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Argentina launches digital literacy program for national health institutions

The ministry of health of Argentina together with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization launched a digital literacy program for national health institutions so that they can access new information and communication technologies. The objective of the program is to strengthen the individual and collective capacities of all health institutions and personnel...

 

Indicators proposed to measure eHealth in the Region

A group of experts presented a proposal for indicators to measure access and use of information and communication technologies in the health sector during the Statistical Conference of the Americas of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, held 15-16 April in Santiago, Chile.

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ICTs can increase access to health care

Information and communication technologies applied to health—such as telemedicine, mHealth, and electronic health registries—can “improve access, efficiency, and quality of services,” said Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of PAHO in an editorial in PAHO/WHO’s latest eHealth newsletter. “Telemedicine initiatives are helping us to reach vulnerable and isolated populations and provide them with health services,” noted Etienne...

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Experts to Discuss eHealth Data Standardization And Interoperability At Regional Consultation

Interoperability, as an essential piece to achieving the full potential of information and communication technologies and medical devices in support of health systems, will be the focus of the regional technical consultative meeting organized by PAHO/WHO, 23-24 April 2013 in Lima, Peru. The “eHealth Data Standardization and Interoperability” technical consultation aims to obtaining input on the following...

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