Between November 12 and 14, 2023, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the second Regional LACPASS Connectathon was held, a pioneering event in the health sector in Latin America and the Caribbean that demonstrated the region's technical enabling conditions for the timely and secure exchange of clinical information, whenever people need it.
The event featured the presence of national representatives from member countries, health authorities, information and telecommunications technology experts, international organizations, and technical teams gathered for collaboration and innovation. On this occasion, there were 18 registered participants: Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Washington State, USA.
The LACPASS Connectathon aims to strengthen a Pan American digital health network, with the goal of opening more opportunities for interoperable regional health.
Connectathon Tracks
2023
The 2nd edition of the LACPASS Connectathon included 2 tracks based on the enablers considered essential for the LAC region.
Track 1 – International Patient Summary: The goal of this track is for each participant to generate their own International Patient Summary based on the IPS profile (International Patient Summary) and interoperate according to the transactions defined by the MHD profile (Mobile Health Document). Requirements: FHIR Standard, IPS Profile, MHD Profile. LACPASS Docker.
Track 2a – Vaccination Certificates: The goal of this track is for each participant to generate and interoperate a vaccination certificate based on the WHO's DDCC profile. Requirements: FHIR Standard, WHO DDCC, LACPASS Docker.
Track 2b – Innovation (Optional): The goal of this track is to learn about decentralized identifiers (DID) and how to send vaccination certificates to digital wallets based on the verifiable credentials standard.
Results
Throughout the event, of the 18 registered countries, 16 actively participated in the tracks through the testing platforms. 403 test instances were run. Of these, 17 were incomplete, 8 had partial verification, and 14 failed. However, 363 tests were run successfully.
Of the 363 successful tests:
- 239 belong to track 1 (IPS/MHD profiles).
- 73 belong to track 2a (DDCC/DDVC profile).
- 51 belong to track 2b (LACCHAIN Innovation profile).
Resources
The second edition of the LACPASS Connectathon was aimed exclusively at Ministries of Health, government agencies, or organizations related to Digital Health. For countries that are not part of LACPASS and wish to participate, this section allows them to request registration and access the resources and enablers generated for the 2nd LACPASS Connectathon.
The Event
The event was held in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
