Public health informatics : designing for change – a developing country perspective 1st Edition Braa 9780198758778 0198758774

Public health informatics : designing for change – a developing country perspective 1st Edition Braa – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780198758778,0198758774

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• ISBN-10: 0198758774
• ISBN-13: 9780198758778
• Author:  Sundeep Sahay (Author), T Sundararaman (Author, Contributor), Jørn Braa (Author, Contributor) 

Over the last three decades enormous effort has gone into strengthening public health information systems (HIS). They are now a key element of health sector reform initiatives, but are growing in complexity. This is driven by the increasing diversity of technology platforms, increasing demands for information, the multitude of actors involved, and the need for data security and privacy. Initiatives like Universal Health Coverage and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases are expected to place further burdens on all health systems. However, they will pose particular challenges in resource-constrained settings, such as low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where health systems have struggled to provide quality care.

Public Health Informatics discusses the challenges that exist in the design, development, and implementation of HIS. Key problem areas, such as sub-adequate data and problems of inter-operability, are analysed in detail and the book looks at possible approaches to addressing these challenges in LMICs. Case studies critically appraise the experiences of countries and health programmes in the building of HISs, to determine the successes and failures of varying approaches. Finally, the book explores how future systems in developing countries can be shaped.

The expert author team has two decades experience in over 30 LMICs, and includes researchers and practitioners from the fields of informatics, public health, and medicine. This uniquely comprehensive account of information systems in the public health setting will be of use to the wide range of people working in this broad cross-disciplinary field, from software developers to public health practitioners and researchers.

Table of contents:

1. Public Health Informatics: Positioning Within an Informatics Framework

2. Understanding Public Health Informatics in Context of Health in Low and Middle-Income Countries

3. The ‘Information-Use Problematic’ in Health Information Systems

4. The Challenge of Integration: (In)adequacy of Technical Solutions to Institutional Challenges

5. Decentralized Information Use: Are The Cloud and Big Data Supporting This?

6. Institutions as Barriers and Facilitators of Health Information Systems Reform

7. Complexity and Public Health Informatics in Low and Middle-Income Countries

8. Measuring Progress Towards Universal Health Coverage and Post-2015 Sustainable Development Goals: The Informational Challenges

9. Health Information Systems Governance and Standards: The Challenges of Implementation

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