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ArticleJournal of medical systems2025

Digital Health Transformation in Ecuador: Progress, Barriers, and Future Directions.

Jorge Vasconez-Gonzalez, Harold Alexander-León, Esteban Ortiz-Prado

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Article in Journal of medical systems, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 authors.

Jorge Vasconez-GonzalezOne Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de las Americas, Quito, Ecuador Calle de los Colimes y Avenida De los Granados, Quito, 170137, Ecuador.
Harold Alexander-LeónResearch Department, SOLCA Núcleo de Quito, Quito, Ecuador.
Esteban Ortiz-PradoOne Health Research Group, Faculty of Health Science, Universidad de las Americas, Quito, Ecuador Calle de los Colimes y Avenida De los Granados, Quito, 170137, Ecuador. esteban.ortiz.prado@udla.edu.ec.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Digital health represents a tool that offers numerous advantages and facilitates various aspects of healthcare. Despite the considerable development and implementation of digital health in first-world countries, including the creation of various policies, third-world countries face a series of challenges in its implementation and development. These challenges include a lack of both economic and technological resources, as well as a shortage of policies related to its development and implementation. This article describes the approaches to digital health transformation in Ecuador, to what extent digital health has been developed in the country, the barriers present, and the benefits of its implementation.

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Digital TechnologyTelemedicineDelivery of Health CareDigital HealthEcuadorHealth PolicyHumansDigital HealthElectronic Medical RecordsmHealthTelemedicine

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