Approaches to priority identification in digital health in ten countries of the Global Digital Health Partnership

BackgroundTo promote shared digital health best practices in a global context, as agreed within the Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP), one of the most important topics to evaluate is the ability to detect what participating countries believe to be priorities suitable to improve their healthca...

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Published in:Frontiers in digital health 2022-09, Vol.4, p.968953-968953
Main Authors: Cascini, Fidelia, Altamura, Gerardo, Failla, Giovanna, Gentili, Andrea, Puleo, Valeria, Melnyk, Andriy, Causio, Francesco Andrea, Ricciardi, Walter
Format: Article
Language:English
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cross-countries
Digital Health
GDHP
interoperability
priorities identification
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Summary:BackgroundTo promote shared digital health best practices in a global context, as agreed within the Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP), one of the most important topics to evaluate is the ability to detect what participating countries believe to be priorities suitable to improve their healthcare systems. No previously published scientific papers investigated these aspects as a cross-country comparison. ObjectiveThe aim of this paper is to present results concerning the priorities identification section of the Evidence and Evaluation survey addressed to GDHP members in 2021, comparing countries' initiatives and perspectives for the future of digital health based on internationally agreed developments. MethodsThis survey followed a cross-sectional study approach. An online survey was addressed to the stakeholders of 29 major countries. ResultsTen out of 29 countries answered the survey. The mean global score of 3.54 out of 5, calculated on the whole data set, demonstrates how the global attention to a digital evolution in health is shared by most of the evaluated countries. ConclusionThe resulting insights on the differences between digital health priority identification among different GDHP countries serves as a starting point to coordinate further progress on digital health worldwide and foster evidence-based collaboration.
ISSN:2673-253X
2673-253X
DOI:10.3389/fdgth.2022.968953