Venue: Casa de América
Wednesday, 5th November 2025, from 17:00 to 18:30 h. CET (UTC+1). Venue: Simón Bolívar Room, Casa de América (Plaza de Cibeles, s/n, 2nd floor, Madrid).
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) represent a key tool to enhance efficiency in health services, optimize available resources, and improve both access to and quality of medical care. For this to happen, it is necessary to foster a digital transformation in the sector —a deep technological, cultural, and organizational shift that leads to more effective and efficient health systems.
The policy paper ‘Reimagining Latin American health systems in the digital era’ aims to generate evidence on the barriers and enabling factors to implementing public policies for the digital transformation of the health sector using the case studies of four countries in the region: Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and Mexico.
Hashtag: #ElcanoSaludDigital
Welcome:
- Moisés Morera Martín, Programming Director, Casa de América | @moisesmoreram
- José Juan Ruiz, Chairman, Elcano Royal Institute | @ElcanoJjRuiz
- Silvia Gold, Founder, Insud Pharma; President, Mundo Sano | @DraSilviaGold
Presentation:
- Pedro Alonso, Emeritus Consultant and Honorary Professor, Hospital Clínic – University of Barcelona | @PAlonsoMalaria
- Paola Abril Campos Rivera, Professor and Researcher, School of Government and Public Transformation, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico | @PaolaAbrilCamp
- África Periáñez, Executive and co-Founder, Causal Foundry; Member of the Elcano Royal Institute’s Advisory Panel on Global Health | @aperianez
– The event will be held in Spanish without simultaneous translation.
– In-person event. If you would like to attend, please send RSVP to actividadeselcano@rielcano.org.
Image: Latin America as seen from space on planet Earth. Photo: inkoly / Getty Images.
