Rivillas Juan Carlos, Huertas Quintero Jancy Andrea, Montaño Caicedo José Ivo, Ospina Martínez Martha Lucía
Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia,
Dirección de Epidemiología y Demografía, Ministerio de Salud y Protección Social, Santa Fe de Bogotá, Colombia.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2014 May-Jun;35(5-6):446-52.
The use of the eHealth has become feasible and acceptable in a variety of fields and contexts in Colombia. This article reports on the Colombian experience using eHealth tools applied to cancer, as well as the challenges, emerging trends, and positive outcomes related to the use of information technology and communication in the national health system. One of these outcomes has been Colombia's National Cancer Information System, in place since 2012, which is the result of political action and strategies focused on applying these innovative technologies in the field of health. The final judgment will depend of the extent to which it is possible to guide timely, effective, and coordinated interventions to optimize care for people with cancer, improve their quality of life, and significantly reduce inequalities. Once this is achieved, the next step should be to replicate the experience and apply eHealth-based tools more broadly in the contexts and fields that the country and the Region require.
在哥伦比亚，电子健康的应用在各个领域和环境中已变得可行且可接受。本文报道了哥伦比亚将电子健康工具应用于癌症领域的经验，以及在国家卫生系统中使用信息技术和通信所面临的挑战、新趋势和积极成果。其中一项成果是自2012年起运行的哥伦比亚国家癌症信息系统，这是专注于在卫生领域应用这些创新技术的政治行动和战略的结果。最终的评判将取决于能够在多大程度上指导及时、有效和协调的干预措施，以优化对癌症患者的护理，改善他们的生活质量，并显著减少不平等现象。一旦实现这一点，下一步应该是复制这一经验，并在国家和地区所需的背景和领域更广泛地应用基于电子健康的工具。
