs	41%
IT Security & data privacy	32%
Sufficiently skilled employees	26%
Struggles with technology implementation	26%
Intergration within and across organisations	24%
Resistance from clinical users or patients	22%
Technical infrastructure	14%
Lack of political direction	13%
Lack of senior management support	13%
Telehealth & patient empowerment	13%

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Release date

January 2020

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Region

Europe

Survey time period

September to November 2020

Number of respondents

381 respondents

Special properties

eHealth professionals

Method of interview

Email survey

Supplementary notes

*Total including “others”; multiple choice: 3 responses possible

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This statistic displays the result of a survey where eHealth professionals in Europe were asked to evaluate the main eHealth challenges for healthcare providers in 2021. In this year, 41 percent of respondents say that receiving funding is the biggest challenge for healthcare providers, while 32 percent of respondents found IT security and data privacy challenging.

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