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Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH) Launched at G20 Summit to Revolutionize Healthcare

Digital Health Global

August 19 th marked a significant moment in the field of global healthcare as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the G20 India presidency jointly unveiled the groundbreaking Global Initiative on Digital Health (GIDH). This initiative is one of the key deliverables of India’s G20 Presidency. What will be the outcomes?

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How Digital Health Can Stimulate Economic Development

Health Populi

It’s National Health IT Week in the US, so I’m kicking off the week with this post focused on how digital health can bolster economic development. As the only health economist in the family of the 2018 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors, this is a voice through which I can uniquely speak. Fast forward nine years later.

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Prelude to Health 2.0 2019: Thinking Consumers At the Center of Digital Health Transformation

Health Populi

Digital transformation” is the corporate strategy flavor of the moment across industries, and the health are sector isn’t immune from the trend. As this 13th year of the annual Health 2.0 This year’s conference will convene thought leaders across a range of themes, and as is the Health 2.0

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Can Consumer Electronics Help Stem the Decline of U.S. Life-Years? A Preface for #CES2023

Health Populi

We begin 2023 with the opening of CES 2023, the world’s largest annual meet-up of consumer electronics innovators, companies, and retailers. How can digital health and other consumer-facing technologies help our health? We ended 2022 with this new, sobering statistic from the Centers tor Disease Control (CDC).

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My Health, My Data – Thinking Consumers, Privacy and Self-Care at HIMSS 2023

Health Populi

The ethos of the name and the intent of this law is a perfect vision for considering what we hear and learn this week coming out of the 2023 HIMSS Annual Conference as the meeting kicks off today. The meeting’s tagline this year is “Health That Connects + Tech That Cares.” First, the law.

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Rwanda : The Digital Health Pioneer

Lloyd Price

Digital health improves service delivery and clinical outcomes, and we know that cannot happen if we don’t look at the data." 1) Jembi - Rwanda Health Information Exchange (RHIE) The RHIE project comprises of an international project team and is funded by the IDRC, Rockefeller Foundation, PEPFAR and the HIPPP initiative.

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What to Expect For Health/Care at CES 2024

Health Populi

The first diagram shows my evolving view on what I seek out at CES each year, from the traditional tracking of weight and activity to the mainstreaming of heart function and sleep, with the addition of the connected car for health and safety, and the smart kitchen and bathroom in the mix of health-at-home.