{"id":12917,"date":"2022-09-14T16:39:34","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T14:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/?post_type=news&p=12917"},"modified":"2022-09-14T16:39:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T14:39:34","slug":"addressing-digital-transformation-in-the-euro-region","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/addressing-digital-transformation-in-the-euro-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Addressing digital transformation in the EURO Region"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a statement made at the 72nd Session of the World Health Organization RCM for the EURO Region.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Honourable Chair, distinguished delegates,<\/p>\n

We thank you for this opportunity to jointly address the Regional Committee on one of the most important and innovative subjects of our times.<\/p>\n

WHO-Europe has recognised the value that digital health solutions can bring to health system delivery, ensuring patient safety and quality care, and improving access for everyone.<\/p>\n

The last two years have shown the combined impacts of complications due to COVID-19 and non-communicable multimorbidities, as well as interruptions to crucial medical interventions and ongoing care for people living with cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes, obesity, kidney disease, stroke, cancer, and other circulatory and non-communicable disease conditions (NCDs) \u2013 those persons most at risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19. If guided and harnessed appropriately, digital health tools could greatly help in providing support to the overburdened and often ill-equipped health systems, overrun with gaps in human resources.<\/p>\n

In order to achieve digital transformation of health systems, the European Heart Network (EHN), the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) and the World Heart Federation (WHF) recommends EURO Member States<\/p>\n