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WHO digital health packages for disseminating data standards and data use practices.

Olav Poppe¹, Johan Ivar Sæbø¹, Jørn Braa¹

¹Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway.

International Journal of Medical Informatics

|March 1, 2021

Summary

The World Health Organization

Keywords:

COVID-19 Developing countries Digital platforms Health information systems Standardisation Sustainable development goals

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Area of Science:

Global Health
Health Informatics
Digital Health

Background:

The World Health Organization (WHO) developed digital health packages to improve global health monitoring.
Effective dissemination of standards and guidelines is crucial for national health information systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze a WHO initiative for disseminating global health standards and guidelines.
To assess the role of digital health packages in strengthening national capacity for Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) monitoring.

Main Methods:

A multi-year case study approach was employed.
Authors actively participated in the development, implementation, and evaluation of digital health packages.

Main Results:

Key innovations include a flexible, integrated development process and combined standards in one package.
Digital health packages include data standards, analysis guidance, and dashboard specifications for specific health areas.
Configurations for widely used software platforms are provided, supported by technical teams.

Conclusions:

The study demonstrates a novel digital platform approach for disseminating health standards.
Forty countries have adopted WHO digital health packages into their national health information systems.