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mHealth Knowledge was a portal to hundreds of selected mHealth resources, arranged into eight categories: mHealth Alliance, Applications & Platforms, Communities of Practice, Capacity Building & Learning, Multimedia Content, Project Repositories, Tools & Guides, and Blogs & News. It also housed the mHealth Compendium archive (see below).
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- ItemAsia eHealth Information Network Digital Health Terminology GuideThe field of health informatics is full of very technical terms which can be confusing to a native English speaker and even more confusing to non native English speakers This document is intended to present some of the most commonly used terms in simple plain language both in English and Khmer language This document does not claim to provide the definitive reference definition for the meaning of any particular term as this is not possible A Google search of even the simplest term can yield many different definitions depending upon the context in which it is used For this document we are aiming at a typical attendee at an AeHIN conference training course or workshop who has a deep interest in health informatics but may not have a strong technical or IT background and for whom English is not their mother tongue With the help of diagrams and simple language we hope this document helps the reader to demystify some of the most common terms used in health informatics in our region today and in doing so make the field of health informatics more accessible to everyone
- ItemAsia eHealth Information Network National eHealth Capacity Roadmap(2016)In support of AeHIN s Strategic Action Points we are pleased to share an updated roadmap of action for eHealth success This roadmap starts with the WHO ITU National eHealth Strategy Toolkit and shows a systematic progression from strategy to implementation hinged on capacity building Several Asian countries had been guided towards their national eHealth strategy in 2013 through the WHO ITU National eHealth Strategy Toolkit This served as the kick off for a series of training activities crafted to equip countries with the capacity to convert their national health strategies into a set of IT programs Some of these countries have commenced their eHealth journey and have taken the steps towards building the necessary knowledge and skills required to ensure successful eHealth implementation IT governance is leadership organisational structures and processes to ensure that the organisation s IT sustains and extends the organisation s strategies and objectives Board Briefing on IT Governance ISACA AeHIN is applying the Control Objectives for Information and related Technologies certification program for IT Governance capacity building Enterprise architecture is a well defined practice for conducting enterprise analysis design planning and implementation using a holistic approach at all times for the successful development and execution of strategy Enterprise Architecture applies architecture principles and practices to guide organizations through the business information process and technology changes necessary to execute their strategies These practices utilize the various aspects of an enterprise to identify motivate and achieve these changes Federation of EA Professional Organizations Common Perspectives on Enterprise Architecture Architecture and Governance Magazine Issue 9 4 November 2013 2013 Retrieved on 2013 11 19 AeHIN is applying The Open Group Architecture Framework TOGAF for EA capacity building These two foundational programs formalize a capacity building framework that exposes the requisite knowledge and skills for effective eHealth strategy implementation Equipped with this framework countries can better plan and invest resources towards successful eHealth implementations
- ItemAssessing the Enabling Environment for Establishing a Contextualized National Digital Health Strategy(2016)The aim of this toolkit is to provide a systematic and structured approach to assessing the enabling environment for digital health To build on the growing momentum of scaled implementation of digital health tools governments in LMICs require support to transition from an environment of isolated pilots and large scale programs to establishing national integrated digital health systems This support includes assessing current environments and using that context to develop pragmatic evidence based national strategies and frameworks that provide an overarching vision and rationale for digital health in addition to establishing policies that enable investments in key foundational elements The World Health Organization WHO and the International Telecommunications Union ITU have developed a toolkit to guide countries through the process of establishing a national digital health vision action plan and monitoring framework The seven core components of the framework are leadership and governance strategy and investment legislation policy and compliance standards and interoperability workforce infrastructure and services and applications See Table 1 Between 2012 and 2015 the Federal Ministry of Health FMOH and the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology FMCT in the Government of Nigeria GoN in collaboration with the United Nations Foundation UN Foundation with support from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation NORAD used the WHO ITU eHealth strategy toolkit to guide a three phase assessment of the digital health environment This process was designed to evaluate the current state of digital health in Nigeria to ensure that the national digital health strategy built on existing efforts and was informed and grounded in sector realities 1 As part of this process a set of assessment tools were developed and used to implement the various research phases As more countries engage in the process of establishing revising or revitalizing their national digital health strategies these tools can be used and adapted to conduct baseline digital health assessments
- ItemBeginning with the end in mind: Planning pilot projects and other programmatic research for successful scaling upThis short ExpandNet WHO guidance document which is a working draft provides 12 recommendations and a checklist to help build scaling up considerations into projects from the outset In this way one can anticipate and plan ahead for eventual scale up from the earliest stages of designing a pilot demonstration or other operations research intervention Why it helps with planning Highly regarded key considerations for scaling up global health programs to be considered at the beginning of project planning EnglishFrench
- ItemBuilding Partnerships that Work: Practical Learning on Partnering in mHealthThis document examines the collective experience of various organizations including NGOs and multilateral institutions in building partnerships in mHealth Why it helps with planning Lays out considerations for effective mHealth partnerships based on first hand experiences
- ItemClosing the Access Gap: Innovation to Accelerate Universal Internet Adoption(2016)As governments donors think tanks and others try to understand how to achieve the SDGs a significant body of work on barriers and progress toward internet access and adoption is expanding The Digital Impact Alliance DIAL commissioned this paper to understand potential business model and technology innovations for accelerating access and adoption of mobile phones and the internet in emerging markets and inform the development community of innovations underway as well as lessons emerging from these efforts Questions examined include Are these innovations purely operating at the margins or might some have the potential to disrupt traditional business models What role do such innovations play in a strategy to achieve broader access and adoption within an emerging market What is required to foster a more enabling environment for promising access and adoption innovations The analysis suggests that although a silver bullet is unlikely to emerge there is a clear role for business model and technology innovation and the financing mechanisms to support such developments The analysis also suggests that although a good deal of government industry and development community activity is underway independent uncoordinated actions are unlikely to succeed in solving this development challenge Instead coordinated collective action is needed Working together the global community can make universal and affordable access to the internet in least developed countries a reality
- ItemConnecting the Next Four Billion: Strengthening the Global Response for Universal Internet Access(2016)We live in a world where the Internet is increasingly integrated into our daily lives Beyond getting online through computers or mobile devices wrist bands track our daily exercise and smart thermostats moderate our home climates Even more importantly much of our work and many of our transactions are conducted online from communicating with our friends and coworkers to ordering dinner to flagging where a pot hole or fire hydrant needs to be fixed in our local community As embedded as the Internet has become for many of us it seems almost inconceivable that so many over half of the world s population have never gotten online This demonstrates a strong truth The Internet is no longer additive to our daily lives it is becoming essential For those who do not access it they risk greater losses than a cold home or undocumented exercise They risk missing out on society s continued advances This realization that the digital divide remains wide and more importantly that its consequences will be grave and farreaching is why we have recently seen a sharp increase in attention from the global community and development actors specifically on achieving universal access But attention and broad mandates to address this issue are not enough As the international community struggles to develop a unified strategy around how a diverse set of actors from policymakers to industry players to civil society members will coordinate their activities this paper was commissioned to identify some of the ways that this community can take action with greatest impact What follows therefore is an analysis of remaining gaps in the global access effort and a set of clear recommendations on where there are opportunities for catalytic impact in order to best channel the upswing in attention toward efforts that will move the needle on universal access We know that Internet access for the world s last billion is both critical and within reach Yet this vision cannot be realized without collective action that prioritizes Internet access on the development agenda helps last billion business models reach scale and invests in understanding what works and what does not Today the Internet is the basis for a dynamic global conversation and bustling economic activity Imagine what it could be if the other half of the world s population joined in
- ItemDigital Health for Systems: Strengthening Family Planning Systems Through Time and Resource Efficiencies(2017)This new High Impact Practice HIP brief summarizes the experience and evidence for the most commonly used digital health technologies aimed at supporting health systems and providers Key messages from the brief include Family planning indicators should be incorporated into new and existing digital health and logistics management information systems More research is needed about when and how digital applications for provider support are most effective efficient and scalable Mobile money and electronic financial transactions have the potential to provide efficiency and transparency of health care financing and transactions
- ItemDigital Health in Demand Generation for RMNCH(2015)A toolkit for how to use digital technologies to increase awareness and interest in Reproductive Maternal Neonatal and Child Health RMNCH products and services
- ItemDigital Health RMNCH Toolkit(2015)This toolkit provides general information on digital health and how it can be used to support various activities along the RMNCH continuum of care The toolkit may be most useful to individuals unfamiliar with digital health and seeking to learn more information and take note of lessons from implementations around the globe
- Iteme-Registries Initiative(2017)An eRegistry is an organized system for collecting managing analyzing and most importantly using reproductive maternal newborn and child health data to improve women and children s health eRegistries are strategically designed to facilitate data use through accurate and easily available clinical decision support for health care providers personalized messages to pregnant woman and automated analysis and reporting to public health officials These built in features ensure timely use of data by all those who need it The evolution of health information from aggregate data reporting to individual level data is becoming the new norm Implementing eRegistries is however a far more fundamental leap than merely changing reporting routines and technology it changes how health systems work Based on point of care registration data points drive decision support and workflows along and across the continuum of care while indicators are derived and presented to supervisors and managers FREE AND OPEN SOURCE Developed in a participatory manner with care providers in free and open source software FOSS eRegistries can be used on any technology platform from ubiquitous mobile phones through tablets to personal computers MEDICAL RECORD ACCESS AND DECISION SUPPORT Easy access to medical records across the entire spectrum of care and across all levels of health care facilities eRegistries also provides clinical guidline support to improve decision making and data capture at the point of care to reduce duplicate reporting AUTOMATION Automated processing and analysis leading to consistent timely receipt of reports Automation also improves data quality and integrity making health indicators actionable and standardized CLIENT MANAGEMENT Allows clients to receive appointment reminders personalized health messages and the confidence that their medical history is accessible by appropriate health care providers as needed
- ItemThe Economics of eHealth and mHealthAs a first step to developing the investment case for mHealth this article outlines some of the key economic and financial questions that need to be answered in developing in country eHealth investments The proposed questions focus on the costs of eHealth infrastructure regulatory structures that provide incentives at different levels of the health delivery system to encourage investment in and use of eHealth and measuring the outcomes of successful eHealth utilization including anticipated return on investment Why it helps with planning For programs that need to justify the cost of investing in mHealth this article lays out ideas for quantifying potential mHealth outcomes
- ItemElectronic Recording and Reporting for Tuberculosis Care and Control(2012)Adopting electronic recording and reporting is not simply about choosing a piece of software it is also about changing how people work This is not a simple undertaking This document introduces the key questions to be considered and illustrates what the questions options and recommendations mean in practice by drawing on examples of recent experience from a variety of countries It is an essential resource for all those planning to introduce electronic recording and reporting systems for TB care and control or to enhance existing systems Why it helps with planning While focused on eHealth and tuberculosis care this resource provides a good example of the planning questions required for any mobile technology program in addition to case studies that illustrate how other programs have made their planning and implementation decisions
- ItemEuropean Commission eHealth PortalPortal on health in the EU created as a trustworthy gateway to a wide range of information and data on health related issues and activities at both European national and international level The content is produced by the European Commission the Member States of the EU and the European Economic Area EEA plus EU candidate countries by international organisations and by pan European non governmental organisations in the area of public health
- ItemFogarty International CenterThe Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health works to advance science for global health including keeping a running list of mhealth resources
- ItemFROM PRINCIPLE TO PRACTICE: Implementing the Principles for Digital Development(2015)The Principles for Digital Development are living guidelines that can help development practitioners integrate established best practices into technology enabled programs They are written by and for international development donors multilateral organizations and implementing partners and they are freely available for use by all The Principles are intended to serve as guidance rather than edict and to be updated and refined over time The Principles for Digital Development are the result of consultation with The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation the Omidiyar Foundation the Swedish International Development Agency SIDA the UN s Children s Fund UNICEF the UN Development Program UNDP UN Global Pulse the UN Fund for Population Assistance UNFPA the UN High Commission for Refugees UNHCR the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs OCHA UN Women the World Bank the World Food Program WFP the U S Agency for International Development USAID the U S Department of State and the World Health Organization WHO This report is the culmination of rich and detailed discussions about these Principles by more than 500 individuals representing over 100 organizations working in international development It captures their experiences insights questions and recommendations to inform a landscape of where we are in our understanding of this guidance and how we can chart a path forward
- ItemGender and Information Communication Technology (ICT) Survey Toolkit(2017)In low and middle income countries over 1 7 billion women do not own mobile phones or in percentage terms women are 14 percent less likely to own a mobile phone compared to men Furthermore even if a woman does own a mobile phone we know that she is far less likely to make full use of its suite of services Several industry stakeholders have made efforts to understand this gender gap but the data remains fragmented and lacks standardization As USAID and implementing partners increasingly utilize mobile technology in their humanitarian and development interventions this data gap is becoming critical and can inhibit effective program design The Gender and ICT Survey Toolkit provides a set of resources for obtaining a landscape assessment of gender and ICT providing implementing partners currently operating and planning on the ground programming with practical well researched tools they can use to obtain data on women s access and usage of mobile phones and other connected devices This data can be used to inform project design or create a baseline to understand the efficacy of an ICT intervention The Toolkit instructs users on how to understand the implications of landscape assessments and apply learnings to their projects and program portfolios It is important to note that while this is an ICT toolkit and references several different forms of ICTs the primary focus is on mobile
- ItemGSMA mWomen Marketing Handbook(2013)The GSMA mWomen Marketing Handbook created in partnership with Altai Consulting is a resource for mobile network operators and other members of the mobile ecosystem to improve their approach to marketing to low income women in emerging markets It offers an approach and examples from the mobile industry as well as other industries and the development community Links EnglishFrench
- ItemGSMA mWomen Research Toolkit(2012)This toolkit contains all research tools used to create Striving and Surviving Exploring the Lives of Base of the Pyramid Women which is a full length research report surveying the wants needs aspirations and mobile uses of women living at the base of the pyramid BoP The research tools include 1 Ethnography Observation Guide 2 Focus Group Discussion Guides 3 Opinion Leader Discussion Group and 4 Wants and Needs Questionnaire Why it helps with planning Supports the concept development phase specifically how to explore issues around technology access mobile use and gender dynamics if your mHealth program plans to target resource poor women GSMA Altai Consulting 2013
- ItemGuidance for Investing in Digital HealthDigital technologies are increasingly underpinning almost all aspects of daily life including health care The overarching goal is to meet the Sustainable Development Goals particularly universal health coverage by investing in digital health Health care systems have begun to embrace the transformative power of information and communication technology to spur better informed decisions by people and health workers in rural areas and hospitals Many digital health solutions are already in place and many are planned This publication helps identify investments in knowledge people policies and equipment that will maximize the impact of digital health It presents a digital health impact framework to illustrate how to assess costs benefits and timescales manage expectations and ensure affordable strategies