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While telehealth services have been rolled out in many low- and middle-income countries, public and private health providers are facing challenges to implement and scale up these services cost-effectively and systematically. The rapidly evolving technology space and the overwhelming diversity of available tools have made it difficult for actors in health systems to identify, adapt or develop solutions that are appropriate to their specific context and needs.
This room aims to facilitate the sharing of country experiences, lessons learned and good practices in implementing telehealth services. The discussions will also hope to identify national priorities, key challenges and technical support needs in the development, roll-out and utilization of innovative digital health solutions.
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Week 3: Discussion Summary (6th - 10th September) :
Dear all,
Sharing here a brief summary and some reflection from last week. Thanks to everyone.
Thank you Roxani Roushas for sharing experience from Somalia and Ha Nguyen Thanh n for sharing the experience of UNDP Vietnam
We heard from Mark Wien about PockerPatientMD platform an electronic medical record platform for providers (doctors, hospitals, clinics, Ministries of Health), with other features to connect the entire healthcare ecosystem. Mark highlighted how interoperability and lack of secure patient management system leads to significant waste, increased cost and decreased quality of care, and often worse compliance and how health system could be more resilient if we could ensure that patients records and telemedical visits transfer over to in-person points of care.
Ranjeet shared the experience of telerehabilitation project in India and how optimizes the timing, intensity and duration of therapy that is often not possible within the constraints of face-to-face treatment protocols in current health systems.
We discuss sustainability model, funding and financing. thank you Laura Sheridan for sharing the business model of Tele-ICU. Interesting questions were raised by Clara Aranda about how can startups and individual organization scale-up their solution and ensure their sustainability?
I think the following questions are interesting to explore:
Are there opportunities to expand the use of telehealth in your country? If so, which telehealth solutions and/or health challenges should be prioritized?
Thank you all for sharing your experience and your learnings, and looking forward for this last week of discussion,
Nithima