OLVG/ahti
Family Medicine/Global Health
Steven van de Vijver (1977) is working as a family doctor and director of the Family Medicine Department at the OLVG hospital in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. In addition he works as a Senior Advisor at the Amsterdam Health & Technology Institute (www.ahti.nl) where he is guiding several innovative projects in the field of primary care. Besides offering personal and dedicated clinical work in the practice, his aim is to support the implementation and research of innovations in primary care due to technology and digitization in order to increase access and quality of care for the most vulnerable. He received his PhD on the design, implementation and evaluation of cardiovascular prevention for the urban poor in Nairobi, Kenya. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=van+de+Vijver+S&cauthor_id=27499355 https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-van-de-vijver-582120/

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SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION
Session Type
SPECIAL INTEREST SESSION
Date
08.07.2021, Thursday
Session Time
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Room
Hall 2
Session Description
DIGITAL INNOVATIONS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE TO SUPPORT THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
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BO IV: Personalised prevention

Date
08.07.2021, Thursday
Session Time
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Room
Hall 2
Lecture Time
03:30 PM - 03:30 PM
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DIGITAL INNOVATIONS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE TO SUPPORT THE MOST VULNERABLE POPULATIONS

Date
08.07.2021, Thursday
Session Time
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Room
Hall 2
Lecture Time
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
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Abstract

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Background: in the last decade, and especially in the last year, the use of digital technology has become widespread in all parts of the world with a great potential to increase access and quality to health. However, digitalization and technology are prone to stimulate inequality in various sectors, including health care, due to lack of information and ways to participate often for the most vulnerable group. Both trends of digitalisation of health care and inequality of care have been further increased due to the current epidemic of COVID.

Aim and learning objectives: in the workshop we will share and evaluate successful digital innovations in health care in various settings and explore how this has affected the most vulnerable in the population. We would like to understand the successes and barriers to reaching the most deprived in society in digital health initiatives.

Methods and timetable: members of the WONCA Working Group on E-Health will share their experiences of digital innovations within their practice or region. Several examples will be given through a 10 minute presentation. Afterwards a group discussion will take place when ideas and insights will be exchanged.

(Proposed) Results / Conclusions: To gather insights and advices for the design and implementation of digital innovations in primary care in order that the most vulnerable of the population benefit as well.

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