INTRODUCTION OF SESSION The World Health Organization has prioritized the need to address possible barriers to the use of electronic medical records prior to its implementation. A major barrier is the user’s unwillingness to adopt the system. Most studies done in developing countries are focused o...

In 2018, Medic Mobile launched the Community Health Toolkit as a global good with the goal of scaling software to advance Universal Health Coverage and Care. The Toolkit is intended to help community health care systems rapidly adopt ready-to-scale technologies and strategies, and provide a platform...

Regional and peer-learning networks provide a platform to bring together leaders and practitioners in the digital health space. Focused on knowledge sharing and capacity building, these networks are often a source of inspiration and support for country-level stakeholders in the sector. Networks have...

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is the largest University in Latin America. The Department of Biomedical Informatics of the School of Medicine of UNAM was created on September 2010 to teach the subjects of Biomedical Informatics I and II, in the 2nd and 3rd semester of the career...

The presenter will guide the audience through a journey in the development of 3 distinct digital solutions in Mozambique: (1) development of two national digital platforms for human resource information systems and telehealth (Telessaude) in Mozambique; (2) The development of a platform that links n...

Since 2011, the Asia eHealth Information Network has created opportunities for capacity-building in health information systems development. It has now summarized four areas of focus in capacity-building: governance, architecture, program management, standards and interoperability (or GAPS). By offer...

Introduction: Digitally-empowered community health workers (CHWs) can effectively address preventable disease. To achieve impact, digital CHW programme design needs to consider selection criteria of CHWs including knowledge, skills and attributes like time-management, respect and diligence. In eight...

Four years following the 2015 Ebola epidemic, innovative and collaborative local and regional initiatives have fostered notable improvements in health information systems (HIS) within the West Africa region. One initiative, WAHIT - the West African Health Informatics Team - started as a proof of con...

From the advent of the digital age in the 1980’s, when Tim Berners-Lee coded the first web browser and MS-DOS brought affordable computing systems to hospitals and clinics, the ways in which we store and engage with health data has been transformed. Electronic health records and digital health sys...

One of the greatest challenges to scaling digital health solutions in LMIC countries is in human resource capacity-building for local community and district health authorities. Human resource shortages, high rates of staff turnover and difficulties in accessing training all impede the consistent cap...

The West Africa Health Informatics Team (WAHIT), based at the West African Health Organization (WAHO), is a team of software developers and experts in health information systems (HIS) that provides on-demand technical assistance to countries while building local capacity in the region. Originally fo...

Digital health (DH) technologies widely referred to as ehealth technologies, present new or improved ways of delivering healthcare, conducting health promotion activities and monitoring public health. Its fast-changing landscape requires the health workforce to renew their digital skills. Currently,...