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Realising the value of digital health in Asia and the Pacific

September 25, 2022

Asia, Australasia

Realising the value of digital health in Asia and the Pacific

September 25, 2022

Asia, Australasia
Gerard Dunleavy

Senior Consultant, Economist Impact, Health Policy Team

Gerard is a Senior Consultant with Economist Impact’s Health Policy team. He manages global engagements with international clients in the healthcare sector, from conceptualising to delivering and executing customised research projects. He manages multidisciplinary teams, conducting quantitative and qualitative analyses across various disease areas and health policies.
 
Prior to joining Economist Impact, Gerard worked in academic settings specialising in evidence-based synthesis and epidemiological studies. He holds a PhD in Public Health and Epidemiology and a Masters degree in Health Education and Promotion, both from Maastricht University.
Realising the value of digital health in Asia and the Pacific is an Economist Impact report, sponsored by Roche.
 
The report looks at the landscape of digital health in Asia and the Pacific, the benefits it offers multiple stakeholders, the barriers and challenges to realising its full value, and how the covid-19 pandemic changed the face of digital health seemingly overnight. It presents lessons on how to frame and promote the value proposition for digital health, and also offers key policy takeaways.
 
The research was supported by a targeted and pragmatic literature review and in-depth interviews with experts in the field of digital health. This report would not be possible without the expert insights of those on the front lines of digital health innovation and practice. Our thanks are due to the following for their time and insights (listed alphabetically):
 
• Dr. Zoran Bolevich, Chief Executive of eHealth New South Wales (NSW) and Chief Information Officer of NSW Health, Australia
• Dr. Ray-Jade Chen, Chair Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan; Consultant Surgeon, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
• Dr. Trisha Greenhalgh OBE, Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
• Dr. Boonchai Kijsanayotin, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital, Mahidol University, Thailand; Research manager, Thai Health Information Standards Development Centre, Health System Research Institute; Chair, Asia eHealth Information Network; and Member, WHO Digital Health Technical Advisory Group
• Prof. John CW Lim, Executive Director, Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE), Duke-NUS Medical School; Chairman, Consortium for Clinical Research & Innovation Singapore (CRIS)
• Dr. Keren Priyadarshini, Regional Leader for Healthcare in Asia Pacific, Microsoft
• Assoc Prof. Soo-Yong Shin, Associate Professor, Department of Digital Health, SAIHST (Samsung Advanced Institute for Health Sciences & Technology), Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea
• Angela Ryan, Vice Chair, Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH), Australia

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