You got your project approved and are ready to execute. However, contracting for software systems is a very complex process that depends on having successfully designed a project and on having team capable of designing technical specifications, evaluating proposals and negotiating with vendors that may have much better information than your executing unit about the specific product you are acquiring.

Without the right staff there is no way to successfully carry out a digital transformation project. In this section of the toolkit, we put at your disposal a bank of CVs in which you can look for professionals in digital transformation and register those who want to recommend.

Without the right staff there is no way to successfully carry out a digital transformation project. In this section of the toolkit, we put at your disposal template of terms of reference (those that are usually used in our projects), which you can look for professionals in digital transformation and register those who want to recommend.

Without the right staff there is no way to successfully carry out a digital transformation project. In this section of the toolkit, we put at your disposal the key professional profiles for a digital team, which you can look for professionals in digital transformation and register those who want to recommend.

Things that may seem common sensical like lighting a fuse may still need us to follow a methodical check to be sure we are doing them right. The second part of the checklist is intended to provide a report documenting the activities that were completed and the ones that are pending for this purpose. The checklist is divided in the following sections:

The following map presents the legal framework in digital health of 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. It is organized into 7 categories: i) Law of creation of Electronic Health Record (EHR), ii) Digital signature, iii) Interoperability, iv) Digital strategies, v) Digital health strategies, vi) Access to patient information, vii ) Personal data protection.

To use the map, please follow these 3 simple steps:

The checklist is intended to provide an idea of the key elements that are necessary for a digital transformation component. The elements identified have been considered as essential by specialists in the field. A filled-out report at the time of preparing a project profile will give us an idea of the known unknowns and unknown unknowns for the preparation of the project and will provide recommendations regarding the steps needed for project preparation. Links for sample Terms of Reference or guides whenever a product is deemed necessary before approval are included within the tool.

You need to design a project. And of course, you need to cost it. The standard approach to costing a component is to hire a consultant and cost whatever you will buy. However, depending on your choices the structure and value of the total cost of ownership may change. A Health Ministry usually does not have its own builders to build a health center, however it is very common that it will have its own developers to build a software solution from scratch.