2023-05-21 18:36:58
01:10 PM
In development of the World Health Assembly which is celebrated in Geneva, Switzerland), this Sunday the creation of the Health Movement Foundation, an organization dedicated to empower health systems through the collaboration of governments, businessmen and patients.
Behind the Foundation is the professor of Global Health Systems at the University of Harvard, Rifat Atun; the Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies (CIFS); Microsoft; Roche y Siemens Healthineers.
“The challenge of tackling the world’s biggest health problems cannot be solved by a single company or organizationbut we must take advantage of ideas and experience of the main transversal partners of the industry”, said Professor Atun, who has been part of the foundation since its launch as pilot initiative in Latin America in 2019 and who today chairs the board of directors of the foundation.
In turn, Tom McGuinness, corporate vice president of Global Health and Life Sciences at Microsoft, explained that the idea is take advantage of technological advances and take hold of the artificial intelligence to “ensure the sustainability of health systems and accelerate a more equitable global delivery of health care between patients, professionals and systems”.
In countries like Chile, the Foundation has worked to reduce effective treatment time for lung cancer patients. In the Colombian case, the idea is to work in a digital program to improve quality of life of patients, by monitoring and follow-up from home by professionals. On the other hand, a program for Connect with insurers and health service providers to obtain a complete information of the patients.
“We believe that the future belongs to no one, but to everyone, and for this reason we want to take advantage of our global knowledge to contribute to the goal of creating sustainable, integrated and future-proof health systems around the world,” said Bogi Eliasen, CIFS Director of Health and Foundation Board Member, who concurs that “the equal access to quality healthcare it is essential for everyone to live better and healthier lives, and it must be a priority for any sustainable healthcare system.”
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