Global Digital Health Partnership

Herko Coomans, international digital health coordinator at the Ministry of Health

HIMSS25: Digital health policy collaboration with the GDHP

By Jessica Hagen 02:36 pm March 6, 2025

LAS VEGAS - At the 2025 HIMSS Global Conference & Exhibition here, Herko Coomans, international digital health coordinator at the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, highlighted the work of the Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP) worldwide and the aim of the organization. During his talk, "Digital Health Policy Collaboration on a Global Scale with the GDHP," Coomans said, "Every...

Global collaboration on digital health efforts now can promote interoperability in the future

By Laura Lovett 03:41 pm April 30, 2020

In many ways’ tech has made the world smaller and more interconnected. Information that once took days to reach new countries now takes milliseconds. Digital health is also shaking up the way patients receive care globally, and how they expect to receive care. “Our consumer expectations, our knowledge that what we are getting as a consumer in healthcare isn’t matching up to what we are getting...