been developed and taken into use and how can they be configured to support a system-wide approach to the delivery of evidence-based medicine? • Sub-questions: • What literature exist on the effects of e-health systems and tools designed to improve the coordination of care and which of the tools have shown to improve the delivery of care to patients with chronic diseases? • What motivated the development of care pathways in Partners healthcare, how were evidence-based guidelines used when the care pathways were co- produced and maintained, and how were the they distributed, shared and used to configure the new EHR system. • What literature exist on the development and use of care pathways as a means of improving care quality, resource use and effectivity in a care delivery system, what are the best practices and which competences are needed? • Which coordination-enabling and other decision-support e-health tools need further refinement and how can a population-based health care practice data set be utilized as source of knowledge?