Introduction to the Global Health IT Strategies Minitrack

This mini-track will examine broader issues relating to Global Health IT strategies, including similarities and differences in how regions as diverse as North America, Africa, Asia and the Middle-East approach health improvements, emerging trends for applying innovative health IT solutions to improve general population and community health care globally, new forms and modalities of care delivery aided with Health IT globally such as use of innovative low-cost, mobile and sensor-enabled and other emerging health technological applications. These solutions will provide a multinational perspective on the benefits of mobile health and other emerging information technologies and describes different examples and applications implemented. This mintrack will include a total of five papers.