{"id":12719,"date":"2023-01-18T15:29:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T20:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americasbd.org\/?p=12719"},"modified":"2023-01-20T14:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T19:15:32","slug":"policy-and-regulatory-recommendations-for-digital-health-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americasbd.org\/en\/policy-and-regulatory-recommendations-for-digital-health-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy and Regulatory Recommendations for Digital Health in Latin America and the Caribbean"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"12719\" class=\"elementor elementor-12719\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-011713a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default rt-parallax-bg-no\" data-id=\"011713a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b8eaf1\" data-id=\"8b8eaf1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f242c2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f242c2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-lg-6 single-blog-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-230\" src=\"https:\/\/americasbd.org\/source=media.americasbd.com\/key.JidWNrZXQiOiJ3d3ctaW1nLWN.target.amazonaws.com\/https=assets\/2022\/salud-digital.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div><div class=\"col-lg-6 \"><p>Digital health is transforming nearly every aspect of the healthcare system. It is empowering patients to better manage their own care, shifting how and where care is delivered, making drug research and development more efficient, and much more.<\/p><p>In a new digital health publication, the #ABD Health Working Group encourages governments in Latin America and the Caribbean to prioritize the following recommendations:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Laws<\/strong> \u2013 Pass laws that encourage the use of digital health solutions at every step of the patient journey;<\/li><li><strong>Definitions <\/strong>\u2013 Clarify and harmonize definitions \u2014 for instance, by using IMDRF\u2014 including clear definitions of funding and coverage;<\/li><li><strong>Data<\/strong> \u2013 Develop appropriate policies to protect personal health data while removing unnecessary barriers to cross-border data transfers and third-party use of anonymized data for regulatory and reimbursement decision-making; and<\/li><li><strong>Interoperability<\/strong> \u2013 Invest in interoperability at the outset by adopting standards (e.g. HL7 FHIR) and building access to data for clinicians and patients alike, among other actions.<\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"col-lg-12 \"><p>ABD believes public-private collaboration can accelerate digital health transformation and offers several areas for consideration for governments, including:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Definitions <\/strong>\u2013 Collaboration to evolve common data nomenclature to improve communication of important information between individuals and organizations across the patient\u2019s care journey;<\/li><li><strong>Data protection and secondary data use<\/strong> \u2013 Collaboration to facilitate data anonymization, which can help public sector officials better respond to population-specific health challenges, target health concerns, improve quality of life, extend life expectancy, and lower the cost of treatment; and<\/li><li><strong>Interoperability<\/strong> \u2013 Collaboration to facilitate adoption of standards (e.g. HL7 FHIR), an action that enables interoperability, which in turn helps healthcare organizations leverage data, better manage their providers, improve performance, and deliver better patient care and outcomes.<\/li><\/ul><p>These recommendations complement those by the #IDB to improve regulatory frameworks related to <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.iadb.org\/publications\/english\/document\/Regulatory-Frameworks-for-Digital-Health-in-Latin-American-and-the-Caribbean-Electronic-Health-Records-Progresses-and-Next-Steps.pdf\">digital health<\/a> and to construct the legislative ecosystems needed to facilitate advances in <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.iadb.org\/es\/marco-normativo-de-telemedicina-estado-actual-y-tareas-pendientes\">telemedicine<\/a>.<\/p><p>#ABD thanks #IDB for their partnership, particularly the Social Protection and Health Division<\/p><p>#digitalhealth #ABD #IDB<\/p><p><em>Review the publication <a href=\"https:\/\/americasbd.org\/source=media.americasbd.com\/key.JidWNrZXQiOiJ3d3ctaW1nLWN.target.amazonaws.com\/https=assets\/2022\/Final-Publication-ABD-Digital-Health-ENG1100697973.1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital health is transforming nearly every aspect of the healthcare system. It is empowering patients to better manage their own care, shifting how and where care is delivered, making drug research and development more efficient, and much more. 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