To catalyze health transformation, it’s time to make progress work for everyone. That’s why we, alongside consumers, workforce, governments and partners, co-create digital innovations that bridge the gaps between consumers and their access to affordable, accessible and holistic care.
From sourcing real-time consumer data to adapt health programs, to managing information flow at any given service delivery point, digital technology powers health systems to deliver integrated, quality care. And it equips consumers to take their health journey into their own hands.
Consumers and the workforce need a stronger system that serves them, agnostic of health areas. Digital can help us break the siloes to integrate the system, for good.
This Global Digital Health Forum on December 6-8, let’s explore how.
Overview: What are the key partners that organizations need to have in order to be successful at deploying digital health interventions and scaling these up? Learn insights and best practices from PSI and partners on how to address common gaps in digital health and coordinate adoption of digital health technologies.
Type: Panel presentation
Moderator: Malcolm Quigley, Deputy Director, Strategic Partnerships, PSI
Speakers:
Date: December 6, 2021
Time: 7:45 am – 8:45 am EST
Overview: Efficient integrated disease surveillance and response (iDSR) systems are required to enable governments to monitor infectious diseases and to establish epidemic alert mechanisms. This presentation will explore how, during 2020-21, the Ministry of Health of Laos developed and deployed a notifiable disease surveillance module in the national Health Management Information System (HMIS), hosted in DHIS2. The objectives were to improve the effectiveness of outbreak surveillance by moving from aggregate to case-based data and increase reporting frequency, completeness, timeliness and overall data quality, while incorporating the iDSR into the wider routine health information system.
Type: Individual presentation
Presenter: Dr. Souphatsone Houatthongkham, Deputy Chief of Epidemiology Division, National Center for Laboratory and Epidemiology, Ministry of Health, Laos
Date: December 7, 2021
Time: 6:00 am – 7:00 am EST
Overview: This presentation grapples with some of the common challenges and pitfalls, as well as solutions, for using chatbots to provide clear, customized health information to large audiences in the Global South.
Type: Lightning Talk
PSI Presenter: Abigail Winskell, Deputy Director, Delivering Innovation in Self-Care (DISC), PSI
Date: December 6, 2021
Time: 7:30 am – 7:45 am EST
Overview: Through a partnership with Facebook, PSI along with other non-governmental organizations such as UNICEF and CARE are engaged in digital social behavior change campaigns aimed at building trust and educating people about COVID-19 vaccines. Phase 1 of this campaign reach nearly 100 million people across 26 countries. This presentation will give deeper insights into the campaign along with noticeable trends, new learnings and shared best practices. We will also share study results from Phase 2 of the campaign running across 12 countries in the second half of 2021, as well as PSI’s shared vision for building a community of practice around the use of social media tools for consumer digital health beyond COVID-19 response.
Type: Lightning Talk
PSI Presenters: Stephen Maina, Social Media Optimization Manager, Digital Health
Date: December 7, 2021
Time: 8:15 am – 8:30 am EST
Mobile phones generate data that allow us, public health implementers, to constantly improve and maintain clients’ experiences with care.
Real-time consumer engagement data with digital content allows us to learn quickly, refine and streamline the user experience.
Digital self-care helps people self-manage their own health conditions, with reliable linkages to high quality information and health providers.
Remote capacity building through existing digital platforms offers a cost-effective path to supporting health providers at scale and in the long-term.
Strong Public Health Emergency Operations Centers can improve national capacity for timely and effective detection of and response to health crises.
Until now, out-of-the-box DHIS2 didn’t include face-to-face coaching for health providers and supervisors. PSI and the University of Oslo are creating a tool to make it possible.
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From ministries of health to regulatory bodies and purchasers, we partner with private and public sector players to provide seamless health services to consumers – no matter their entry point to care.
Across 40+ countries, we scale digital solutions that make it easier for people to take ownership of their own health, and health systems to use resources efficiently and increase health impact.
We support health systems in shaping the policy and regulatory environment for self-care interventions and ensuring self-care is included as an essential part of healthcare services.
