In 2003, I was asked by the European Commission to produce a report about the case for developing eHealth in Europe. I 
wrote then that “eHealth is the most important development since the invention of modern medicine and hygiene.”
I stand by that, while admitting that eHealth scale-up has been most elusive, although there are a few exceptions.
Have a look at the report summary via the link below, and you will see that our hopes were quite similar nearly two decades ago.
Denise Silber