HEALTH INFORMATICS TALK ICT4D RESEARCH

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1 HEALTH INFORMATICS TALK ICT4D RESEARCH

2 PRESENTERS PROFILE SALOME IRERI LECTURER LAIKIPIA UNIVERSITY FORMER MSC APPLIED COMPUTING-HEALTH INFORMATICS ( ) PROSPECTIVE PHD STUDENT-HEALTH INFORMATICS DCM PROJECT-HEALTH COSTING IN KENYA MICHAEL KAGIRI LECTURER DEDAN KIMATHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY FORMER MSC APPLIED COMPUTING-HEALTH INFORMATICS ( ) PROSPECTIVE PHD STUDENT-HEALTH INFORMATICS DCM PROJECT-HEALTH COSTING IN KENYA

3 PRESENTATION OUTLINE Definition of Health Informatics Branches of Health Informatics Thematic Areas Past Projects in Health Informatics Health Approval Documents Potential Supervisors Making it Happen Q/A

4 HEALTH INFORMATICS The application of information literacy, ICT literacy, and the professional knowledge during the delivery of health care services. Professional knowledge Facilitate the delivery of efficient, cost effective, high-quality care. 4

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6 BRANCHES OF HEALTH INFORMATICS

7 Public Health Informatics systematic application of information and computer science and technology to public health practice-collection, storage, analysis of data Clinical Informatics Computer applications addressing medical data-emr Nursing Informatics the integration of nursing, its information, and information management with information processing and communication technology, to support the health of people world wide BIOINFORMATICS BRANCHES OF HEALTH INFORMATICS include sequence alignment, gene finding, genome assembly, protein structure alignment, protein structure prediction

8 KENYA S HEALTH CHALLENGES Infant Mortality rate 49/1000 births in Kenya (world bank) Maternal Mortality Rate 510/ births (who) Data demand and information use DHIS2 etc

9 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) GOAL 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages Child health Mortality rate 49/1000 births in Kenya Maternal health 510/ births HIV/AIDs, Malaria, TB and other diseases (NCDs) NCDs are on the rise in Kenya

10 WHAT NEXT AT UON AND MOH?

11 UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON AND UON PARTNERSHIP Capacity building training for Health Researchers in Kenya Creative Integration of ICT Tools for Enhancing Research Design, Implementation and Management Introduction to GIS for health researchers Kenya Principles and Practice of Research Data Management and Collection

12 MINISTRY OF HEALTH, AFYAINFO AND UON PARTNERSHIPS Live systems - Technical support DHIS2, MFL, MCUL, OpenMRS Test Systems Hosting, Testing and dataset implementation Capacity Building via bootcamps for university students Others system ihris integration with DHIS TIBU integration with DHIS Kenya EHR J oinpartnersreportingplatform for USAID Kenya

13 KEY FOCUS/AREAS Existence of a Health Issue/Problem Potential to address the problem through Technological solution through a Model or both

14 ARE THERE POTENTIAL RESEARCH PROJECTS THEMES?

15 HEALTH INFORMATICS SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA (HISA)

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18 Salome Ireri OUTLINE The Use Of Ict For Blood Donation: A Donor Information Needs Driven System To Address Kenya s Low Blood Donation Rates Michael Kagiri Enhancing Community Based Health Information System(cbhis) Reporting Through Open-source Short Message Service-based Tool Josephine Karuri DHIS2: The Tool to Improve Health Data Demand and Use in Kenya. Adoption of Health Information Systems by health workers in developing countries Contextualizing UTAUT Njeri Ngaruiya Use of data mining to check the prevalence of prostate cancer: Case of Nairobi County Adoption Model for Effective Monitoring of the Geriatrics in Developing Countries-Case of Rural Areas in Kenya Titus Muhambe OUR PROJECTS Tackling the disease burden:a case of mhealth in Kenya

19 OTHER PAST PROJECTS Sci.uonbi.ac.ke/uon_research_projects A Framework For Mobile Health Adoption In Developing Countries- Case Study Kenya Assessing Usage Experience Of Ehealth Solutions: Case Study Of Kimbimbi County Hospital A Framework For Field Based Collection Of M&e Data In Health Care Using Mobile Technology A Framework For Increasing The Technical Capacity Of Health Workers To Use Health Data For Decision Making At The Level Iii Health Facilities In Nairobi County A Mobile-phone Tele-medicine System That Promotes Self-management Of Blood Pressure Among HyperIntensive Patients In Kirinyaga Subcounty A Framework For The Adoption Of Computer Assisted Medical Diagnosis Systems By Medical Doctors In Kenya Strengthening The Quality Of Hiv Data In Kenya: Tracking Of Patients Lost To Follow Up And Reduction Of Low Linkage Rates

20 POTENTIAL SUPERVISORS-HI Prof. Waiganjo Peter Dr. Orwa Daniel Dr. Chepken Christopher Mr Christopher Muturi Dr. Elisha Opiyo Dr Robert Oboko Dr Stephen Mburu etc

21 RESEARCH PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION Thematic areas in recent conferences Read recent publications around those themes Pubmed Google scholar etc Create the table below Paper title and author Summary- problem, objectives, framework, research method, results, solution Identify the gaps from critiquing the papers This becomes your literature review supporting your problem Critique each others work before submitting to supervisor

22 KNOWING YOU HAVE HIT IT

23 HEALTH RESEARCH APPROVAL SCI Introductory Letter KNH/UON-ERC A hospital based committee established to protect the rights and welfare of patients who participate in research activities conducted under the auspices of UON, KNH and affiliated research organizations Proposal required erc.uonbi.ac.ke Only for research involving patient-data

24 SUCCESSFUL PROJECT COMPLETION Understand, Understand, Understand, Understand Problem Consistency with supervisor -meetings, actionplans, self initiative Identify a Key team member to work with Set individual timelines and stick to them Discipline - dedicate time every

25 ASSOCIATIONS KEHIA - Kenya Health Informatics Association to champion health informatics issues in Kenya HELINA - Health Informatics in Africa the Pan African Informatics Association

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