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Rapporteur's Group Question details
Question 2/2
Telecommunications/ICTs for eHealth | |
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| Expected output |
The outputs expected from this Question will include:
a) Guidelines on how to draft the telecommunication/ICT part of an e health master plan.
b) Guidelines with regard to the use of mobile telecommunications for e health solutions in developing countries.
c) Collection and summary of the requirements and effectiveness of telecommunication infrastructure for the successful implementation of e health applications, taking into account the environment of developing countries.
d) Dissemination of the technical standards related to the introduction of e health services in developing countries.
e) Collaboration with ITU T Study Group 16 in order to accelerate the elaboration of technical standards for e health applications.
f) Collaboration with the relevant BDT programme, if so requested, to support implementation of the telecommunication/ICT component of e health projects in developing countries, including advice on best practices on how to train developing countries in the use of the telecommunication/ICT component of e health projects.
g) Sharing and dissemination of best practices on e health applications in developing countries using the ITU/BDT website, in close collaboration with the relevant BDT programme.
h) Dissemination of advanced information about new e-health applications using new technologies
Question or issue for studyStudies under the Question will focus on the following issues:
a) steps to assist in raising the awareness of decision-makers, including health-related ministries, regulators, telecommunication operators, donors and customers, about the role of ICTs in improving healthcare delivery in developing countries;
b) collaboration mechanisms between the telecommunication sector and the health sector in developing countries, in order to maximize the utilization of limited resources on both sides for implementing e health services;
c) national experiences and best practices with the use of ICTs in e health in developing countries;
d) information about the conditions and social acceptance, including legal and financial issues, for managing e-health in developing countries;
e) cooperation among developing and developed countries in the field of mobile e health solutions and services;
f) e-health activities carried out by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) in cooperation with other UN agencies, such as WHO, in the field of non-infectious disease, infectious disease, including pandemics, and mother and child in particular;
g) in conjunction with the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T), providing suitable guidelines on collecting and managing big data for public health crises, as well as using new technologies;
h) introducing and disseminating ITU-T standards related to e health for developing countries;
i) introducing and disseminating, through ICTs, health information issued by WHO or other UN agencies related to e-health and/or health hazards (for example, the health hazard of children performing burning of a field of waste).
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| Useful Information |
- Question 2/2 meeting during the First meeting of ITU-D Study Group 2 (7 – 11 May 2018)
All Documents for SG2 Questions, Q2/2 Documents, Reports, Administrative Documents, Agenda - Question 2/2 meeting during the ITU-D Study Group 2 Rapporteur Group meetings (1 - 12 October 2018)
All Documents for SG2 Questions, Q2/2 Documents, Reports, Administrative Documents, Agenda - Session on the adoption of new digital health technologies (5 October 2018)
- Question 2/2 meeting during the Second meeting of ITU-D Study Group 2 (25 - 29 March 2019)
All Documents for SG2 Questions, Q2/2 Documents, Reports, Administrative Documents, Agenda
- Question 2/2 meeting during the ITU-D Study Group 2 Rapporteur Group meetings (7 - 18 October 2019)
All Documents for SG2 Questions, Q2/2 Documents, Reports, Administrative Documents, Agenda
- Session on new communication technologies for e-health and socio-economic issues (14 October 2019)
- Question 2/2 Rapporteur Group meeting during the Third meeting of ITU-D Study Group 2 (24-28 February 2020)
All Documents for SG2 Questions, Q2/2 Documents, Reports, Administrative Documents, Agenda
- Question 2/2 meeting during the ITU-D Study Group 2 Rapporteur Group meeting (5 - 16 October 2020)
All Documents for SG2 Questions, Q2/2 Documents, Reports, Administrative Documents, Agenda - Webinar series on COVID-19 New e-health solutions to combat pandemics with ICT (6 July 2020)
- Question 2/2 meeting during the Fourth meeting of ITU-D Study Group 2 (22 - 26 March 2021)
All Documents for SG2 Questions, Q2/2 Documents, Report, Administrative Documents, Agenda - Question 2/2 Rapporteur Group meeting (18 - 22 October 2021)
All Documents for SG2 Questions, Q2/2 Documents, Reports, Administrative Documents, Agenda |
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