Social Blood, the app that saved over 80 lives
The initiative, developed by the Ecuadorian Red Cross, arose out of a need to increase the number of blood donors and is now to be expanded to other Latin American countries.
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The National Medication Traceability System is a very large cultural and regulatory change
Maximiliano Derecho, legal advisor of the Department of Health Product Monitoring at ANMAT analyzes the different phases of the NMTS and explains why the situation doesn t justify single identification for each pill.
Continue ReadingSocial Blood, la app que salvó más de 80 vidas
La iniciativa, desarrollada por la Cruz Roja Ecuatoriana, surgió ante la necesidad de incrementar el número de donantes de sangre y ahora busca extenderse a otros países latinoamericanos.
Continue ReadingEl Programa de Alianzas para la Educación y la Capacitación ofrece 700 becas para estudios de posgrado en Salud
Ciudadanos de los Estados miembros de la OEA podrán aplicar para cursar maestrías y doctorados en Salud e investigación de forma gratuita en universidades brasileñas.
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The Faculty of Public Health at the Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos organized the Second Conference on Health Information Systems, an event designed to help eHealth professionals exchange experiences.
Continue ReadingIf Each of Us Knew What Everyone Else Knows, There d Be Very Few Problems That We Couldn t Solve
The Executive Director of International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth, Yunkap Kwankam, explains how the initiative to create a global repository to integrate information, experiences and knowledge about eHealth came about.
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La Cátedra de Salud Pública de la Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos organizó la Segunda Jornada de Sistemas de Información en Salud, un encuentro para intercambiar experiencias entre profesionales involucrados en la eHealth.
Continue ReadingWe need to make sure that we generate the conditions to develop remote monitoring for patients with complex chronic diseases
Rodrigo Castro Apablaza, head of the Department of ICT Sector Administration at the Chilean Ministry of Health, closely analyzes the advances and challenges of government s Digital Health Strategy.
Continue ReadingHealth IT Forum 2015, Uses of ICTs in the Health Environment
Usuaria held a conference on medical informatics with an emphasis on eHealth strategies that can have an impact on healthcare systems. What do innovation, cyber-security and interoperability have to offer?
Continue ReadingDebemos hacernos cargo de generar las condiciones para desarrollar el monitoreo a distancia de enfermos crónicos complejos
Rodrigo Castro Apablaza, jefe del Departamento de Gestión Sectorial de TIC del Ministerio de Salud de Chile, analiza de cerca los avances y desafíos de la Estrategia Digital de Salud.
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