HRIS Work Presented at Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare

IntraHealth iHRIS developer Carl Leitner presented a paper and participated in a panel at the first international Workshop on Interactive Systems in Healthcare on April 11 in Atlanta, GA. The workshop convened 150 international researchers and practitioners from the Computer Science and Health/Medical informatics fields.

The paper, Strengthening HIS in Low-Resource Settings (co-written by Leitner and Carol Bales), characterized challenges of implementing health information systems (HIS) in low-resource settings and outlined successful implementation strategies. Following paper presentations, panelists engaged in an active discussion on ICT challenges that often exist in low-resource environments.

The authors drew context from the HRIS strengthening work of the USAID-funded and IntraHealth-led projects, including the Capacity Project, its Associate Awards, and the global follow-on CapacityPlus.