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.
Before starting a digital transformation project, it is important to know what is the current state of IT systems in the health sector. For this, we propose two tools that you can use depending on the time and budget you have. The CETIC tool proposes a detailed diagnosis of IT systems while the system mapping tool proposes a more general and high level diagnosis.
A Future State/Critical Success Factor FS/CSF exercise is needed as part of the design of every project with a Digital Health Transformation component. In fact, the only reason why this exercise should not be done is if an equivalent exercise was done previously (this does not include a project planning document, or a system design prepared by a consultant. It needs to be similar in the dynamics to prepare the project). If done well, FS/CSF will provide you with key inputs for your POD, PEP, Risk Matrix and PMR.
It is good that you know your destination, but how long will it take you to get there? The road to a fully developed Health information system may be overwhelming if you can only see how far the destination is. However things become more manageable if you can see clearly where you are and what are the steps needed to move forward. Even in the destination is many years away. A maturity model can help you see by yourself how far you are from your destination and where can you get realistically in a limited period of time.