Government‑led transitions of digital health systems: lessons from six countries on scaling, sustaining, and institutionalizing national HIS and EMR platforms

AUTHORS

J. Kohler¹, S. Kunene², N. Haniko³, J. Chehab⁴, A. Schmall⁵, C. Obiora-Okafo⁶, S. Mawandia⁷, G. Melkamu Gobena⁸, A. Bashorun⁹, K. Calderón¹⁰, D. Phiri¹¹, C. Showalter¹², N. Nigussie¹³


INSTITUTIONS

¹US Department of State, Washington, DC, United States, ²US Department of State, Ezulwini, Eswatini, ³US Department of State, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ⁴US Department of State, Pretoria, South Africa, ⁵US Department of State, Guatemala City, Guatemala, ⁶US Department of State, Abuja, Nigeria, ⁷Palladium Group, Washington, DC, United States, ⁸Ethiopia Ministry of Health, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, ⁹Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (FMOH&SW), Abuja, Nigeria, ¹⁰Ministry of Public Health and Welfare (MSPAS), Guatemala City, Guatemala, ¹¹Ministry of Information, Communication, and Technology, Mbabane, Eswatini, ¹²Palladium Group, Wilmington, United States, ¹³Palladium Group, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia