WHO. Classification of Digital Health Interventions v 1.0.

WHO. Classification of Digital Health Interventions v 1.0.

Category:
Taxonomies

Net4Age Ontology Terms:
computer science , healthcare

Description:

The classification of digital health interventions (DHIs) categorizes the different ways in which digital and mobile technologies are being used to support health system needs. Historically, the diverse communities working in digital health including government stakeholders, technologists, clinicians, implementers, network operators, researchers, donors have lacked a mutually understandable language with which to assess and articulate functionality.

Overview: 
The classification of digital health interventions (DHIs) categorizes the differentways in which digital and mobile technologies are being used to support healthsystem needs.

Objectives: 
aims to promote an accessible and bridging language for health programplanners to articulate functionalities of digital health implementations. Also referredto as a taxonomy, this Classification scheme is anchored on the unit of a ?digital healthintervention,? which represents a discrete functionality of the digital technology toachieve health sector objectives.

Initiatives: 
clasification of health services delivered electronically through formal or informal care.
Shortcomings: 
-
Relevance: 
4
Relevance Description: 
Reelvant to stablish shared language to describe the uses of digital technology for health
Quality: 
4
Opinion: 
Good
Overlap: 
No
Overlap Detail: 
Sources: 
https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/mhealth/classification-digital-health-interventions/en/
Keywords: 
classification, digital health interventions, digital and mobile technologies, health system needs, WHO
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