Global Digital Health Partnership launched

New Zealand is one of 13 international participants along with the World Health Organization to kick off a new global network to support the use of digital technology in modern healthcare.

The other countries involved in the Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP) are Austria, Australia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom.

The GDHP is an international collaboration between governments, public agencies, and multinational organisations responsible for policy, funding, and delivery of health services to their citizens. 

“Digital Health is the penicillin of our time, with precision medicine and genomics offering opportunities to cure previously incurable diseases and deliver better life saving medicine,” Australian Minister for Health Greg Hunt commented at the launch of the global network.

He said the partnership will create a common platform for international experts to share knowledge and experiences, to network, and to forecast emerging trends to support the digital health landscape.

Over the coming year, the Global Digital Health Partnership will collaborate on the following topics: 1) connected and interoperable health care; 2) cyber security; 3) policies that support digital health outcomes; 4) clinician and consumer engagement; and 5) evidence and evaluation of digital health.

Source: www.opengovasia.com, 26 February 2018

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