Main description:

Resilient Health: Leveraging Technology and Social Innovations to Transform Healthcare for COVID-19 Recovery and Beyond discusses worldwide innovations in health by presenting best practices and unique technological applications in healthcare in the post-COVID age, addressing the urgent need for physical and mental health delivery and access for all, as called for by the United Nations Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development and the Political Declaration for Universal Health Care. The book covers the critically important issues of healthcare delivery and access, both in the present and for the future.

Case studies are at the heart of the content, with each of the examples following a template (description of the innovation, target audience, contact, partners, use of social media, and financial model) for uniformity of presentation and easy access for readers. This book will serve as a reference, resource, teaching tool, and guide for all stakeholders in the government, public and private sectors, including researchers and investors, involved in planning and delivering healthcare.

Contents:

Part 1: Introduction of the importance of innovations and technology in healthcare, and the description and criteria for innovations.innovations and technology in healthcare, and the description and criteria for innovations
1. Introduction to this book about Innovations and Technology: Why this, why now?
2. The state of the world in health care today
3. The context of Innovative Policies and International Agreements in Healthcare
4. Innovations and Technologies: History, definitions, and state of the art
5. The Economics of Innovative Health: Innovative Financing

Part II: Participation of Stakeholders
6. Overview of the role of stakeholders
7. Role of Government
8. Role of the Private Sector, on emerging models for health care
9. Role of Foundations
10. Role of Funders
11. Awards Organizations/competitions
12. The ever-emerging role of social media

Part III: Innovation Case examples
13. Innovations using handheld/mobile devices
14. Innovations combining technology with outreach to the community
15. Innovations using Telemedicine
16. Innovations using artificial intelligence and virtual reality
17. Innovations in vaccine development
18. Crosscutting innovations

Part IV. Mental Health Innovations
19. Current and emerging artificial intelligence and technologies to address Mental Health needs

Part V: Looking ahead
20. Ongoing challenges
21. Recommendations and the Way Forward?