Palliative care from a medical informatics perspective in Chile, Germany, and Peru.

Stud Health Technol Inform

Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Published: April 2015

This work explores a) the use of e-health systems in the context of palliative care and b) the information needs of patients, care givers and healthcare professionals in palliative care. To achieve this we conducted a systematic literature review and interviewed health professionals in Germany, Peru, and Chile. All countries have in common that specific e-health systems are rarely used in this context and the presence of a gradient of available care between rural and urban areas.

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