Authors
- Mr. Derek Ritz, Principal, ecGroup
- Ms. Caren Althauser, Program Officer, Digital Health Solutions, PATH
- Ms. Kate Wilson, Director, Digital Health Solutions, PATH
Acknowledgments
This eBook was produced by the Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage’s (JLN) Information Technology (IT) Initiative. The technical facilitators of the JLN IT Initiative, PATH and PharmAccess Foundation, wish to acknowledge the contributions and collaboration from the JLN member countries India, Indonesia, Ghana, Kenya, Malaysia, Mali, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
The JLN IT Initiative would also like to thank the interviewees and sidebar authors contributing to this content, including:
- Mr. Cees Hesp, Director Joint Learning, PharmAccess Foundation
- Dr. Alvin Marcelo, Co-chair, Asia eHealth Information Network
- Dr. Rosemary Foster, Independent eHealth Consultant
- Mr. Ramiro Guerrero, Director, PROESA – Centro de Estudios en Protección Social y Economía de la Salud, Universidad Icesi
- Dr. Boonchai Kijsanayotin, Co-chair, Asia eHealth Information Network
- Ms. Anne Belford, TELUS Health
- Dr. Somil Nagpal, World Bank
We would also like to thank the Rockefeller Foundation for their generous support of the JLN Information Technology Initiative.
Copyright
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. The content in this document may be freely used in accordance with this license provided the material is accompanied by the following attribution: “From Connecting Health Information Systems for Better Health: Leveraging interoperability standards to link patient, provider, payor, and policymaker data. Copyright © 2014, PATH.”
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Photo credits: Chapters 1, 4, 7: PATH; Chapters 2, 3, 5, 6: AeHIN
Suggested citation: Ritz D, Althauser C, Wilson K. Connecting Health Information Systems for Better Health: Leveraging interoperability standards to link patient, provider, payor, and policymaker data. Seattle, WA: PATH and Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage, 2014.
About the Joint Learning Network
The Joint Learning Network for Universal Health Coverage (JLN) is a unique practitioner-to-practitioner learning network that is connecting low-and middle-income countries with one another so that they can learn from one another’s successes and challenges with implementing UHC, jointly solve problems, and collectively produce and use new knowledge, tools, and innovative approaches to accelerate country progress and avoid ‘reinventing the wheel’. For more information, please visit www.jointlearningnetwork.org.
About PATH
PATH is the leader in global health innovation. An international nonprofit organization, we save lives and improve health, especially among women and children. We accelerate innovation across five platforms—vaccines, drugs, diagnostics, devices, and system and service innovations—that harness our entrepreneurial insight, scientific and public health expertise, and passion for health equity. By mobilizing partners around the world, we take innovation to scale, working alongside countries primarily in Africa and Asia to tackle their greatest health needs. Together, we deliver measurable results that disrupt the cycle of poor health. Learn more at www.path.org or email tsdhs@path.org.
About PharmAccess Group
PharmAccess Group aims to make affordable and high-quality healthcare accessible to low income people. The group strengthens the existing healthcare system using an integrated approach, in which each of its organisations make a significant contribution. The groups’ innovative programs give impetus to the demand for healthcare services (through subsidized health insurance) as well as the provision of healthcare services (through affordable credits, investments and quality standards). The impact of the programs is constantly measured. For more information, please visit www.pharmaccess.org.
About Rockefeller Foundation
The Rockefeller Foundation supports work that expands opportunity and strengthens resilience to social, economic, health and environmental challenges – affirming its pioneering philanthropic mission since 1913 to promote the well-being of humanity. For more information, please visit www.rockefellerfoundation.org.
