Reminder: This is in 30 min! On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 5:21 PM, Esther Jang <[email protected]> wrote:
> Reminder: Tomorrow Change will be hosted by the UW Department of Global > Health in the *Harris Hydraulics* <http://uw.edu/maps/?hhl> building. > > ----- > > Please join us for the Change Seminar this week on *Tuesday 10/24/2017* > in the large conference room of *Harris Hydraulics* from *12-1 pm*. Note > the room change!! > > > *Who:* Samantha Dolan (UW SPH DGH) > > *What:* *Electronic immunization registries: Understanding fidelity, > sustainability, and potential for scale-up in low-resource settings using > implementation science research* > > *When:* Tuesday Oct 24 > *Where:* 12pm in the Large Conference Room of the Harris Hydraulics > building (DGH) > > > *Abstract:* Open source software is becoming more widely used to > digitalize the collection of routine program and client-level data amongst > health programs in low-resource settings. However despite being “free”, > these software products require significant resources to update, maintain, > and scale-up before becoming effective health information systems. Using > the example of electronic immunization registries built using Open Smart > Register Platform (OpenSRP), we will present implementation science > methods for understanding the fidelity, acceptability, cost, and impact of > these types of systems and how findings could be used to drive investments > and policy-making. > > > > *Bio:* Samantha is a PhD student in the Department of Global Health. She > works as a research and evaluation advisor at UW’s International Training > and Education Center for Health (I-TECH) and is also an intern at PATH for > the Better Immunization Data initiative. Her work aims at building and > scaling electronic immunization registries in Kenya, Tanzania, and Zambia. > She is also involved with developing guidance on how to conduct health > information system evaluations in low-resource settings and designing a > surveillance system for healthcare-associated infections at acute-care > hospitals. > > >
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