The impact of digital health interventions on data use and health outcomes
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Digital health interventions have rapidly expanded our ability to record health data which if used could lead to improved health systems decision making This session presented findings of recent systematic reviews which contribute to an understanding of how to improve the use of data for decision making and impact The first review describes factors that may facilitate or limit access to and use of immunization data for decision making The second tells us what works and why to improve the use of data in vaccine program decision making The fourth an overview of systematic reviews examines where eHealth technology has had a positive impact on immunization practices The final review details the effectiveness of interventions to improve information systems and data use in LMICs across all health areas The presentation highlighted the importance of behavioral and organizational factors as well as the need to produce more evidence Speakers included MODERATOR Skye Gilbert Deputy Director Digital Health PATH Garrett Mehl WHO Jessica Shearer Senior Technical Officer PATH Nargis Rahimi Co Founder Shifo Presentations below by Jessica Shearer A realist review of what works to improve the use of routine data in immunization decision making evidence from low and middle income countries and Nargis Rahimi Data Quality in the Expanded Programme on Immunization in Low and Middle Income Countries A Scoping Review
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Global Digital Health Forum Presentations, Global Digital Health Forum Presentations, Global Digital Health Forum Presentations, Global Digital Health Forum Presentations, Global Digital Health Forum 2018, immunization, Data Use, HMIS