August 30 2018 Global Digital Health Network Monthly Meeting

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Digital health at scale Key considerations for developing markets Spotlighting the work of Mezzanine Vodacom in Africa and Carlos Slim Foundation in Mexico While digital health is still in its infancy it is evident that greater use of technology solutions can help address key healthcare issues expanding healthcare coverage access enhancing services quality and optimising resources cost Although there is a growing number of digital health services many pilots are not followed by full scale implementation due to a lack of sustainable financing continued fragmentation and narrow focus of the solutions deployed and long time to market for commercial solutions The GSMA presented highlights from their Scaling digital health in developing markets report as well as examples of best practice in Africa and Mexico The GSMA together with Mezzanine and Carlos Slim Foundation shared challenges and lessons learned around 1 Securing stable investment for delivering digital health solutions at scale 2 Ecosystem collaboration to address current fragmentation and create a holistic digital health model 3 Industry collaboration to address current interoperability issues and drive healthcare data integration Speakers included Rodrigo Saucedo Mart nez Fundacion Carlos SlimJacques de Vos MezzanineMojca Cargo GSMAKim Vlijoen GSMA A recording of the presentation is available here February 2019 Update The GSMA case sudy CASALUD A suite of digital health services fo the prevention and management of NCDs is now available
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Monthly Meeting Presentations, Monthly Meeting Presentations, Monthly Meeting Presentations, Monthly Meeting Presentations, Mexico, South Africa, NCDs, supply chain
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