Botswana eHealth Enterprise Architecture Standardizes Information Systems

UCSF Health Informatics Hub partnered with Botswana’s Ministry of Health and local stakeholders to create an enterprise architecture (EA) that brings together health services, IT infrastructure and operations. The EA aims to transform Botswana’s...

Building a Unified Language for Health Information in Kenya

The Kenya National Health Terminology Service (KNHTS) is a project aimed at unifying health terminology and improving communication between systems. Developed in partnership with the University of Nairobi (UoN), UCSF Health Informatics Hub and the...

Collaborative Workshops Drive Thailand’s HIV Data Progress

In an effort to end AIDS by 2030, Thailand is intensifying its focus on enhancing HIV data monitoring, evaluation and utilization across its diverse provinces. The UCSF Informatics Hub has been collaborating with the CDC Division of HIV and TB for...

Engaging Young Kenyan Women in Health and AI

The ENabling Girls in AI and Growing Expertise in Data Science (ENGAGE) program, spearheaded by the University of Nairobi, is a groundbreaking educational initiative aimed at empowering young women in Kenya through specialized training in data...

Introducing TSIS2: Jamaica's EMR for HIV based on Django

The Treatment Services Information System 2 (TSIS2) has greatly improved the ability to see and understand the progress being made in combating HIV/AIDS in Jamaica. It provides trusted information to inform the management of HIV treatment data.

Enhancing Outpatient Services: Advancements in OpenMRS OPD

Over five days, UCSF, OpenMRS and various participants worked closely together to expand the OpenMRS Reference Application (RefApp) to digitize the outpatient department (OPD) for better healthcare delivery.

Elevating Routine HIV Program Data Quality in Tanzania through CQI

The UCSF Informatics Hub, in partnership with CDC-Tanzania, has been working to enhance data quality at HIV care and treatment facilities in Tanzania.

The Journey of the REACT Form Engine

The UCSF Informatics Hub is working on the REACT Form Engine (RFE), formerly known as the OHRI Form Engine, a tool designed to enable users to create and display forms (i.e. patient registration forms and clinical assessment forms) within the...

PowerBI Trainings to Improve Global Health Security in the Middle Eastern Region

In collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the UCSF informatics hub recently conducted three PowerBI trainings focused on public health surveillance in Egypt and Jordan.

Namibia chooses SanteMPI to support its Master Patient Index

In order to better identify patients, Namibia’s Ministry of Health and Social Services wanted to establish a national master patient index. In response, UCSF and its partners implemented an open source tool backed by SanteMPI, to fill this need.