Veronique Inès Thouvenot is a recognised senior expert in eHealth, Co-founder of the Millennia2025 Foundation “Women and Innovation” PuF, and Zero Mothers Die Initiative. She worked and contributed to several international publications at WHO and ITU in Geneva, the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth (ISfTeH), and before at the European Center of Humanitarian Health in Lyon. She has conducted evaluation missions in Africa and Latin America. Born in Chile, trilingual, she holds a doctorate (Ph.D) in Advanced Mathematics in Humanitarian Health, an MBA in Business Management, and post graduate diplomas in Medical Law and Health Economy from the University of Medicine in Lyon, France. Address: Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, France
Studies in health technology and informatics, 2016
Nurses are at the forefront of health care delivery and are key to health improvements across pop... more Nurses are at the forefront of health care delivery and are key to health improvements across populations worldwide. They play vital role in the treatment of communicable diseases and in maintaining optimal quality of life for those living with long-term conditions. A number of factors such as an ageing population, a shrinking nursing workforce, inequity and variable access to health services naturally point towards technology-focused solutions. However the uptake of eHealth tools and techniques by nurses and their integration with nursing practice remain patchy, not least because of nurses simply 'not knowing' that good solutions exist. The purpose of this panel is to describe initiatives that seek to identify and showcase good practice in the use of eHealth in nursing.
Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, 2019
This paper describes the cases of six midwifery projects of the Women Observatory for eHealth at ... more This paper describes the cases of six midwifery projects of the Women Observatory for eHealth at the Millennia2025 Women and Innovation Foundation, to support the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in midwifery practice in eight countries from 2014 to 2016. The WeObservatory is a digital inclusion incubator aimed at reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in countries with limited resources by strengthening midwifery practice through the access to ICTs and eHealth applications. This paper describes how the collaboration with the WeObservatory supported these projects in the development and adoption of digital solutions for midwifery practice. It examines responses from the project leaders to an online survey conducted by the WeObservatory in January of 2018. Their responses provide insights on opportunities and challenges faced by these projects that can inform future midwifery eHealth projects. Building capacity among midwives for the adoption of digital...
Cet article propose un outil original d'evaluation des competences acquises lors des formatio... more Cet article propose un outil original d'evaluation des competences acquises lors des formations par une mesure du transfert des acquis a partir d'experiences. A la maniere d'un Puzzle, la solution est construite par un assemblage successif de pieces prealablement definies par des experts. Il s'appuie sur une capitalisation des experiences collectees aupres des apprenants avant et apres une formation pour constituer une base de connaissance permettant de predire et d'evaluer les competences a distance. This paper demonstrates that skills evaluation based on experience are to be measured with an original tool. As a puzzle, solution building allows defined pieces by experts into succession progressive process. Experience is collected before and after training to build a knowledge base as a predictive skill distant evaluation tool.
BACKGROUND: EpidemiXs is an innovative ecosystem of digital tools centralizing official and valid... more BACKGROUND: EpidemiXs is an innovative ecosystem of digital tools centralizing official and validated information on COVID-19 for healthcare workers and the general public in a single hub. OBJECTIVE: The vision of EpidemiXs is to foster collaboration between researchers, institutions and individuals to promote “open data” in order to enrich the scientific community and further accelerate science in the fight against COVID-19. METHODS: Through its set of solutions, EpidemiXs Info, EpidemiXs TV and EpidemiXs Studies, this innovative ecosystem contributes to advancing collaborations, data collection and analysis, and helps find funders. RESULTS: EpidemiXs was launched in March 2020 in Spain with 30 healthcare institutions and rapidly reached close to 1 million users and 2 million views. EpidemiXs gained international recognition when it was awarded the Barcelona Health Hub Awards (BHHAwards) 2020 of the category “Best Startup Initiative to help tackle COVID-19”. CONCLUSION: EpidemiXs h...
Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, 2015
Improving access to information and communication technologies (ICT) and making these services af... more Improving access to information and communication technologies (ICT) and making these services affordable to all are prerequisites to their efficient and sustainable use in healthcare and eHealth. Women worldwide still face barriers that keep them away from innovation and limit their taking full advantage of eHealth and telemedicine. To help address these barriers, Millennia2015, an initiative of the Destree Institute, conducted the Women and eHealth Study 2010 – 2012 ( W eHealth) to identify barriers and trends in the emerging arena of Women, Health and ICT. The study proposed a set of solutions to the identified barriers, including a mapping of Women’s involvement in eHealth. Forging ahead on the Study's proposals, the new Millennia2025 Foundation “Women and Innovation”, a Public Utility Foundation, and its partners, have developed Action Plans to ensure the full participation of women in eHealth and telemedicine. These Plans include diverse initiatives, such as the W eObserva...
Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, 2017
The web-based virtual nursing intervention VIH-TAVIE™ was designed to help people living with HIV... more The web-based virtual nursing intervention VIH-TAVIE™ was designed to help people living with HIV (PLWH) adhere to their antiretroviral treatment (ART). The content of the intervention is generic and gender neutral. However, it is recognised that women living with HIV (WLWH) experience their condition in a unique way and face gender-specific challenges regarding ART intake. Consequently, it seemed appropriate to adapt VIH-TAVIE™ specifically for women. The purpose of this paper is to present the qualitative results of an evaluative study of VIH-TAVIE™ that describe the experience of six WLWH who received the web-based computer-delivered intervention and to present the content and specificities of an offshoot intervention under development, TAVIE-Woman™. The following themes emerged from the content analysis of interviews with the WLWH about : 1) presence of actual nurse on site to facilitate transition to virtual mode; 2) virtual nurse humanises experience of computer-delivered inte...
The 194 Member States (including the United States) of the World Health Organization (WHO) have s... more The 194 Member States (including the United States) of the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed the revised International Health Regulations 2005(IHR), a legal framework that aims to prevent and respond to acute public health threats with the potential for international spread. IHR strengthens WHO member states collective defences against the multiple and varied public health threats that today's globalized world is facing and which have the potential to rapidly spread through expanding travel and trade. With the coming into force of the IHR on June 15, 2007, Member States are required to notify WHO of all events which may constitute a public health emergency of international concern; assess core alert and response capacities for the early detection, investigation, and response to these events; develop a plan of action for implementing the IHR; and to monitor and evaluate progress towards achieving these capacities. WHO is required to support the assessment of the nationa...
The revised International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR) provides a legal framework for the global... more The revised International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR) provides a legal framework for the global response to public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC). With the coming into force of the IHR on June 15, 2007, under Annex 1a and Annex 2, all 194 Member States (including the United States) of the World Health Organization (WHO) have committed to develop core capacities for the early detection, investigation, and response to events with potential for international spread; report to WHO any potential PHEIC; develop a plan of action for implementing the IHR; and to assess, monitor, and evaluate progress towards achieving these capacities. WHO is required to support the assessment of the national surveillance and response capacities, the strengthening of the national systems, the monitoring of progress on the IHR implementation, and the evaluation of outcomes. This presentation will describe and demonstrate a prototype web-based data collection tool that has been develope...
The Women and eHealth Study 2010-2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia 2015... more The Women and eHealth Study 2010-2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia 2015 powerful demonstration of women empowerment in the arena of eHealth and telemedicine through digital solidarity and gender equity. The overall objective is to stimulate more women to use advanced technologies combined with innovative integrated collaborative leadership programs. The article describes the study and the subsequent networks WeTelemed and WeObservatory conducted by women in developing countries with the ambition to reach the populations living in isolated communities.
"The Women and eHealth Study 2010 – 2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia20... more "The Women and eHealth Study 2010 – 2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia2015 powerful demonstration of women empowerment in the arena of eHealth and Telemedicine through digital solidarity and gender equity. The overall objective is to stimulate more women to use advanced technologies combined with innovative integrated collaborative leadership programs. The article describes the study and the subsequent networks WeTelemed and WeObservatory conducted by women in developing countries with the ambition to reach the populations living in isolated communities.
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The Women and eHealth Study 2010-2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia 2015... more The Women and eHealth Study 2010-2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia 2015 powerful demonstration of women empowerment in the arena of eHealth and telemedicine through digital solidarity and gender equity. The overall objective is to stimulate more women to use advanced technologies combined with innovative integrated collaborative leadership programs. The article describes the study and the subsequent networks WeTelemed and WeObservatory conducted by women in developing countries with the ambition to reach the populations living in isolated communities.
Studies in health technology and informatics, 2016
Nurses are at the forefront of health care delivery and are key to health improvements across pop... more Nurses are at the forefront of health care delivery and are key to health improvements across populations worldwide. They play vital role in the treatment of communicable diseases and in maintaining optimal quality of life for those living with long-term conditions. A number of factors such as an ageing population, a shrinking nursing workforce, inequity and variable access to health services naturally point towards technology-focused solutions. However the uptake of eHealth tools and techniques by nurses and their integration with nursing practice remain patchy, not least because of nurses simply 'not knowing' that good solutions exist. The purpose of this panel is to describe initiatives that seek to identify and showcase good practice in the use of eHealth in nursing.
Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, 2019
This paper describes the cases of six midwifery projects of the Women Observatory for eHealth at ... more This paper describes the cases of six midwifery projects of the Women Observatory for eHealth at the Millennia2025 Women and Innovation Foundation, to support the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in midwifery practice in eight countries from 2014 to 2016. The WeObservatory is a digital inclusion incubator aimed at reducing maternal and neonatal mortality in countries with limited resources by strengthening midwifery practice through the access to ICTs and eHealth applications. This paper describes how the collaboration with the WeObservatory supported these projects in the development and adoption of digital solutions for midwifery practice. It examines responses from the project leaders to an online survey conducted by the WeObservatory in January of 2018. Their responses provide insights on opportunities and challenges faced by these projects that can inform future midwifery eHealth projects. Building capacity among midwives for the adoption of digital...
Cet article propose un outil original d'evaluation des competences acquises lors des formatio... more Cet article propose un outil original d'evaluation des competences acquises lors des formations par une mesure du transfert des acquis a partir d'experiences. A la maniere d'un Puzzle, la solution est construite par un assemblage successif de pieces prealablement definies par des experts. Il s'appuie sur une capitalisation des experiences collectees aupres des apprenants avant et apres une formation pour constituer une base de connaissance permettant de predire et d'evaluer les competences a distance. This paper demonstrates that skills evaluation based on experience are to be measured with an original tool. As a puzzle, solution building allows defined pieces by experts into succession progressive process. Experience is collected before and after training to build a knowledge base as a predictive skill distant evaluation tool.
BACKGROUND: EpidemiXs is an innovative ecosystem of digital tools centralizing official and valid... more BACKGROUND: EpidemiXs is an innovative ecosystem of digital tools centralizing official and validated information on COVID-19 for healthcare workers and the general public in a single hub. OBJECTIVE: The vision of EpidemiXs is to foster collaboration between researchers, institutions and individuals to promote “open data” in order to enrich the scientific community and further accelerate science in the fight against COVID-19. METHODS: Through its set of solutions, EpidemiXs Info, EpidemiXs TV and EpidemiXs Studies, this innovative ecosystem contributes to advancing collaborations, data collection and analysis, and helps find funders. RESULTS: EpidemiXs was launched in March 2020 in Spain with 30 healthcare institutions and rapidly reached close to 1 million users and 2 million views. EpidemiXs gained international recognition when it was awarded the Barcelona Health Hub Awards (BHHAwards) 2020 of the category “Best Startup Initiative to help tackle COVID-19”. CONCLUSION: EpidemiXs h...
Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, 2015
Improving access to information and communication technologies (ICT) and making these services af... more Improving access to information and communication technologies (ICT) and making these services affordable to all are prerequisites to their efficient and sustainable use in healthcare and eHealth. Women worldwide still face barriers that keep them away from innovation and limit their taking full advantage of eHealth and telemedicine. To help address these barriers, Millennia2015, an initiative of the Destree Institute, conducted the Women and eHealth Study 2010 – 2012 ( W eHealth) to identify barriers and trends in the emerging arena of Women, Health and ICT. The study proposed a set of solutions to the identified barriers, including a mapping of Women’s involvement in eHealth. Forging ahead on the Study's proposals, the new Millennia2025 Foundation “Women and Innovation”, a Public Utility Foundation, and its partners, have developed Action Plans to ensure the full participation of women in eHealth and telemedicine. These Plans include diverse initiatives, such as the W eObserva...
Journal of the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth, 2017
The web-based virtual nursing intervention VIH-TAVIE™ was designed to help people living with HIV... more The web-based virtual nursing intervention VIH-TAVIE™ was designed to help people living with HIV (PLWH) adhere to their antiretroviral treatment (ART). The content of the intervention is generic and gender neutral. However, it is recognised that women living with HIV (WLWH) experience their condition in a unique way and face gender-specific challenges regarding ART intake. Consequently, it seemed appropriate to adapt VIH-TAVIE™ specifically for women. The purpose of this paper is to present the qualitative results of an evaluative study of VIH-TAVIE™ that describe the experience of six WLWH who received the web-based computer-delivered intervention and to present the content and specificities of an offshoot intervention under development, TAVIE-Woman™. The following themes emerged from the content analysis of interviews with the WLWH about : 1) presence of actual nurse on site to facilitate transition to virtual mode; 2) virtual nurse humanises experience of computer-delivered inte...
The 194 Member States (including the United States) of the World Health Organization (WHO) have s... more The 194 Member States (including the United States) of the World Health Organization (WHO) have signed the revised International Health Regulations 2005(IHR), a legal framework that aims to prevent and respond to acute public health threats with the potential for international spread. IHR strengthens WHO member states collective defences against the multiple and varied public health threats that today's globalized world is facing and which have the potential to rapidly spread through expanding travel and trade. With the coming into force of the IHR on June 15, 2007, Member States are required to notify WHO of all events which may constitute a public health emergency of international concern; assess core alert and response capacities for the early detection, investigation, and response to these events; develop a plan of action for implementing the IHR; and to monitor and evaluate progress towards achieving these capacities. WHO is required to support the assessment of the nationa...
The revised International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR) provides a legal framework for the global... more The revised International Health Regulations 2005 (IHR) provides a legal framework for the global response to public health emergencies of international concern (PHEIC). With the coming into force of the IHR on June 15, 2007, under Annex 1a and Annex 2, all 194 Member States (including the United States) of the World Health Organization (WHO) have committed to develop core capacities for the early detection, investigation, and response to events with potential for international spread; report to WHO any potential PHEIC; develop a plan of action for implementing the IHR; and to assess, monitor, and evaluate progress towards achieving these capacities. WHO is required to support the assessment of the national surveillance and response capacities, the strengthening of the national systems, the monitoring of progress on the IHR implementation, and the evaluation of outcomes. This presentation will describe and demonstrate a prototype web-based data collection tool that has been develope...
The Women and eHealth Study 2010-2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia 2015... more The Women and eHealth Study 2010-2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia 2015 powerful demonstration of women empowerment in the arena of eHealth and telemedicine through digital solidarity and gender equity. The overall objective is to stimulate more women to use advanced technologies combined with innovative integrated collaborative leadership programs. The article describes the study and the subsequent networks WeTelemed and WeObservatory conducted by women in developing countries with the ambition to reach the populations living in isolated communities.
"The Women and eHealth Study 2010 – 2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia20... more "The Women and eHealth Study 2010 – 2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia2015 powerful demonstration of women empowerment in the arena of eHealth and Telemedicine through digital solidarity and gender equity. The overall objective is to stimulate more women to use advanced technologies combined with innovative integrated collaborative leadership programs. The article describes the study and the subsequent networks WeTelemed and WeObservatory conducted by women in developing countries with the ambition to reach the populations living in isolated communities.
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The Women and eHealth Study 2010-2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia 2015... more The Women and eHealth Study 2010-2012 is conducted with the vision to constitute a Millennia 2015 powerful demonstration of women empowerment in the arena of eHealth and telemedicine through digital solidarity and gender equity. The overall objective is to stimulate more women to use advanced technologies combined with innovative integrated collaborative leadership programs. The article describes the study and the subsequent networks WeTelemed and WeObservatory conducted by women in developing countries with the ambition to reach the populations living in isolated communities.
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