Ireland ranks worst for digital health policies in developed world, says report

  • 📰 IrishTimes
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 29 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 98%

Health Health Headlines News

Health Health Latest News,Health Health Headlines

OECD report compares key indicators for people’s health and their health systems across the 38 member countries

Ireland ranks worst in the developed world for digital health policies even though Irish people have the third-highest level of digital skills, according to an

Ireland ranked worst of 22 countries for ability to link different data in health, scoring less than half of the best performer, Denmark, according to the Health at a Glance 2023 report published on Tuesday. Otherwise, Ireland fares well in this year’s edition of the report, which compares key indicators for people’s health and their health systems across the 38 members of the OECD.

Deaths continued to fall last year when adjusted for population growth whereas in most OECD countries they had increased compared to 2015-19, before the Covid-19 pandemic.

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 3. in HEALTH

Health Health Latest News, Health Health Headlines