While the Latin America and the Caribbean region is making progress towards healthcare systems that embrace digital technologies, there has also never been a greater need to advance digital health solutions. The COVID-19 pandemic clearly demonstrated the gaps in many healthcare systems in Latin America and the Caribbean that partly explain the disproportionate
impact of the virus in the region. The region’s governments now face an unenviable challenge: how to raise the standard of healthcare and improve population health while managing the huge financial impact of the pandemic.

Fortunately, digital health offers the prospect of addressing both of these challenges at the same time. Digital solutions have the potential to increase the efficiency of the health system and reduce cost burdens while also radically expanding the reach of the health system and advancing access to care…