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Rwanda : The Digital Health Pioneer

Lloyd Price

Digital health improves service delivery and clinical outcomes, and we know that cannot happen if we don’t look at the data." 1) Jembi - Rwanda Health Information Exchange (RHIE) The RHIE project comprises of an international project team and is funded by the IDRC, Rockefeller Foundation, PEPFAR and the HIPPP initiative.

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This Mission is Possible: Achieving Better Data in Healthcare

Healthcare IT Today

For example, medications are reconciled against the active medication list, leveraging data from various systems. About Sarah Bavar, RN, BSN Sarah is a Registered Nurse, turned clinical informatics professional who leverages her time in the clinical setting to improve data quality within health systems.

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Aspects of Social Determinants of Health: An Introduction

Healthcare IT Today

An example of calling out SDoH was cited by Dr. Sherri Onyiego, Medical Director for the Texas Market at Equality Health. They also obtain public health data by ZIP code and data from a Health Information Exchange (HIE). An oft-cited statistic estimates that 80% of health outcomes can be attributed to SDoH.