Achieving Universal Health Coverage in the Philippines Through Digital Technology
Together with Cisco, ACCESS Health hosted a roundtable discussion on harnessing digital health for achieving universal health care (UHC) on 18 January 2021. Participants from government ministries handling health and/or technology, private sector developers of eHealth solutions, and academics working in this …
The Rockefeller Foundation and ACCESS Health International Launch a Report Uncovering the Role of Digital Technology in Tackling Covid-19
The Rockefeller Foundation and ACCESS Health International today launched a new report on the important role digital technology can play in response to pandemics like Covid-19. The report, titled Tackling Covid-19 Pandemic through Integrating Digital Technology and Public Health: Linking Experiences in …
Tackling COVID-19 Pandemic through Integrating Digital Technology and Public Health: Linking Experiences in China to the World
The Covid-19 pandemic has turned into a global public health crisis, evolving at an unparalleled speed and scale, debilitating economies and health systems across the globe. It became imperative for governments and organizations across the globe to take immediate actions to protect …
Changes in Dynamics between People and Technology in the Time of Covid-19
This article was written by Dr Rachel Leung, a medical doctor based in Hong Kong. Coronavirus pandemic has catalyzed transformative changes in healthcare technologies. Social distancing measures to reduce the risk of transmissions has altered conventional medical consultations and clinical procedures, an …
Public Private Collaboration in Times of Covid-19 Crisis
This article was written by Tina Ja, Chief People Officer for ACCESS Health China. Covid-19 has kept us contained for over half a year now. This novel virus has disoriented and reoriented our relationships with once familiar environments, and with each other. …
Beyond Private Interests: Four Ways that Chinese Businesses Came Together During Covid-19
This article was written by Jasmine Su, a summer intern with ACCESS Health China. She is currently studying Health Policy Modelling at Yale University and aspires to combine her interests in journalism and public health in the future. Covid-19 broke out in …
The Private Sector Response to COVID-19 in India
This is the second in a series of blog posts by ACCESS Health India Country Director Dr. Krishna Reddy. Dr. Reddy is a board certified cardiologist with a long and distinguished career, marked by his leadership of the CARE Hospital Group which …
Telemedicine and Healthcare: The impact of Covid-19
The novel coronavirus outbreak brought with it a paradigm shift in how healthcare is delivered, with a marked increase in the number of tele-consultations offered to patients as extreme physical distancing orders are put in place. The shift is changing the face …
ACCESS Digital Health Lead Pankaj Gupta on Telemedicine in the Face of Covid-19
Dr. Pankaj Gupta, head of ACCESS Health’s digital health program based in the ACCESS Health India office, was recently featured in a webinar on how telemedicine could be a game changer in the Covid-19 crisis. In India, as in many other countries, …
An interview with Alex Pentland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
One topic often unaddressed in discussions around Covid-19 is data. What data did we have before this outbreak? What data are we collecting today? And how are we using both sets of data to help us end the current epidemic and prevent …
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