Author's posts
In Spain, As Everywhere, The Question Is Whether Schools Can Reopen Safely. I Have Grave Doubts.
Over the next couple of weeks, as happens every year at this time, Spain will begin the return to academic activity. The problem is that this is a far-from normal year: let’s be honest, it’s been a deeply abnormal year; and nor is my country behaving l…
The Pandemic And The Importance Of Coordinated Information Systems: A Letter From Spain
Spain is the world’s 13th biggest economy in terms of GDP, undoubtedly a highly developed country. But when it comes to dealing with a global pandemic, countries unable to coordinate action and information at a national level will always be the losers.
COVID-19: There Is Only One Priority
We must do everything that needs to be done to stop the spread of COVID-19, using every measure at our disposal. The economy will recover later.
Why Are We Still Not Using Contact Tracing Apps En Masse?
If your country has an official COVID-19 contact tracing app, install it NOW. Don’t wait for it to be perfect, for its code to be made public, for it to have watertight privacy. Just install it, period.
How India’s National Digital Health Mission Is Set To Revolutionize Healthcare
On Saturday, on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of his country’s independence, India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, announced the National Digital Health Mission, giving every Indian citizen a unique health ID, digitized health records, as well …
The Pandemic Really Has Changed The World Forever
This pandemic goes far beyond masks, hydro-alcoholic gels or lockdowns. The change we need won’t come overnight. The world has changed, before our eyes, in a few months. And when your world changes, if you insist on continuing to do things as before, i…
Telemedicine: The Future And Changing Habits
As the pandemic continues to spread, telemedicine platforms are attracting large amounts of investment: the combination of patient information, advanced algorithms and remote interaction platforms for communication with physicians is turning into one o…
The Challenge Facing Healthcare Isn’t Technology, It’s Called Management Control
Is it too much to ask that, thanks to the lessons learned from this pandemic, we could now redefine medicine and healthcare based on appropriate and modernized management control criteria?
We Need To Sort Out The Privacy Issues With Contact Tracing Apps If We Are Going To Bring The Pandemic Under Control
Contact traceability apps won’t solve everything, but they are certainly a way to improve monitoring of the spread of the disease. The pandemic is still far from being under control, and success will depend on governments being able to avoid suspicions…
Apple And Health: An Upcoming Launch?
Will Apple, at some point, decide to integrate its many initiatives in the field of health into some type of monitoring service?
