First Name
Elisa Maria
Last Name
Zapata Restrepo
What is the champion's current position?
Senior Digital Health Consultant
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What are the champion's specialties or areas of expertise?
Elisa works on interoperability, digital hospital, advanced analytics, process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence, revenue cycle management, claims, and health risk management.
What are the champion's achievements in digital health?
Elisa developed the first electronic medical history in Colombia using HL7 to integrate departmental systems. She led the first "paperless" hospital in Colombia, and designed the digital hospital framework used in several hospitals. She also led the implementation of a system for diagnosing cerebrovascular events using convolutional neural networks. She led the first implementation of a system to support clinical decisions in treatment for cancer patients , using natural language processing, architect of the interoperability solution of electronic health records for Colombia using X-Road as a platform.
Why is the champion passionate about digital health (how did the champion become interested in digital health)?
Elisa leads solutions development groups for the health sector for many years, that has allowed her to know the industry, its actors, its processes, its needs, its challenges. She is passionate about seeing how the proper use of technology transforms processes, makes them more efficient and generates safety and quality in the care of individuals and populations, better health outcomes and more sustainable and profitable to organizations. She is passionate about solving the challenges in the field.
How can we attract more women to work on digital health?
Elisa thinks that the challenge starts with how to attract more women to STEM college careers (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). Today only 17% of women are involved in these areas compared to 83% of men. If you add to this that women must be attracted to digital health, the challenge is even greater. She emphasizes that it is imperative that governments in the region, the education and health sector push campaigns to attract more women to these fields of knowledge.
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Which organization does the champion work for?
External Consultant for the IDB, Fundación Santa Fe, Seguros Mundia, Coomeva Salud, Ministry of Health Colombia
What is the champion's country of origin?
Colombia
Where does the champion live (country)
Colombia