TEMPEST works across the categories of Technology, Economy, Market, Political, Evaluation, Social and Transformation. The model aims to enable policy makers to plot a route from policy objectives to the efficient implementation of eHealth technologies.

The value of the TEMPEST model is that it provides a means of evaluating eHealth adoption that is consistent from one country to another. With its 84 indicators, the model provides the means to understand the issues in their entirety.

For more information on TEMPEST:

http://www.microsoft.eu/Portals/0/Webinars/ehealth/player.html

Prof. Wendy L. Currie is Director and Co-founder of the International Policy and Technology Research Unit at Warwick Business School. Previously, she was Professor in Information Systems at Brunel University, and was awarded a Personal Chair in Management at the University of Sheffield in 1997. She has obtained research funding from the ESRC, EPSRC, European Union and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants for studies on policy, strategy and management of information and communications technology (ICT). She is currently on the editorial board of 10 scholarly journals, including Information Systems Research, the IEEE TMIS, Journal of Information Technology, Journal of Strategic Information Systems; and formally for Management Information Systems Quarterly and the European Journal of Information Systems. She served as European, Middle East and Africa representative for the Association for Information Systems, and was joint Conference Chair for the International Conference on Information Systems held in Arizona in Dec 2009. Her research is published in the information systems and management journals and she works with several 'blue chip' companies on various research projects. She is currently working on a large project with Microsoft and the Johns Hopkins University of Enabling Technologies in Healthcare. This complements her work on the National Programme for IT in the UK NHS. She is also working on projects on governance, regulation and compliance in the financial services sector.

Dr. David. J. Finnegan gained his PhD in Information Systems from Warwick Business School, focusing on business systems integration and customer relationship management. With twenty years of senior management experience, he specializes in business systems integration. His PhD in this area was sponsored by IBM. With an international background in management and IT consultancy, he combines research and experiential learning where students apply theory to practice. He is co-founder of ‘Business Technology Leadership and Management Unit’ at Warwick Business School (WBS). The unit seeks to reinforce WBS's partnership with Industry Practitioners with a focus on shared interests and benefits. Previous roles have included working for the Swedish Home Office and working in the e-business environment in strategic leadership, mentoring and auditing roles. David is currently conducting research into ICT business, management and leadership. His research areas include Financial Sector, Healthcare, Intelligence Integration and Church of England. He recently published a book on customer relationship management and is currently working on a research study comparing integrated healthcare in Sweden and the UK.