First Name
Eimy
Last Name
Barahona
What is the champion's current position?
Co-founder and coordinator of the first telehealth network at the Honduras level
Linkedin
Twitter
What are the champion's specialties or areas of expertise?
Eimy coordinates telehealth and tele-education processes with different health networks at the national level and tele-response centers at the central level. She actively participates in planning processes with different governmental and non-governmental actors. She also coordinates the logistics programming. She has attended meetings and events related to the management of telehealth projects.
What are the champion's achievements in digital health?
Eimy is a co-founder of Mosquitiamed, the first network of volunteers using ICTS as an innovative solution to provide medical care in indigenous communities. She is a co-founder and coordinator of the first telehealth network at the national level in Honduras that allows the communication of 38 remote health units with specialized hospitals, causing savings as patients are cared for in their own community. She is also the coordinator of knowledge research lines skills and practices in ICTS and telehealth in first and second level health personnel health care. On top of that, she facilitates digital health and tele-education issues.
Why is the champion passionate about digital health (how did the champion become interested in digital health)?
Eimy's interest in digital health was born after her first year of volunteering in medical social service, in the most difficult place in Central America. In "La Mosquitia", there is only one regional Hospital, and the communities are far away. People who live there have to travel for 8 hours or even 2 days to access medical services. This inspired her to work on providing access to health services for all people, regardless of where they live, and the first project in telemedicine using ICTs by volunteer doctors was founded.
How can we attract more women to work on digital health?
Eimy believes that providing communication spaces and positioning of different leaders in digital health at the regional level, creating a community of innovative women (digital health, STEAM, etc.) is the key of attracting more women to work in digital health.
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Which organization does the champion work for?
TeleSAN
What is the champion's country of origin?
Honduras
Where does the champion live (country)
Honduras