DIGITAL HEALTH WEEK - MUTUAL LEARNING SERIES ON DIGITAL HEALTH ECOSYSTEMS

While the COVID 19 pandemic has revealed country-level health system gaps, it has also been transformative in being able to fast-track healthcare innovations and trends that have been developing in countries over the last few years. The long-term success of these digital health improvements will ultimately depend on their integration within health systems, their ability to be truly inclusive in reach and coverage, capacity of governments to manage this change and the creation of sustainable new models of care.

This Mutual Learning Series consists of three dialogues to understand the extent to which digital tools have increased/improved access to health services for vulnerable and underserved populations. We explore possible measures to address emerging inequalities, challenges digital health companies face, and capacities governments need to integrate digital technologies beyond COVID. The dialogues are facilitated by the Transform Health Coalition a global coalition of organizations, individuals and institutions committed to achieving Universal Health Coverage through the equitable use of digital technologies and data.

SESSION 1 - December 2nd 2021/January 2022

Scale and Integration: What are some of the emerging lessons for strengthening integrations of digital technologies into health services at scale and sustainability beyond COVID? Participants: National Digital Health Mission, Government of India, National Health Service (NHSX) UK Government

Organized by: Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

SESSION 2 - December 16th 2021

Matters of Inclusivity in Design & Governance of Digital Health in India :

This session opens up a conversation between state, tech and civil society actors in the context of the rapid increase in application of digital health solutions in India’s mixed health system, and the challenges of ensuring inclusivity.

This consultation will ask what it means to take a ‘leaving no one behind’ approach in practice, when non-state and public actors come together to innovate digital solutions in response to collective health challenges in real time.

Digital health pioneers will talk about their response to the COVID-19 pandemic, how they adapted & targeted their services to the demands of the pandemic, and (if they) conceived of inclusivity in the design and adaptation of their platforms. What pportunities for expanded inclusivity do they see on the horizon and how different sectors can work together to ensure digital health innovation strengthens the development of inclusive health systems in India.

Participants: A debete between technology pioneers, a state policy maker and a health equity expert

Organized by: Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and Institute of Development Studies (IDS)

SESSION 3 - January 19th 2022

Regulating India’s digital health landscape 
: Building trust for digital health solutions. This will come from having robust laws and reliable grievance redressal mechanisms. This session highlights what an ideal legal and regulatory framework should look like that bring out rights and liabilities of all stakeholders concerned for the use of technology across healthcare sectors.

Participants: Legal experts, technologists, ethicists and civil society

Organized by: Pubic Health Foundation of India and Ikigai Law, New Delhi

 

Target audience: Technology incubators, Start-ups, Government, Policy makers, Civil Society, Digital Providers, Community organizations and Academic partners working with digital health tools.