We all are confronted with a rapidly changing environment. On one hand never before in human’s history a comparable amount of data, information and knowledge was created  but on the other hand it becomes more and more difficult to find exactly what we need to solve a specific problem. Especially in the development of health systems an effective transfer of evidence into policy or practice is essential as only informed decision makers are able to make the right decisions – especially in settings with limited resources.

Another challenge is the need to train people and to facilitate continuous education which is mandatory to cope with the increasing complexity of our world

Both, managing information and knowledge as well as the training of people can benefit a lot from the meaningful application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). The 11th STI Symposium provided a platform for exchange of expertise on the influence of ICT on the development of health systems.

Experts from different countries and with variuos professional backgrounds met at the STI Symposium to exchange their thoughts and knowledge in the fields of Telemedicine, eHealth, eLearning, Knowledge Management and Health Information Systems. All the presentations as well as a brief introduction into the different subject areas and a short introduction and abstract of each presentation focusing on goals and possible impact of each approach is available on the STI website:

http://www.sti.ch/en/about-us/sti-symposium.html

 

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