Colombia | Health~Holland Digital Re-Connect 

What are the latest trends and developments of Colombia’s healthcare system for 2022? How can Dutch solutions respond to these opportunities and challenges? Are you eager to learn how the Topsector LSH and Dutch government can (re-)connect you with key stakeholders? 

Then please sign up for this (free) Digital reconnect which will be on 25 November 2021, from 15:30 – 17:00h. (CET). 

What to expect 

• A country update addressing the current situation in Colombia with regard to the LSH sector its opportunities, challenges and the long term perspective.  
• Moving Forward, co-creating the Colombian-Dutch LSH-agenda: presenting and discussing our upcoming activities and our future programme for Colombia, including the announcement of the Life Sciences & Health Trade Mission to Bogotá and Cali in February 2022.  
• Your participation gives you the opportunity to influence what kind of activities should be organized to boost your business in Colombia. 

Programme

We will start our session with an update by Carlos Eduardo Jurado Moncayo, Executive Director of the Health Sector Chamber of the National Association of Entrepreneurs, ANDI, in Colombia. As a result of the ANDI Health Sector Chamber Sustainability Report 2019-2020, Carlos will inform you about the latest trends and developments in Colombia’s healthcare sector. He will update you on the new approach and priorities set by ANDI with the outlook towards 2022.  

This is followed by Frans Hermes, Founder and Managing Director at Spectator Healthcare Technology, sharing his experiences of doing business in Colombia and the lessons learned. Frans has been involved in many ground-breaking projects in Colombia, including the collaboration between Coomeva Medicina Prepagada, Colombia’s leading healthcare insurance company. It is the first national health insurance company in Colombia that extended its healthcare services with Spectator’s state-of-the-art eHealth & Telemedicine platform. 

• Welcome & Opening
  By Micha van Lin, Director, Task Force Health Care 
• Trends and developments of Colombia’s health system for 2022
  By Carlos Eduardo Jurado Moncayo, Executive Director, ANDI (T.B.C.) 
• Interactive group discussion with participants: The way forward 
• Going global – Experiences and lessons learned 
  By Frans Hermes, Founder and Managing Director, Spectator Healthcare Technology 
• Q&A  
• Closing
  By Micha van Lin, Director, Task Force Health Care

Did you know?  

• Healthcare spending in Colombia is expected to reach US$28 billion by 2023; 
• Taking into account the sectorial environment and macroeconomic growth expected in 2022, the health system is likely to be under significant pressure due to increasing demand, ageing society and the costs of medicines; 
• Colombia is currently working on the integration of health information by implementing the Digital health Roadmap for the coming 10 years, including instruments such as electronic medical records; 
• The most notable change for 2022 will be the update of the competencies of the basic health professions, which will produce a development of skills and abilities that new workers in the health system will require; 
• Colombia is increasingly investing in its health sector, resulting in increased purchasing of innovative medical solutions in the public sector related to prevention, screening, treatment, telemedicine and value-based healthcare. 

Register today!  

Register here for the digital re-connect. This is free of charge.*

Following this digital re-connect a LSH trade mission to Colombia will take place on 22/24 February 2022. For more information about this upcoming trade mission, please click here.

*This digital reconnect session is powered by Health~Holland (Dutch Topsector Life Sciences & Health) and organized by Task Force Health Care.