First Name
Carolina
Last Name
Soto Salazar
What is the champion's current position?
Mental health doctor
Website
Linkedin
What are the champion's specialties or areas of expertise?
Carolina is a general practitioner. She has experience in primary health care and in infant and adult mental health in the past 2 years. She has a degree in Mindfulness and Schizophrenic and Related Psychosis. Her focus is on mental health with a gender perspective and a human rights approach, for the accompaniment mainly of women and people of sexual diversity.
What are the champion's achievements in digital health?
Carolina created the Donate Your Co-pay initiative in May 2020, a initiative that offers medical care remotely to help people who had no other way of accessing health care. Now, she coordinates two programs in Saluta: general medicine with LsCh interpreter and Saluta Diversa, all remotely.
Why is the champion passionate about digital health (how did the champion become interested in digital health)?
Carolina is passionate about digital health because it has been a wonderful tool to reach people who previously couldn't easily access health care. Digital health allowed her to be able to support and accompany people from different parts of Chile and Colombia. Furthermore, she was able to guide these people on health issues in the middle of the pandemic. It also allowed her to be connected with people who need it, with her colleagues and with civil society organizations.
How can we attract more women to work on digital health?
Carolina believes that women should be paid equal as men in the field of digital health. She emphasizes that we need support in the generation of public policies that allow women to access training in digital health and also the necessary tools, as basic as internet connection.
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Which organization does the champion work for?
Saluta Digital Health Center
What is the champion's country of origin?
Colombia
Where does the champion live (country)
Chile