World Health Organization Guidelines Recommend Conditional Use Of Digital Health Tools
On April 17, 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO) released 10 recommendations on how countries can use digital health technology to improve health care services. Digital health technology includes health-related content, interventions, and applications accessible via mobile phones, tablets, and computers. The recommendations address consumer communications, care management, telemedicine, medical supply management, public health registrations and vital statistics, health records, decision support, and health worker training. At a high-level, the recommendations put forth by WHO are:
Birth notification via mobile devices: Recommended in only specific contexts or conditions in settings where the notifications provide individual-level data to . . .