Our Mission
The UCSF Health Informatics Hub provides technical, programmatic, and managerial expertise to design, develop, implement, and utilize health information systems at national and sub-national levels.
Technical, Programmatic and Managerial Expertise
The Hub operates under UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS). IGHS has worked with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)-PEPFAR-supported countries since 2004, and launched the Informatics Hub in 2015.
The Hub focuses on establishing data pipelines – from data collection systems all the way to analysis and visualization – to track and respond to HIV epidemics. The Hub has expanded to serve malaria elimination and pandemic response strengthening efforts. Our informatics team spans five countries and has more than forty staff members with multi-disciplinary expertise.
Our team has extensive experience building and maintaining collaborative relationships with ministries of health, local partners, universities and international donors and a strong integration with IGHS Global Strategic Information’s surveillance and monitoring and evaluation programs.
Technical Expertise
Software and app development
Data integration and linkages
Policy and governance
Big data and data warehouses
Electronic medical records (EMRs)
Statistical analysis and data triangulation
Data visualizations
Dashboards and standards
Interoperability and data exchange
Core Capabilities
We design, develop, implement, capacity build, and provide technical assistance related to:
- Electronic medical records
- Unique identifiers and master patient indexes
- Case-based surveillance (CBS)
- Monitoring systems and surveillance tools
- Data warehouses for health data
- Health Information Systems (HIS) landscape assessments
- Data visualization
- Server and Cloud infrastructure
- Electronic cancer registries
