IMPACT · DIGITAL HEALTH

Digital health, from data to interoperability

We help ministries, agencies and funders build health systems that actually talk to each other: open standards, data exchange and e-health, grounded in West Africa.

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The challenge

Health data that does not circulate

Hospitals, programmes and ministries each run their own software. Without shared standards, patient and programme data stays in silos, decisions rest on partial information, and every new tool adds one more system to connect.

Systems that do not talk
Each facility and programme on its own software, with no common standard.
Data entered twice
The same patient information recorded again in every system.
Sensitive data to protect
Patient data must flow securely, under clear governance.
Skills to build
Decision-makers and technicians need a shared grasp of interoperability.

IHE mini-connectathon: a speaker presents to the room, filmed by cameras — Mini-connectathon organized by Kaikai and Visuapps inSenegalTesting medical data exchange on IHE standards

Our approach

From diagnostic to Connectathon

We work hand in hand with ministries, funders and software vendors, with the methodological rigour of large firms and the proximity of a local team.

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1. Diagnostic
We map existing systems, data flows and needs with the teams on the ground.
- Interviews & workshops
- Systems inventory
- Needs analysis
2. Design
Architecture and governance so patient and programme data flows securely between systems.
- Open standards: IHE, HL7, FHIR
- Data governance
- Terms of reference (ToR)
3. Selection & testing
Vendor-neutral selection, then data exchange tested in a mini-connectathon.
- Vendor selection
- Mini-connectathons
- Tender-ready specifications
4. Connectathons & skills
Preparation and support for IHE Europe Connectathons (Trieste 2024, Vienna 2025), and training for the teams who run the systems.
- IHE Europe Connectathon
- Decision-makers & technicians
- Skills transfer

Speaker at the IHE Europe Connectathon 2024, in front of a slide reading “Demonstrate results, not just concepts”

Impact

The result

Interoperability that works, on the ground

Senegalese hospital software exchanging medical data on IHE standards, a newborn-care tool evaluated in Zimbabwe and Malawi, an AI chatbot answering young girls' questions on menstrual health: our programmes turn standards and data into services that work.

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