Want to Transform a Population ' s Health?

By Richard Stanley, Senior Product Manager, Digital HealthSeptember 09, 2022To transform a population ' s health—including reducing costs and improving equity and outcomes—countries need actionable data. This means combining diverse data sources into coherent analytical tools. A common pain point for many of the governments and organizations we partner with at IntraHealth International is managing the ever-changing metadata about facilities, workforce status, the care provided, and supply chains. As the number of data sources grows, so does the complexity and burden for data managers, scientists, case officers, and analysts.Knowing where care is provided, and what training, supplies, and equipment health workers have at their fingertips, is critical to managing foreseen and unforeseen public health events. For example, having data on how many beds each facility in a jurisdiction has available, can help officials plan for surge needs tied to pandemic response and preparedness.Reliable information is also critical in the provision of routine care. In many areas around the world with unpredictable internet and electricity, the knowledge is available but it ' s fragmented and duplicative. There ' s a great deal of crucial information that officials simply can ' t access quickly. Health system managers and planners need to know their health workforce capacity and availability, the services offered at facilities, and other core data. Efficient referral systems also re...
Source: IntraHealth International - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Tags: Digital Health Health Workers Source Type: news