Abstract 

Healthcare technology in Latin America faces significant challenges related to unequal access, limited infrastructure, and a lack of trained personnel. Digital and economic disparities, along with fragmented healthcare systems, compromise the effective adoption of advanced technologies. To overcome these obstacles, it's essential to invest in infrastructure, promote education and training, and foster regional collaboration. Cooperation between countries and the development of innovative policies are key to improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare services in the region.
 

Biography 

Virginia Laura Ballarin is a Professor and Director of the Health Informatics Group at the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Medicine at FASTA University. 
She is also a Professor at the National University of Mar del Plata (UNMDP) and was the Director of the Image Processing Laboratory (PILab) at the Institute of Scientific and Technological Research in Electronics from 1989 to 2023. 
She has supervised over 20 postgraduate and 25 undergraduate theses in Biomedical Image Processing and authored more than 100 articles and over 180 conference papers.
She was Editor of the Argentine Journal of Bioengineering from 2015 to 2023 and created and continues to direct the Doctoral Program in Bioengineering at UNMDP.
She served as President of the Argentine Society of Bioengineering (2013-2015), President of the Argentine Chapter of EMBS IEEE (2016-2018), and Chair of the Committee of Women in MBE of the IFMBE (2018-2022).