Health authorities

Benefits of standardised, interoperable health data sources for health authorities

  • Enhance public health surveillance and strategy
  • Optimise health services and resource planning
  • Improve safety management and quality of care
  • Reduce unnecessary cost such as duplicate or inappropriate exams and treatments
  • Pharmacovigilance
  • Monitor health care provider performance

Health authorities cannot afford to waste resources on inappropriate and avoidable interventions. They have to prudently balance the care needs of our ageing society in which each person is accumulating more and more diseases, more expensive treatments, new diseases and the need for quality improvements. The judicious use of vast health data is a major source of information for developing future proof care strategies.

covid-19

Covid-19 data has been a crucial instrument for health authorities to monitor the spread of the corona virus, detect local outbreaks, track and trace infections, pinpoint high-transmission activities, and understand the effect of restrictive measures.