
Philippines
See all PhilippinesHealth technology is revolutionizing the way healthcare is perceived and practiced in the Philippines. The country has one of the highest mobile phone usage rates in the world, and mobile use has significantly increased in rural areas. Because of its unique geography and robust technology sector, the Philippines should be able to lead the way in information and communications technology for health. ACCESS Health Philippines helps scale promising health technology pilot projects that bridge barriers to achieving universal health coverage, such as geographic fragmentation and lack of reliable health information.
Projects
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Center for Health Market Innovations Learning Exchange
Center for Health Market Innovations Learning Exchange
The Learning Exchange provides funding to facilitate structured learning partnerships between or among organizations that are profiled by the Center for Health Market Innovations. The Learning Exchange will help programs improve business practices, adopt innovations, or scale up or replicate an aspect of their model to a new market.
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Joint Learning Fund
Joint Learning Fund
The Joint Learning Network established the Joint Learning Fund to support the ability of Network members to learn from each other on a range of topics, including expanded coverage, information technology, primary healthcare, provider payments, and quality improvement. Member countries use the Joint Learning Fund to support study tours, workshops, and exchange of personnel to learn from universal health coverage reform strategies that have been successful in other countries.
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Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage
Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage
The Joint Learning Network brings together low and middle income countries in Africa and Asia to share experiences, challenges, and insights drawn from their efforts to achieve universal health coverage.
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Joint Learning: Experiences from Knowledge Sharing Toward Universal Health Coverage
Joint Learning: Experiences from Knowledge Sharing Toward Universal Health Coverage
This book will share our experiences with the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage, a program that brings together countries to share their experiences – their challenges and their successes – working toward universal health coverage. It is scheduled for completion by December 2014.
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Pinoy Health Innovations Project
Pinoy Health Innovations Project
ACCESS Health established the Pinoy Health Innovations Project in the Philippines. The project brings together healthcare providers, customers, and technology experts to explore some of the most pressing challenges in healthcare in the Philippines and to develop innovative technology solutions.
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The e-AKaP Project
The e-AKaP Project
The e-AKaP Project trains and equips frontline community health workers in the Philippines with tablets and a mobile application. The project helps workers to monitor and communicate important information to expectant mothers and families. e-AKaP is a Tagalog acronym that stands for “e-Action for Universal Health.”
Sweden
See all SwedenACCESS Health Sweden studies eHealth technologies in Northern Europe. In this effort, we study the information infrastructure that underpins the healthcare systems. We study the design, history, context, and application of eHealth. eHealth is a term that encompasses a range of software applications in healthcare, such as patient record systems, prescription databases, and image exchanges. The ACCESS Health team has chosen to study the Estonian eHealth and eGovernance systems. Estonia has invested heavily since the early 1990s in building its eHealth infrastructure.
In Sweden, we study the Swedish eHealth system and the newly established eHealth Department, a new branch of the Swedish government. We also look at how regional healthcare systems apply national standards and implement eHealth services.
Featured Projects
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Elder Care Case Studies
Elder Care Case Studies
ACCESS Health studies the Swedish elder care system from different angles. Our team interviews regional directors of healthcare, national and local politicians, policy experts, doctors, nurses, assistant nurses, and a range of other healthcare professionals in an effort to identify areas for improvement and strengths of the Swedish elder care system.
Projects
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Elder Care Case Studies
Elder Care Case Studies
ACCESS Health studies the Swedish elder care system from different angles. Our team interviews regional directors of healthcare, national and local politicians, policy experts, doctors, nurses, assistant nurses, and a range of other healthcare professionals in an effort to identify areas for improvement and strengths of the Swedish elder care system.
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Featured Resources
- Interview: Case Study: The Estonian eHealth and eGovernance System
- Interview: eHealth in Sweden: Interview with Patrik Sundström
- Interview: eHomecare: How Technology is Revolutionizing Homecare in Sweden
- Interview: eHealth Technologies and the Future of Healthcare: Interview with Henrik Ahlen
- Transcript: Innovation and the Future of Healthcare in China
- Interview: Interview with Magdalena Marklund
- Interview: Interview with Markus Merne
- Report: In the Name of the Law: Harmonizing Legal Requirements with the Needs of the Welfare Sector
- Report: Integrating the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana Program with Primary Healthcare: An Analysis of Information Technology Systems and Processes
- Report: Is the Use of Welfare Technology Profitable?
- Book: Modern Aging: A Practical Guide for Developers, Entrepreneurs, and Startups in the Silver Market
- Video: Modern Aging Singapore
- Transcript: Mutual US-China Investment Opportunities in Health and Wellness
- Case Study: Neurosynaptic Communications: ReMeDi
- Transcript: Opportunities for Investment in Health and Wellness
- Press Article: Tech Push to Improve Seniors' Care, The Straits Times
- Interview: Technology for the Elderly Program: Interview with Raymond Dahlberg
- Interview: Technology for the Elderly: Focus Group
- Press Article: Technology and Its Potential to Transform Healthcare Systems in India, Techspirit
- Case Study: Telehealth Delivery Models in India
- Press Article: Two New Programs for Singapore Entrepreneurs and Startups Unveiled, The Business Times
- Report: UCLA Global Lab for Health Project: Implementation Completion Report
- Report: Universal Health Coverage in Kerala Through a Primary Care Pilot Project