{"id":18615,"date":"2024-10-30T08:33:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T07:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/?post_type=news&p=18615"},"modified":"2024-10-30T08:33:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T07:33:45","slug":"digital-health","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/world-heart-federation.org\/news\/digital-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Health"},"content":{"rendered":"
WHF was represented by Dr. E. Ulysses Dorotheo, our Tobacco Expert Group member for WPRO, at the Seventy-Fifth Session of the WHO Regional Committee for the Western Pacific<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n SEVENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE WHO REGIONAL COMMITTEE FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC<\/strong><\/p>\n AGENDA ITEM 13<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Honourable Chair,<\/p>\n Distinguished Delegates,<\/p>\n The World Heart Federation commends the World Health Organization for its report on the adoption of digital health in the Western Pacific region.<\/p>\n The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the transformative potential of digital health solutions. Interventions, such as telehealth, mobile apps, wearable devices, and electronic decision-support tools, among other innovations, have the capacity to empower patients and healthcare professionals, improve outcomes, advance universal health coverage, and reduce healthcare costs.<\/p>\n