The book “Digitalization of Medicine in Low- and Middle-Income Countries” was published in Switzerland. Co-authors of the book are: Karine Sargsyan, YSMU Honorary Professor, WHO expert; Zisis Kozlakidis, Head of the Laboratory Services and Biobanking at IARC/WHO; and YSMU Rector, Professor Armen Muradyan.
It is noteworthy that after its publication, the book is the bestseller of the famous publishing house Springer Nature International for four weeks.
This open access book provides a framework to describe why digitalization of the medical provision services is needed and which level of digitalization is possible in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). These countries have traditionally been economically and technologically not ready for digitalization, but with recent progress in digitized data acquisition, machine learning and computing infrastructure, healthcare applications are expanding into areas that were previously thought to be the exclusive domain of human experts. It is increasingly accepted that the transformation in healthcare would not be possible if it is not associated with technological innovations in communication, computing, and analytical processing of biological samples.
“Digitalization of Medicine in Low- and
Middle-Income Countries: Paradigm Changes in Healthcare and Biomedical Research” provides in-depth understanding of the root causes for the observed differences in digital healthcare implementation in LMICs. Creating a strong foundation of the current trends and perspectives of digital healthcare in general, readers of this book are able to gain an informative account of how digital healthcare has been adapted to the different LMIC contexts in order to create demonstrable and impactful success stories.
The book is available through the link: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-62332-5
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