Evaluation of the Health Digital Territories Program in the Five Pilot Territories (EvaTSN Project )

Improvement of coordination of all health and social care actors in the patient pathways is an important issue in many countries; Health Information (HI) technology has been considered as a potentially effective answer to this issue. The French Health Ministry first funded the development of five TSN ("Territoire de Soins Numérique" / Digital health territories) programs, aiming at improving healthcare coordination and access to information for healthcare providers, patients or the population, and at improving healthcare professionals work organization; The French Health Ministry then launched a call for grant to fund one Eva TSN project consisting in evaluating the TSN programs implementation and impact and to develop a model for HI technology evaluation.

• Patients(people living in the five pilot territories of the Health Digital Territories program and the five control territories
• 'Users' who used the devices implemented, including platforms computerized,
• "Health professionals" : which includes both the health professions, medical and social professionals and groups representing them (URPS, etc.) and health facilities
• "Governance bodies" such as Regional Hospitalization Agency, the local authorities, etc.
• Manufacturers responsable for implementation of considered digital solutions.