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Recent collaboration has focused on digital health building capacity in data and innovation to protect and promote health and well-being. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the two Organizations worked together towards the goal of maintaining essential health services everywhere, expanding virus testing capacity, strengthening, and accelerating the digitalization of WHO guidelines, and advancing approaches to using digital products to end the current pandemic and prevent future ones.

More info at: https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2021-looking-to-the-future-the-rockefeller-foundation-and-who-identify-priorities-for-global-health-collaboration

Digitization in healthcare is an important trend that will transform the way patients and professionals communicate and treat medical conditions. Why digitization in healthcare is important?

The world is changing, and healthcare is no exception. There is a big shift in how we care for our patients and in how we interact with them. The increase of Internet access, more data and other technologies are making it possible to look after more people while at the same time making our lives easier.

What’s changed?

• Healthcare providers can access patient data almost anywhere, anytime to improve care, prevent harm and save lives. The healthcare industry has grown into an $8 trillion industry with a growing need for better research and technology.
• The resulting consolidation of healthcare delivery is creating new opportunities for both private companies and public institutions to improve the quality of healthcare.
• This information has become a valuable asset for business as well as public organisations such as governments, hospitals, insurers or universities that want to improve the quality of their services. They can use this data to target patients or join their network of providers which leads to improved service delivery or even save money by providing better quality care at a lower cost.

More info at: https://digitalsalutem.com/advantages-and-challenges-of-digitization-in-healthcare/

Updates from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control #ECDPC Digital Roadmap 2022−2027: The ECDC Digital Roadmap proposes innovative approaches to further digitalise knowledge gathering and the exchange of epidemiological information

In order to support and achieve ECDC’s Strategic Objectives, seven areas of activity will be prioritised:

• Digital solutions for surveillance, preparedness, and response to support Member States in responding to crossborder.
• health threats.
• Digital solutions for scientific excellence.
• Digital solutions for smart analytics, artificial intelligence, and data visualisation.
• Digital solutions for knowledge management.
• Digital solutions for integrated support, steering and communication.
• Digital workplace, culture, and literacy.
• Common digital capabilities.

More info: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/sites/default/files/documents/ECDC-Digital-Roadmap-2022-2027_final_with_covers.pdf

Updates from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control #ECDPC #Training programmes: ECDC organises several training activities in epidemiology, communicable diseases and public health. These include:

• online and live courses for public #health #professionals
• fellowships across the EU as well as the Mediterranean and Black Sea regions in intervention epidemiology and public health microbiology
• providing training and materials for public health trainers
• developing core competency frameworks to define, categorise and standardise public health expertise

More info at: https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/training

Red Cross #Resuscitation Training to improve #patient outcomes, #healthcare professionals can change the way we think about resuscitation training. Over 5000 healthcare facilities have embraced the American Red Cross Resuscitation SuiteTM  to improve patient care and help save more lives.

https://www.redcross.org/take-a-class/organizations/healthcare-professionals

World health Organisation: Health workforce education and training. The current #priorities within the WHO #Health #Workforce Department include:

• The Global Health Workforce Network Education Hub, coordinated by the WHO Health Workforce Department, brings together a collaboration of networks, agencies, academic institutions and individual experts to work collaboratively towards the development and dissemination of products that facilitate better alignment of student selection, pre-service and in-service education and training with population needs, health systems and health labour markets. The Education Hub is currently focusing on the development of a Global Competency Framework for UHC;
• Ensuring the quality and sustainability of the health workforce is essential to the achievement of UHC. The accreditation of educational institutions and the regulation of health worker practice are core mechanisms to ensure health workforce quality and sustainability. Across WHO Member States, regulatory mechanisms and resources are under stress due to the increasing volume and privatization of health professional education; rising importance of previously unregulated occupations; emergence of new occupations; humanitarian crises; accelerating international mobility; as well as escalating patient demand and expectation.  At the same time, innovations and reforms in regulation are underway across WHO Member States to strengthen health workforce quality and sustainability. WHO is convening 2-300 stakeholders at a symposium in December to address these issues;
• Digital education, if properly designed and implemented, can strengthen health workforce capacity by delivering education to remote areas and enabling continuous learning for health workers. WHO is developing guidelines on digital education for health workforce education and training.

More info: https://www.who.int/activities/health-workforce-education-and-training