Agenda announced for the 2nd Latin American Digital Health Congress
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- Representatives from Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, the United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic will take part in this congress.
July 2022.- Arium Salud Digital and AF Comunicación Estratégica presented the agenda for the 2nd Latin American Digital Health Congress, “The Road to Comprehensive Digital Transformation”, to be held on 6 and 7 September at the Hotel Intercontinental in Santo Domingo.
Fedor Vidal, CEO of Arium Salud Digital, announced that this edition will open with remarks from the Minister of Health, Dr. Daniel Rivera, and will feature 35 speakers, who will analyse the impact of COVID-19 on digital health, the cybersecurity challenge, telemedicine and remote second opinions, and technologies and value creation in the patient experience, among other topics that foster process improvement and an appropriate response to the sector’s present and future needs.
Vidal, the congress organiser, said there will be seven panels made up of representatives of different health and technology organisations and three keynote lectures: “2022 Trends: Understanding the post-pandemic digital world”, “Digital Transformation of the Health Sector: A practical look at where to start” and “Health data governance”, given respectively by Rogelio Umaña, a Costa Rican consultant in communication, digital marketing, strategy and social media; Gastón Gabin, CEO of INTEGRA; and José David Montilla, Vice-Minister for Agenda Digital.
Amelia Reyes Mora, president of AF Comunicación Estratégica, said that alongside local leaders there will be international experts from Argentina, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, the United States, Mexico and Puerto Rico. She added: “Just as we have contributed to positioning health tourism as a country brand, we are working to raise awareness of the impact of digital health in order to boost the competitiveness of the Dominican Republic’s health offering and encourage the involvement of all players.”
The Vice-President of the Dominican Health Tourism Association (ADTS) also said the congress will have strong local participation, with contributions from Dr. Mario Lama, executive director of the National Health Service (SNS); Eladio Pérez, Vice-Minister of Collective Health at the Ministry of Public Health; and Eddy Pérez Then, director of the School of Medicine and Research Centre at Universidad O&M. Also taking part will be Rafael Mena, a paediatric intensivist and telemedicine expert.
Likewise, Patricia González, executive president of Amadita; Juan Gabriel Gautreaux Martínez, executive director of the National Cybersecurity Centre; Víctor Rojas, executive vice-president of Seguros Reservas; Dr. Olivier Ronveaux, PAHO representative; Juan Estrada, senior director at Massachusetts General Hospital; and Martha Machorro of the Compañía Mexicana de Radiología.
Also participating will be Dr. Héctor Sánchez Navarro, deputy director of HOMS; Dr. Gricely Pozo, medical director of CEMDOE; Dr. José Natalio Redondo, president of Grupo Rescue; and Dr. Hamid Feiz, president and CEO of IDA Healthcare.
They will be joined by Luis Alicea of AbartyHealth, Puerto Rico; Rafael Aragón of Hospital Austral, Argentina; Adolfo Llinás for Fundación Santa Fe, Colombia; Elder Guerra, a security expert from Guatemala; and Massimo Manzi of Promed, Costa Rica.
Fedor Vidal and Magdalena Rathe, technical adviser to OSES, will present the study “The state of digital health in the Dominican Republic”, the first publication to analyse the needs of the public and private sectors and show the status of care processes in service provider organisations and the insurance and pharmaceutical sectors, as well as their digitalisation and digital transformation priorities.
Moderators
The panels will be led by Dr. Alejandro Cambiaso, president of ADTS and medical vice-president of Seguros Reservas; Dr. Nepomuceno Mejía, medical director of Hospital General Plaza de la Salud; Dr. José Rafael Yunén of Grupo Yunén; Dr. Julián Javier, medical director of the Naples Cardiology and Endovascular Centre; and Dr. Javier Potes, director general of the Consorcio Mexicano de Hospitales. Julissa Cruz Abreu, executive director of Indotel, and Juan Carlos Restrepo, vice-president of Technology at Grupo Humano, will also moderate.
Public-private support
The event is endorsed by the Ministry of Public Health, the Dominican Health Tourism Association, the Ministry of the Presidency’s Agenda Digital 2030, the American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AMCHAMDR), Cámara TIC, the Dominican Institute for Quality (Indocal), the Santo Domingo Institute of Technology (INTEC) and the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM).
The sponsors making this event possible are Seguros Reservas, Massachusetts General Hospital, Amadita Laboratorio Clínico, Global Médica Dominicana, the Diabetes and Obesity Medical Centre (CEMDOE), Hospital Metropolitano de Santiago (HOMS), Hospital General Plaza de la Salud, Banco Promerica, Farmacia Carol, Mallén, Ida Healthcare, Advanced Asset Management, Farmaconal, Farmaplan, Sendiu Canales Digitales, Humano Seguros, Primera ARS de Humano and CEELIMP.
The media partners supporting the effective promotion of this important initiative are Listín Diario, Resumen de Salud, Medihealth, Technology, Revista Contacto, La Consulta Médica, Factor de Éxito, La 91 FM, Rumba 98.5, Vida y Éxito, Dominican Today and Crónicas de Salud.
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