By Andrea Ulrich Lee en español. A young woman in Mexico with Type II diabetes hears her phone buzz and sees a notification – “Rise in blood sugar detected – inject 6 units of rapid acting insulin now.” … [Read more...] about Three Impacts of Digital Health on Healthcare
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10 Take-Aways on How the Region Can Improve Health Spending Efficiency
Copyright © 2018. Inter-American Development Bank. If you wish to republish this article, please request authorization at sph-communication@iadb.org. Lee este artículo en español. By Diana Pinto, Gianluca Cafagna and Laura Giles-Álvarez. Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced important improvements in key health indicators over the last two decades. For … [Read more...] about 10 Take-Aways on How the Region Can Improve Health Spending Efficiency
How Community Health Workers Are Helping Vulnerable Communities
Copyright © 2017. Interamerican Development Bank. If you wish to republish this article, please request authorization at sph-communication@iadb.org. By Mariana Eberle-Blaylock. Lee este artículo en español. Despite enormous advances in technology and improvements in human welfare at the global level, there are still vulnerable populations today that have little or no … [Read more...] about How Community Health Workers Are Helping Vulnerable Communities
Empowered Patients make Better Health Care
Copyright © 2017. Interamerican Development Bank. If you wish to republish this article, please request authorization at sph-communication@iadb.org. Edited by Blog Gente Saludable Team. A version of this interview was originally published in the July edition of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. (Para ver esta entrevista en español, haz click aquí.) Not … [Read more...] about Empowered Patients make Better Health Care
Trapped in a Hospital for Too Long? Intermediate Care Provides Escape
Copyright © 2017. Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. Si deseas republicar el artículo, por favor solicita autorización a sph-communication@iadb.org. By Ian W. Mac Arthur. There is one public general hospital in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil, where over one in five of all patients remain longer than fifteen days, and 44% of them linger on for more than a month. Most of them … [Read more...] about Trapped in a Hospital for Too Long? Intermediate Care Provides Escape