Costa Rica is preparing a national conversation on health interoperability: the Forum "Iniciativa Salud Digital Costa Rica," organized by Universidad Latina de Costa Rica (ULatina) together with Global Life Centered Hub. A full day dedicated to building, across academia, the public sector and the private sector, a more integrated, efficient and people-centered health system.

Free activity, open to the general public.

Agenda

  1. 8:30 – 9:00Registration
  2. 9:00 – 9:15WelcomeHighlighting the event's purpose, a walkthrough of the agenda, and thanks to sponsors.
  3. 9:15 – 9:45Block 1: Costa Rica's momentEstablishing the urgency to act, key lessons from the workshops, and Costa Rica's opportunity to become a regional benchmark.
  4. 9:45 – 10:30Block 2: What's already possibleShowing that interoperability isn't a future promise, through international cases of successful implementation and measurable results.
  5. 10:30 – 11:00Break
  6. 11:00 – 11:30Block 3: Interoperability in real lifeGrounding the value in concrete use cases from Costa Rica's system, such as accessing medical records in primary care, emergencies, and e-prescriptions.
  7. 11:30 – 12:00Block 4: What Costa Rica needs to move forwardIdentifying key enablers (standards, governance, trust and funding) and the decisions needed for implementation.
  8. 12:00 – 13:30Free time for lunch
  9. 13:30 – 14:00Keynote: The value of interoperabilityPresenting interoperability as infrastructure for the future: data-driven clinical research, AI applied to clinical practice, and innovation.
  10. 14:15 – 15:15Block 5: The HIX model and roadmapPresenting the proposed model (Health Information Exchange) and the roadmap with stages, milestones and success conditions: security, ethics, legislation (data, APP, etc.).
  11. 15:15 – 15:30Break
  12. 15:30 – 15:50Block 6: What becomes possibleUse cases in Costa Rica.
  13. 16:00 – 16:30Block 7: Conclusions — next stepsClosing the day and sharing next steps to build the digital health community.

Registration

The activity is free, but seats are limited. You can register through the official form: Registration form

From Meddyg, we're sharing this invitation because of its relevance to Costa Rica's health interoperability and standards community — see you there.