Saigí-Rubió Francesc, Novillo-Ortiz David, Piette John D
Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, España.
Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Oficina de Gestión del Conocimiento, Bioética e Investigación, Washington D.C., Estados Unidos de América.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2017 May 25;41:e33. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2017.33.
The area of mobile technologies applied to health (mHealth) is a growing worldwide trend that has generated enormous expectations for the mitigation of problems related to medical services delivery and public health stemming from a lack of resources and the limited number of specialists. The numerous opportunities offered by mobile technologies, together with their ease of use, have attracted the interest both of governments and universities. This is the case of the Ibero-American Mobile Technologies and Health Network (CYTED-RITMOS, Spanish acronym). As a result of the network's first year of activity, in October 2015 the RITMOS International Workshop was held in Barcelona to present the priority areas in Latin America where research, development, and innovation (R&D+i) projects on mobile health could be carried out and possible solutions found. The objective of this article is to present the potentialities and applicability of mHealth in the Region of the Americas.
移动技术应用于健康领域(移动健康)是一种在全球范围内不断发展的趋势,它为缓解因资源匮乏和专科医生数量有限而导致的医疗服务提供和公共卫生问题带来了巨大期望。移动技术提供的众多机会及其易用性,吸引了政府和大学的关注。伊比利亚美洲移动技术与健康网络(CYTED-RITMOS,西班牙语首字母缩写)就是这样的例子。由于该网络第一年的活动,2015年10月在巴塞罗那举办了RITMOS国际研讨会,以展示拉丁美洲移动健康研究、开发和创新(R&D+i)项目可以开展的优先领域,并找到可能的解决方案。本文的目的是介绍移动健康在美洲地区的潜力和适用性。