Conference Papers Year : 2022

Including the Excluded: Achieving Representation Through Strengthening Health Information Systems in Lao PDR

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Making it possible to identify and include marginalized population groups in routine health information systems is a means of digital inclusion. Our study examined the question of How can health information systems be designed and implemented to enable the representation of marginalized population groups? Through a series of iterative quality improvement assessments (2016–2019) of the health information system in Lao PDR a number of substantial changes were made to the routine health information systems. In our analysis we use Zuboff’s notion of representation to illustrate how the development and implementation of a digital register in combination with the family information system enables digital representation of marginalized populations and communities. The impact of the changes implemented over the 4 years has addressed many challenges within the health information that enables representation. But we argue that addressing social exclusion requires more than representation.
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hal-04601143 , version 1 (05-06-2024)

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Elaine Byrne, Jørn A. Braa, John Lewis, Sam Boupha, Chansaly Phommavong. Including the Excluded: Achieving Representation Through Strengthening Health Information Systems in Lao PDR. 17th International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries (ICT4D), May 2022, Lima, Peru. pp.171-184, ⟨10.1007/978-3-031-19429-0_11⟩. ⟨hal-04601143⟩
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