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    Transforming Health Systems Through Good Digital Health Governance

    Marcelo, Alvin; Medeiros, Donna; Ramesh, Kirthi; Roth, Susann; Wyatt, Pamela | February 2018
    Abstract
    Information and communication technology (ICT) in the health system, also known as digital health, can accelerate health system reforms, leading to better-quality, efficient, and accessible patient-centered care. Digital health has been acknowledged by the World Health Organization as a key building block for universal health coverage and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals, and many countries are implementing solutions, such as digital disease surveillance systems, electronic medical records, and social health insurance payment processes. However, countries lack a holistic approach to digital health, which requires good governance for successful implementation and sustainability throughout the health system. Good digital health governance is the foundation that is required to coordinate stakeholders and policies that enable effective ICT for a well-functioning health system. Its ultimate objective is to maximize the achievement of health outcomes. ICT governance frameworks are already in use in various sectors and industries. They have helped to accelerate its transformational power in their respective industries, but the health sector still lags behind in adopting an ICT governance framework. This hinders the transformational effect of digital health investments. Together with partners, the Asian Development Bank developed a health ICT governance architecture framework (HIGAF). Consultations and close collaboration with health sector ICT experts in the region further refined the framework, leading to the creation of HIGAF 2.0, designed specifically to meet the evolving needs of developing member countries in the region. HIGAF 2.0 enables countries to prioritize the structures and processes that must be established to enable an enterprise (system-wide) approach, and cost-effective investments in digital health.
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    Marcelo, Alvin; Medeiros, Donna; Ramesh, Kirthi; Roth, Susann; Wyatt, Pamela. 2018. Transforming Health Systems Through Good Digital Health Governance. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8028. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.
    Keywords
    Political Leadership
    Public Administration
    Traditional Medicine
    Medical Statistics
    Medical Services
    Medical Costs
    Health Costs
    Medical Aspects
    Child Nutrition
    Disease Control
    Diseases
    Drug Policy
    Long Term Care Insurance
    Medical Costs
    Preventive Medicine
    Basic Health
    Medical Care
    Alcohol policy
    Hospices
    Aged Health
    Good Governance
    Governance Approach
    Governance Models
    World Health Organization
    Quality of Health Care
    Public Health Finance
    Private Health Care
    Healthier Families
    Nutrition and Health Care
    Health Statistics
    Health Objectives
    Health Issues
    Health Care Cost Control
    Civil government
    Common good
    Federal government
    Delivery of government services
    Government missions
    Taxation
    Public health records
    Cost of medical care
    Nutrition policy
    Health status indicators
    Elderly Care
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    Medeiros, Donna
    Ramesh, Kirthi
    Roth, Susann
    Wyatt, Pamela
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    Governance
    Health

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