RACSEL held its Annual Assembly

 

 

The latin America and the Caribbean digital dealth network, RACSEL, has elected new authorities to preside over the network and approved the entry of five new Members.

 

The election of the new authorities took place at RACSEL's Annual Assembly in the framework of Relacsis 4.0 "Health Information Systems and Conectatón", held on November 13 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

 

At the meeting, it was decided that the Presidency of RACSEL will be held by the Secretariat of Innovation of El Salvador, who accepted the challenge of continuing to work as a network in the region on the digital transformation of healthcare and interoperability between countries. The representative for El Salvador, Denis Pocasangre, said that "El Salvador is strongly committed to the digital transformation of healthcare" and added that "networking between countries can benefit in an even more positive way than it has".

 

RACSEL has incorporated Belize, Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras and Panama, which added to the countries already members, has thirteen countries.

 

The countries agreed on the objectives and work plan for the year 2024, which will allow further progress to be made in the challenges that digital health imposes on the continent.