Melissa D''Agostino
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 743728 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Melissa D''Agostino |
| NOMBRES | Melissa |
| APELLIDO | D''Agostino |
| FIRMA | AGOSTINO M D |
| AFILIACIONES | World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6083-7713 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 25 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 3 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 25 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2003 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Digital transformation to overcoming access barriers
The digital transformation of the health sector offers innovative solutions to overcome significant barriers to health care access, which vary across regions and disproportionately affect vulnerable populations.This transformation goes beyond simply adopting new technologies; it involves a fundamental rethinking of health care delivery to make it more accessible, efficient, and patient-centered through digital tools and platforms.Digital health s…
The voice of healthy aging for changing paradigms and changing lives
practice and training in geriatrics and healthy aging across the Americas.As Chief of the Healthy Life Course Unit at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Vega Garca played a central role in shaping discussions and advancing policies on healthy aging and health systems through a life-course approach.His passing leaves a significant absence in the global health community.Yet his groundbreaking work continues to guide reforms in public …
From hope to reality
Expressions of pandemic fatigue on digital platforms
This paper has identified the different ways users express pandemic fatigue on digital channels over a 3-month period. Better understanding the implications of the information environment on user's perceptions, questions, and concerns regarding pandemic and more broadly emergency fatigue is vital in identifying relevant interventions and, in the longer term, strengthening the global architecture for health emergency preparedness, prevention, read…
Together towards tomorrow
G20’s commitment to telehealth for reducing global health disparities
Towards 2030
La transformación digital como estrategia para el fortalecimiento de las funciones esenciales de salud pública en las Américas
En el presente artículo se sistematizaron las principales acciones de transformación digital (TD) de los sistemas de salud que abordan a las funciones esenciales de la salud pública (FESP). Se realizó una revisión narrativa, donde se interrelacionó el marco conceptual de las funciones esenciales de la salud pública renovadas con los ocho principios rectores de la transformación digital del sector de la salud. En las publicaciones seleccionadas, s…
An anti-infodemic virtual center for the Americas
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Anti-Infodemic Virtual Center for the Americas (AIVCA) is a project led by the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health, PAHO and the Center for Health Informatics, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center on Information Systems for Health, at the University of Illinois, with the participation of PAHO staff and consultants across the region. Its goal is to develop …
La transformación digital para una salud pública más equitativa y sostenible en la era de la interdependencia digital
En este artículo se describen ocho principios rectores para la transformación digital del sector de la salud, se establece su relación con la pandemia de COVID-19 y se destaca su importancia para los países que se encuentran en un proceso de transformación digital. En la Región de las Américas, 30% de las personas no tiene acceso a Internet, entre otras brechas, por lo que es imperativo adoptar políticas y medidas para que la implementación de la…
Sistemas de información para la salud
En 2019, la Organización Panamericana de la Salud aprobó una política regional conocida como Plan de acción para el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de información para la salud 2019-2023, cuyo diseño es el objeto de este artículo. El análisis se realiza tanto desde el punto de vista de su elaboración como de la implementación, a la luz de los conceptos teóricos de Harold Lasswell y Charles Lindblom. El siguiente estudio de política se realizó a p…
Digital Transformation for More Equitable and Sustainable Public Health in the Age of Digital Interdependence
This article describes 8 guiding principles for the digital transformation of the health sector and identifies their relationship with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as highlights their importance to countries undergoing digital transformation processes. In the Region of the Americas, among other gaps, 30% of people do not have access to the Internet, which is why it is mandatory to develop policies and actions to deliver public health interventi…
Salud pública y la interdependencia digital
Se plantea que la llamada “revolución tecnológica en el sector salud”, debido al auge del uso de las tecnologías de la información y comunicaciones (TIC) que ocurrió durante la pandemia de COVID-19, se debe, en verdad, a una revolución del usuario que, por su estrecha relación con las TIC y en el punto de inflexión de la pandemia, ha movilizado a los sistemas de salud. Al respecto, se plantea un modelo conceptual de evolución y revolución tecnoló…
Barreras y facilitadores a la implementación de la telemedicina en las Américas
Con millones de personas en el mundo en situación de distanciamiento físico por el COVID-19, las tecnologías de la información y comunicaciones (TICs) se han posicionado como uno de los medios principales de interacción y colaboración. Ya al inicio de este milenio se empezaban a mencionar las siguientes ventajas: mayor acceso a la información y a la prestación de servicios; fortalecimiento educativo; control de calidad de los programas de detecci…
The Covid-19 Infodemic
On 15 February 2020, during the Munich Security Conference(1), the Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by a fight against an “infodemic”, leading to a series of initiatives by the WHO and other organizations to face this challenge. This situation is not new: others have occurred during other health emergen-cies, but never one of the cur…
Toward a holistic definition for Information Systems for Health in the age of digital interdependence
The article’s main objective is to propose a new definition for Information Systems for Health, which is characterized by the identification and involvement of all the parts of a complex and interconnected process for data collection and decision-making in public health in the information society. The development of the concept was through a seven-step process including document analysis, on-site and virtual sessions for experts, and an online su…
Prontuários médicos do paciente
Os prontuários médicos foram se transformando desde ser exclusivamente em papel para ser, em muitos casos, exclusivamente digitais. Essa mudança tem acontecido gradativamente: inicialmente isolada do sistema local ou nacional de informação em saúde e depois em processo de integração ou já totalmente interligada a todo o sistema. Isso graças ao acesso da sociedade a sistemas eletrônicos que podem se comunicar e trocar dados de forma ágil e tecnolo…
Salud pública abierta
In the context of globalization, public health requires continuous cooperation among all actors and a flow of data and information that facilitates and leverages that cooperation. However, there are still barriers that limit or prevent access to and use of public health for the benefit of societies. In this context, the adoption of open public health is proposed and its implications and scope are explored. Open public health is understood as data…
The Impact of mHealth Interventions
Open data and public health
This article provides an overview of the intersection of open data and public health by first defining open government data, public health data, and other key concepts and relevant terminologies. There are differing perceptions on the urgency and importance of the openness of public health data. It has been established that disease outbreaks such as happened during the Ebola and Zika virus epidemics are indicative of the need for countries to dev…
The Virgin Islands National Information Systems for Health
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) Ministry of Health and Social Development (MOHSD) recently identified the need for an updated strategy to advance the country's vision for Information Systems for Health (IS4H) ("Informed decision-making for better health outcomes"). Since the early 1990s, the MOHSD has recognized the importance of having strong conceptual foundations and mechanisms for its information systems, and the need to strengthen the produ…
Knowledge management strategy for advancing the national health agenda in Dominica
The Ministry of Health and Environment (MoHE) of the Commonwealth of Dominica identified the need for a knowledge management strategy to advance the country’s national health agenda. The Pan American Health Organization and the MoHE conducted a rapid situation analysis of knowledge management in July 2015. The findings, analysis, and recommendations were developed jointly with a core team of the MoHE within the context of the strategic plan for h…
Estrategia para la gobernanza de datos abiertos de salud
Para la formulación o revisión de políticas, planificación, innovación, investigación, medición del progreso, barreras u oportunidades, se requiere de acceso abierto a datos confiables, información y conocimiento calificado. Esto forma parte de los principios del Código Sanitario Panamericano y de la Constitución de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Entre 1950 y 1978, el tema de recolección de datos de salud, en particular sobre estadísti…
Estrategias de salud electrónica en la región de las Américas
The main objective of the Strategy and Plan of Action on eHealth (2012-2017) is to contribute to sustainable development of health systems of member states. Its adoption aims to improve quality and access to health services through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), the implementation of digital literacy programs and access to quality information to advance towards more informed, equitable, competitive and democratic soc…
Muslim personhood
2003). Muslim personhood: Translation, transnationalism and islamic religious education among muslims in New York City. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 285-294
Muslim personhood
2003). Muslim personhood: Translation, transnationalism and islamic religious education among muslims in New York City. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 285-294
Muslim personhood
2003). Muslim personhood: Translation, transnationalism and islamic religious education among muslims in New York City. Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs: Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 285-294
Estrategias de salud electrónica en la región de las Américas
The main objective of the Strategy and Plan of Action on eHealth (2012-2017) is to contribute to sustainable development of health systems of member states. Its adoption aims to improve quality and access to health services through the use of information and communication technologies (ICT), the implementation of digital literacy programs and access to quality information to advance towards more informed, equitable, competitive and democratic soc…
Knowledge management strategy for advancing the national health agenda in Dominica
The Ministry of Health and Environment (MoHE) of the Commonwealth of Dominica identified the need for a knowledge management strategy to advance the country’s national health agenda. The Pan American Health Organization and the MoHE conducted a rapid situation analysis of knowledge management in July 2015. The findings, analysis, and recommendations were developed jointly with a core team of the MoHE within the context of the strategic plan for h…
Estrategia para la gobernanza de datos abiertos de salud
Para la formulación o revisión de políticas, planificación, innovación, investigación, medición del progreso, barreras u oportunidades, se requiere de acceso abierto a datos confiables, información y conocimiento calificado. Esto forma parte de los principios del Código Sanitario Panamericano y de la Constitución de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Entre 1950 y 1978, el tema de recolección de datos de salud, en particular sobre estadísti…
The Impact of mHealth Interventions
Open data and public health
This article provides an overview of the intersection of open data and public health by first defining open government data, public health data, and other key concepts and relevant terminologies. There are differing perceptions on the urgency and importance of the openness of public health data. It has been established that disease outbreaks such as happened during the Ebola and Zika virus epidemics are indicative of the need for countries to dev…
The Virgin Islands National Information Systems for Health
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) Ministry of Health and Social Development (MOHSD) recently identified the need for an updated strategy to advance the country's vision for Information Systems for Health (IS4H) ("Informed decision-making for better health outcomes"). Since the early 1990s, the MOHSD has recognized the importance of having strong conceptual foundations and mechanisms for its information systems, and the need to strengthen the produ…
Prontuários médicos do paciente
Os prontuários médicos foram se transformando desde ser exclusivamente em papel para ser, em muitos casos, exclusivamente digitais. Essa mudança tem acontecido gradativamente: inicialmente isolada do sistema local ou nacional de informação em saúde e depois em processo de integração ou já totalmente interligada a todo o sistema. Isso graças ao acesso da sociedade a sistemas eletrônicos que podem se comunicar e trocar dados de forma ágil e tecnolo…
Salud pública abierta
In the context of globalization, public health requires continuous cooperation among all actors and a flow of data and information that facilitates and leverages that cooperation. However, there are still barriers that limit or prevent access to and use of public health for the benefit of societies. In this context, the adoption of open public health is proposed and its implications and scope are explored. Open public health is understood as data…
Salud pública y la interdependencia digital
Se plantea que la llamada “revolución tecnológica en el sector salud”, debido al auge del uso de las tecnologías de la información y comunicaciones (TIC) que ocurrió durante la pandemia de COVID-19, se debe, en verdad, a una revolución del usuario que, por su estrecha relación con las TIC y en el punto de inflexión de la pandemia, ha movilizado a los sistemas de salud. Al respecto, se plantea un modelo conceptual de evolución y revolución tecnoló…
Barreras y facilitadores a la implementación de la telemedicina en las Américas
Con millones de personas en el mundo en situación de distanciamiento físico por el COVID-19, las tecnologías de la información y comunicaciones (TICs) se han posicionado como uno de los medios principales de interacción y colaboración. Ya al inicio de este milenio se empezaban a mencionar las siguientes ventajas: mayor acceso a la información y a la prestación de servicios; fortalecimiento educativo; control de calidad de los programas de detecci…
The Covid-19 Infodemic
On 15 February 2020, during the Munich Security Conference(1), the Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, stated that the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by a fight against an “infodemic”, leading to a series of initiatives by the WHO and other organizations to face this challenge. This situation is not new: others have occurred during other health emergen-cies, but never one of the cur…
Toward a holistic definition for Information Systems for Health in the age of digital interdependence
The article’s main objective is to propose a new definition for Information Systems for Health, which is characterized by the identification and involvement of all the parts of a complex and interconnected process for data collection and decision-making in public health in the information society. The development of the concept was through a seven-step process including document analysis, on-site and virtual sessions for experts, and an online su…
La transformación digital para una salud pública más equitativa y sostenible en la era de la interdependencia digital
En este artículo se describen ocho principios rectores para la transformación digital del sector de la salud, se establece su relación con la pandemia de COVID-19 y se destaca su importancia para los países que se encuentran en un proceso de transformación digital. En la Región de las Américas, 30% de las personas no tiene acceso a Internet, entre otras brechas, por lo que es imperativo adoptar políticas y medidas para que la implementación de la…
Sistemas de información para la salud
En 2019, la Organización Panamericana de la Salud aprobó una política regional conocida como Plan de acción para el fortalecimiento de los sistemas de información para la salud 2019-2023, cuyo diseño es el objeto de este artículo. El análisis se realiza tanto desde el punto de vista de su elaboración como de la implementación, a la luz de los conceptos teóricos de Harold Lasswell y Charles Lindblom. El siguiente estudio de política se realizó a p…
Digital Transformation for More Equitable and Sustainable Public Health in the Age of Digital Interdependence
This article describes 8 guiding principles for the digital transformation of the health sector and identifies their relationship with the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as highlights their importance to countries undergoing digital transformation processes. In the Region of the Americas, among other gaps, 30% of people do not have access to the Internet, which is why it is mandatory to develop policies and actions to deliver public health interventi…
La transformación digital como estrategia para el fortalecimiento de las funciones esenciales de salud pública en las Américas
En el presente artículo se sistematizaron las principales acciones de transformación digital (TD) de los sistemas de salud que abordan a las funciones esenciales de la salud pública (FESP). Se realizó una revisión narrativa, donde se interrelacionó el marco conceptual de las funciones esenciales de la salud pública renovadas con los ocho principios rectores de la transformación digital del sector de la salud. En las publicaciones seleccionadas, s…
An anti-infodemic virtual center for the Americas
The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) Anti-Infodemic Virtual Center for the Americas (AIVCA) is a project led by the Department of Evidence and Intelligence for Action in Health, PAHO and the Center for Health Informatics, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Center on Information Systems for Health, at the University of Illinois, with the participation of PAHO staff and consultants across the region. Its goal is to develop …
Expressions of pandemic fatigue on digital platforms
This paper has identified the different ways users express pandemic fatigue on digital channels over a 3-month period. Better understanding the implications of the information environment on user's perceptions, questions, and concerns regarding pandemic and more broadly emergency fatigue is vital in identifying relevant interventions and, in the longer term, strengthening the global architecture for health emergency preparedness, prevention, read…
Together towards tomorrow
G20’s commitment to telehealth for reducing global health disparities
Towards 2030
Digital transformation to overcoming access barriers
The digital transformation of the health sector offers innovative solutions to overcome significant barriers to health care access, which vary across regions and disproportionately affect vulnerable populations.This transformation goes beyond simply adopting new technologies; it involves a fundamental rethinking of health care delivery to make it more accessible, efficient, and patient-centered through digital tools and platforms.Digital health s…
The voice of healthy aging for changing paradigms and changing lives
practice and training in geriatrics and healthy aging across the Americas.As Chief of the Healthy Life Course Unit at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), Dr. Vega Garca played a central role in shaping discussions and advancing policies on healthy aging and health systems through a life-course approach.His passing leaves a significant absence in the global health community.Yet his groundbreaking work continues to guide reforms in public …
From hope to reality
Political science (20 obras) · Medicine (11 obras) · Business (10 obras) · Computer Science (9 obras) · Health care (9 obras) · Public relations (9 obras) · Communication and COVID-19 Impact (7 obras) · Humanities (7 obras) · Philosophy (6 obras) · Knowledge management (5 obras)