Vasconez-Gonzalez Jorge, Alexander-León Harold, Ortiz-Prado Esteban
One Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de las Americas, Quito, Ecuador Calle de los Colimes y Avenida De los Granados, Quito, 170137, Ecuador.
Research Department, SOLCA Núcleo de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
J Med Syst. 2025 Apr 2;49(1):41. doi: 10.1007/s10916-025-02174-3.
Digital health represents a tool that offers numerous advantages and facilitates various aspects of healthcare. Despite the considerable development and implementation of digital health in first-world countries, including the creation of various policies, third-world countries face a series of challenges in its implementation and development. These challenges include a lack of both economic and technological resources, as well as a shortage of policies related to its development and implementation. This article describes the approaches to digital health transformation in Ecuador, to what extent digital health has been developed in the country, the barriers present, and the benefits of its implementation.
数字健康是一种具有众多优势并能促进医疗保健各个方面的工具。尽管在包括制定各种政策在内的发达国家，数字健康取得了显著发展并得到实施，但第三世界国家在其实施和发展方面面临一系列挑战。这些挑战包括缺乏经济和技术资源，以及缺乏与其发展和实施相关的政策。本文描述了厄瓜多尔数字健康转型的方法、该国数字健康的发展程度、存在的障碍以及实施数字健康的益处。
