WHO releases first guidelines on digital health
pharmaphorum | April 23, 2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released new recommendations on ways that countries can use digital health technology to improve people’s health and essential services. Over the past two years, WHO systematically reviewed evidence on digital technologies and consulted with experts from around the world to produce recommendations on some key ways such tools may be used for maximum impact on health systems and people��s health. “The use of digital technologies offers new opportunities to improve people’s health,” says Dr Soumya Swaminathan, chief scientist at WHO. “But the evidence also highlights challenges in the impact of some interventions.”