Title: Integration of digital health services at national level

Abstract:

Integration of digital health services in the national health system are provided, which is a major untertaking by health and informaiton technology policy makers in thier national planning exercises. Integration is viewed as the enemy of silos, independent, disconnected and unplanned applications. This integration requires national planning for digital health services including governance of health services, the use of standards at the national level to facilities interoperability between systems, building capacity and national training of digital health workforce, integrated information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in health facilities, equitable and timely knowledge sharing and dissemination, national coordinated implementation of an electronic health record system that is an open standard-based and fully recognize the centrality of patients in the health care process and driving digital health activities in one direction in support of health care at the national level. The example of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 is an excellent example of integrating these Goals. Achieving a Goal affects and is affected by other Goals. Health is in a central place in the SDGs and represents a complete set of targets.

Biography:

Is the President of the eHealth Development Association of Jordan, Preisdent of the Jordan Library and Information Association and Vice-President of the International Medical Informatics Association. He has been working as Freelance consultant in knowledge management and eHealth since March 2017. Prior to that he was the Vice-President for Knowledge, Research and Ethics at eMarefa since September 2015. He held the position of Director of Knowledge, Ethics and Research at WHO 2008-2015. Between 1988-2008 he worked for WHO in Amman, Alexandria and Cairo as Reginal Advisor, Coordinator and Information Scientist. He is a Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics and a member of a number of national, regional and international scientific associations and committees.