Learn about: - The meaning of digitalization and its application to socio-health and care sectors. - The advantages of digitalization. - The main obstacles and barriers, with recommendations to overcome them. - What digital skills are. Test your digital skills .

1. What does the digitization of socio-health services mean?
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2. 02. Advantages of digitalization
03. Obstacles and barriers, recommendations to
overcome them
04. What digital skills are
05. Testing your digital skills
This module focuses on the following
sections:
01. Digitalization, application to socio-health and
care sectors
Table of contents

3. Digitalization,applicationto socio-healthand
caresectors
01

4. Digitalization refers to the process of
incorporating digital technologies and tools
into the various aspects of their work and
daily activities. It involves leveraging digital
resources to enhance efficiency,
accessibility, and quality of services.
What is digitalization?

5. The world is changing,
and healthcareis no
exception.

6. for identifying needs and
providing health care (from
prevention and health
promotion to curative
interventions and self-
management) are provided
by digital technologies and
the digital environment.
Digital technologies have
the potential to transform
healthcare services in ways
that could support the
objectives of the health
system.
The results and outcomes
of digital transformation of
health services will
importantly depend on the
quality of the process and
the involved stakeholders.
New Opportunities Potential to transform Quality of the process
The promise of benefits of digitalisation do not always materialise in practice. Implementing
new technologies, whether digital or not, should not be based on promise or hope, but on
evidence and realism.

7. All health personnel
have a basic
understanding of
computers and,
therefore, know how to
realistically carry out
daily tasks using their
work PC, mobile phone
or tablet.
also requires having
the ability to manage
information and
scientific knowledge
effectively to make
decisions based on
evidence and to
improve patient care.
Digital literacy Effective management
of health information
Thanks to technologies,
devices and other types
of digital channels, it is
possible to improve the
network connection
between all healthcare
actors and patients.
Health communication
Facilitate remote health
care in collaboration
with representatives
from different sectors.
All health professionals
need to know and be
able to use the different
digital tools based on
"cloud" technology.
Collaborative and
coordinated work
Necessarytoolsandknowledgefordigitalization

8. Advantages of digitalization
02

9. Four main advantages can be outlined:
Remote diagnosis of
patient conditions:
Patient information can
also be stored, accessed
and shared between
healthcare professionals
in real-time.
Easier for patients to
access medical data and
healthcare services
enabled them to
monitor and track their
conditions remotely.
Improves accuracy
of diagnosis
Improves quality
of healthcare
People leaving in rural
areas, elderly patients or
people with mobility
issues digital technologies
have pushed the
boundaries of healthcare
beyond the walls of the
hospital.
Improves access
to healthcare
Patients can better
understand and monitor
their health conditions
remotely, can help
reducing unnecessary
visits to emergency
rooms.
Reduces cost of
healthcare
Advantages of digitalization

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11. Obstacles and barriers,recommendationsto
overcomethem
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12. Digitalhealthhasovercomeasatrendrecently,butmedicalimagesandtelemedicinedatebackover100yearsand
prototypewearabledeviceshavebeenusedtotackleobesitysincethe1940s(CummisandSchuller,2020).
However,someobstaclesandbarriershavetobeconsidered:
Technologies need to be
affordable, easy-to-use
for healthcare workers
and general population.
Low levels of digital and
health literacy in the
general population is
also a major
contributing factor.
01 02 03 04
The increasing
digitization of
healthcare and the
growth of mobile and
IoT devices as data
collection tools raises
many ethical issues.
With the recent
introduction of the
GDPR in the European
Union, clinicians and
patients have a right
to understand how a
particular AI decision
was reached.
Genomics
advancements are
interlinked connected
health challenges. For
truly personalized
medical care, genomics
information should be
combined with
environmental,
behavioral, and medical
history information.
Societal
Factors
Ethical
Challenges
Role of
Artificial
Intelligence
The
Potential of
Genomics

13. The acceptance of the patient Is
crucial. While for some patients it
could be a constant reminder of illness
and some others may enjoy the social
aspect receiving care outside their
home.
01 02
New and stablished organizations have started launching and scaling models to move
primary, acute, and palliative care to the home.
Patient preference
Longer visits are necessary for home
health care, which results in a smaller
panel size. The clinicians must be
rewarded for spending extra time in
coordinating and managing care.
Clinicians’ concerns
Specific risks to patient safety in the
home setting. It is important to
rigorously assess and mitigate these
risks when moving care to the home.
Safety must be considered in each
patient interaction.
Patient safety
The EU does not have a single legal
framework specifically tailored to
home care but plays a role in health
and social policy through directives
and recommendations that Member
States must implement.
Regulatory environment
03 04

14. Compilation of case studies
This book is a compilation of the different
policies, organisation and provision of the
home care in Europe, describing both the
formal home care systems and their reality
in terms of system failures and unmet
needs in 31 countries, including the 27 EU
Member States, Croatia, Iceland, Norway
and Switzerland.
Home Care across Europe
Access under this link

15. What digital skills are
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16. Digital skills are defined as:
(UNESCO, 2018)
A range of abilities to use digital devices, communication applications, and
networks to access and manage information.
They enable people to create and share digital content, communicate and
collaborate, and solve problems for effective and creative self-fulfilment in
life, learning, work, and social activities at large.
Basic functional skills are required to make basic use of digital devices and
online applications.
Advanced digital skills are the higher-level abilities that allow users to make
use of digital technologies in empowering and transformative ways such as
professions in ICT.

17. Basic digital skills: 6 areas
Digital foundation skills
using a browser, connecting to the
internet, and keeping passwords
secure.
Communicating
sending emails securely, using
attachments, and participating on
social media.
01 02

18. Basic digital skills: 6 areas
Handling information and content
using search engines, being aware
that not all online content is reliable,
accessing content across devices.
Transacting
setting up accounts to use or purchase
goods/services online, using different
secure payment methods, filling in
online forms.
03 04

19. Basic digital skills: 6 areas
Problem-solving
finding solutions to problems using
FAQs/tutorials/chat, presenting
solutions through software, and
improving productivity.
Being safe and legal online
understanding best practice in data
storage/sharing, updating and keeping
passwords secure, and taking
precautions against viruses.
05 06

20. Test your digital skills
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21. Take this test to learn more about your digital profile:
https://europa.eu/europass/digitalskills/screen/home

22. Congratulations!
You have successfully finalized the first module of U-Digitalize Training.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the
author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European
Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor
EACEA can be held responsible for them.