Digitizing healthcare in underserved communities – a Africa interest event taking place on 2016-10-06 19:30:00 in Germany
Digitizing healthcare in underserved communities: A leap in Africa's development? Remote communities in Africa often suffer from underdeveloped public infrastructures. This involves such diverse public goods as roads and education, but also healthcare and telecommunications. The massive digitization of remote areas is now reaching settlements previously untouched by the technological revolution and can potentially have a huge impact on more than just social aspects. It can go hand in hand with a reliable digital and internet infrastructure that pave the way for accessible public healthcare in underserved communities. eHealth Africa has gained substantial experience in digitizing public healthcare and setting up digital infrastructure in the poorest communities in West Africa. We are pleased to host an interactive discussion and workshop evening that will give the attendees rare practical insights into development aid in a harsh environment and also provide the opportunity to slip into the role of a creator of digital aid solutions. Questions to be addressed: How difficult is digitization of remote communities in developing compared to industrialized countries? Can digitizing healthcare in developing countries have positive effects on other sectors? How can global and regional digital health projects be best implemented? Agenda: 19h00 Doors open 19h30 Panel discussion on digital health innovations Prof. Dr. Arno Elmer, Founder and Managing Director, Innovation Health Partners Dr.-Ing. Matthieu-P. Schapranow, Program Manager E-Health & Life Sciences, Hasso Plattner Institute Dr. med. Wilm Quentin, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Health Care Management, TU Berlin Sebastian Zilch, Governmental Affairs and Strategic Networking, German Association of Healthcare IT Vendors (bvitg) Adam Thompson, Executive Director, eHealth Africa Raindolf Owusu, Founder and Managing Director, OasisWebSoft 20h00 Three parallel workshops hosted by eHealth Africa on conceptualizing an app for collecting healthcare data an interface for emergency data aggregation an emergency operations centre 20h40 Drinks and snacks For any questions, please refer to Natalya Nepomnyashcha (natalya.nepomnyashcha@ehealthafrica.org).Facebook event to be found here.
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