US Health digital

Question 1

world health organization

recommendations on digital interventions for health system strengthening

Answer 1

1. manage health commodities and identify gaps
   - one way to improve availability of health services in communities is for health workers to use digital technologies to track better and stock health products and supplies, resulting in a more responsive supply chain
2. Provide telehealth and telemedicine services
   - so clients and health workers can communicate and consult on health issues from different parts of the world
3. track client health status and services and target communication to clients on health issues
   - send appointment reminders and education materials to pregnant women during maternity care and follow up with parents about returning for their child’ vaccinations
4. give health workers point of care access to digital tools on mobile devices
   - support quick and informed decisions about diagnosis and treatment
5. deliver training and education material to health professionals electronically

Question 2

issues with current surveillance

Answer 2

the infrastructure needs to be updated
- agile development and DevOps for building, testing, and deploying systems

modernize data use and policy
- secure data transmission, disferete funzionalità testing, software updates, on-demand scaling dependent on needs

update the IT workforce and digital literacy
- prepare a new generation of public health and related workforce to handle data

Question 3

digital biomarkers

Answer 3

objective, quantifiable physiological and behavioral data that are collected and measured by means of digital devices such as portable, wearable, implantable or ingestible

Question 4

considerations on DHTS in public health

Answer 4

while increase data and analytics are beneficial, one of the biggest limitation to the use of DHTs is
data privacy, safeguards, and security which could lead to data breaches and low trust in society for the use of such systems in public health

Question 5

applications of DHTs to pharmacy public health services

Answer 5

alert pharmacies in a region of upcoming viral or disease outbreaks through real time data streams