Salud pública y la interdependencia digital: evolución tecnológica, sostenibilidad tecnológica y la revolución del usuario

• Published in: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
• Main Authors: Marcelo DAgostino, Myrna Marti, Felipe Medina Mejia, Victoria Malek, Sebastián García Saiso
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2021
• Subjects: access to information; health information interoperability; access to essential medicines and health technologies; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2021.156; https://doaj.org/article/9d76df25ade34d85aaff33878c079158

The "technological revolution in the health sector" resulting from the boom in the use of information and communications technologies (ICT) during the COVID-19 pandemic may, in fact, be due to a revolution among users whose close relationship with ICT has mobilized health systems, with the pandemic as a turning point. This article proposes a conceptual model of technological evolution and revolution among users, with transitions from acceptance of digital health to an understanding of its potential, and from the sustainability of digital health to trust in its various applications and governance. This requires clear approaches and agreements between the different sectors of the health system in terms of management, infrastructure, policies, and training, among other areas, focused on the user revolution and ensuring that no one is left behind. This article aims to conceptualize the process of evolution and revolution in ICT, as it applies to health in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.