Digital Health Assessment Toolkit Guide

Abstract

The advancement of technology and the
\n exponential growth of data are providing the opportunity to
\n Low Income Countries and Lower Middle-Income Countries to
\n leapfrog and improve quality of care, decision making, the
\n efficient use of resources, while reducing costs and burden
\n of diseases. Recognizing the promise and potential of
\n digital systems, technologies, and data to support the
\n redesign of PHC and solve pernicious healthcare challenges
\n in countries, digital health assessments intend to be an
\n input and the first step towards the digital journey and to
\n plan and prioritize what a country's health system of
\n the future would look like. As expressed in the WHO’s Global
\n Digital Health Strategy, approved by WHO member states in
\n 2021, ‘Digital health should be an integral part of health
\n priorities and benefit people in a way that is ethical,
\n safe, secure, reliable, equitable and sustainable. It should
\n be developed with principles of transparency, accessibility,
\n scalability, replicability, interoperability, privacy,
\n security and confidentiality.’

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