1、 EMPOWERING TELEHEALTH SOLUTIONS IN APEC December 2021 Study on the Policy Landscape for Telehealth in the APEC Region TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION 1 METHODOLOGY 2 OVERVIEW OF KEY FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 2 INTRODUCTION 4 WHAT IS TELEHEALTH?5 UNDERSTANDING TELEHE

2、ALTH 5 INNOVATION IN TELEHEALTH 7 TELEHEALTH POLICY CONSIDERATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 10 MOVING APEC ECONOMIES TOWARDS GREATER USE OF DIGITAL HEALTH 14 CONCLUSION 15 ANNEX I:ECONOMY-LEVEL PROFILES ON TELEHEALTH 16 INTRODUCTION 16 AUSTRALIA 17 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 19 CANADA 21 CHILE 24 PEOPLES REPUBLIC

3、 OF CHINA 25 HONG KONG,CHINA 28 INDONESIA 31 JAPAN 33 REPUBLIC OF KOREA 35 MALAYSIA 37 MEXICO 39 NEW ZEALAND 42 PAPUA NEW GUINEA 45 PERU 47 THE PHILIPPINES 49 RUSSIA 51 SINGAPORE 53 CHINESE TAIPEI 55 THAILAND 57 THE UNITED STATES 59 VIET NAM 63 ANNEX II:BIBLIOGRAPHY 66 ANNEX III:APEC ECONOMY LEVEL S

4、URVEY 81 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Figure 1 Telehealth at a Glance.4 Figure 2 Types of Telehealth Approaches.6 Table 1 Private Industry Telehealth Advancements.8 Table 2 Open-Source Telehealth Tools.10 Table 3 Telehealth Enabling Policy Considerations and Recommendations.11 i|EMPOWERING TELEHEALTH

5、SOLUTIONS IN APEC USAID.GOV ACRONYMS AeHIN Asia eHealth Network AHIMA American Health Information Management Association AI Artificial Intelligence AIDS Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Bru-HIMS Brunei Health Information and Management System CDC Centers for

6、Disease Control and Prevention(United States)CENETEC-Salud National Center for Technological Excellence in Health(Mexico)CMS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services(United States)CRVs Civil registration and vital service systems CT Computed tomography DHB District Health Board(New Zealand)DHIS2 D