The strategic importance of monitoring and evaluation
Monitoring and evaluation plays an essential role in demonstrating the progress that a country
is making towards the development of its national eHealth environment, and the results or
changes that these efforts are delivering. The outputs of monitoring and evaluation form a
critical part of ongoing communication regarding a country’s national eHealth programme,
which in turn is essential to building the support of stakeholders for further adoption and
investment in eHealth.
In particular, communicating the progress and results of the eHealth action plan is important in
demonstrating to donors or funders the impact of their investments. It can also help in building
trust and understanding with potential funders as to how their contribution would be used to
further the country’s national eHealth programme.