Description of Session
With the proliferation of information systems in the health sector, it is important to embrace the interoperability principle of “collect one, use many times” whenever possible in order to reduce the data collection burden on health workers who are capturing this data or managing the data. This is especially important in development work where there are many stakeholders who need to use the data and subsequent information derived from these systems to make decisions about service and program delivery. Over the last three years, PEPFAR has developed tools and processes to prepare itself to align with ministry of health (MoH) information systems to derive PEPFAR Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting data from these systems. The intent of deriving this data from MoH systems is to reduce duplicative data entry and parallel reporting structures. This panel will focus on (1) why embedding data exchange & interoperability into PEPFAR Systems is foundational for meeting program data needs in support of PEPFAR’s strategy for accelerating HIV/AIDS epidemic control, (2) describing the data exchange and interoperability technology components integrated with DATIM/DHIS2 to develop the end-to end reusable PEPFAR/MoH Data Alignment technology stack, (3) how countries are using this data to improve health information systems, and (4) how PEPFAR is leveraging existing products and toolsets instead of re-investing the wheel within the health information exchange and interoperability domain to continue to meet emerging programmatic needs and contribute to the development of global goods that can be used in for other use cases.
