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2 Where we want to get to
The long term aims for eHealth's contribution are that it will:
- help transform NHS Scotland services;
- make patient care safer and more effective by making available the right information in the right place at the right time;
- contribute to 'health literacy' to ensure that all citizens have the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence to manage their own health;
- safeguard confidentiality by handling patient information securely;
- enable more efficient use of healthcare resources through replacing paper-intensive processes and providing better management information.
Clearly this ambition places eHealth as an integral part of the much bigger change programme that is set out in Better Health Better Care.
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