Digital health and data
Accelerating the digital transformation of health systems and supporting the use of data–led action for health equity.
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What we do
PATH recognizes that digitally enabled health care and timely data use can positively change the very nature of health care and health systems, and therefore speed progress toward health equity. Rather than focusing on deploying technology alone, PATH takes a systematic approach to digital transformation. To move health care into the digital age, PATH supports countries as they move away from fragmented digital health tools toward informed and empowered digital leadership, the implementation of global digital health standards, and an interoperable, human–centered, and financially sustainable digital ecosystem.
We work across several cross–cutting areas including diagnostics, epidemic and pandemic preparedness, primary healthcare, immunization, health system strengthening, market dynamics, and several disease areas such as malaria, HIV, COVID-19, and NCDs.
Focus areas
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Global/Regional
Stakeholder convening
Thought leadership
Capacity strengthening
Digital health policy, governance, and compliance
Learning network design and guidance
Policy advocacy
Secretariat services
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National
Digital assessment
Packaged solutions
Capacity strengthening
Digital health policy, governance, and compliance
Data improvement
Enterprise and data architecture
Technical guidance and vendor management
Cybersecurity
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Sub–national
System analysis and process
Design
Prototyping
Requirements development
Capacity strengthening
Data improvement
Where we work
We have active digital and data projects in more than 30 countries, including:
1. Africa: Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, South Africa, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Zimbabwe, DRC, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Angola, Benin, Cambodia, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Madagascar, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda.
2. Asia-Pacific: Thailand, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Vietnam.
Digital Square brings partners together to improve how the global community designs, uses, and pays for digital health global public goods and approaches.
The Digital Health Ecosystem project, funded by Bayer Foundation, focuses on sustainability and expansion of digital tools for community health by changing how they are built, deployed, and scaled.
The Technical Assistance Platform (TAP), funded by CDC, engages countries in policy, governance, and standards for health information systems, human resources, and health information.
The Data Use Partnership (DUP) is a Tanzanian government–led initiative that is digitally transforming the health system. The government, in partnership with PATH, is building strong, connected digital health systems that are improving health care management and delivery, leading to better health outcomes.
Data Use Acceleration and Learning (DUAL) is a collaborative effort to collect, synthesize, and share learnings from countries that are digitally transforming their health systems.
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Laurie Werner, MPA
Director, Center of Digital And Data Excellence
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Leah Ekbladh
Executive Director of Digital Square, Center of Digital and Data Excellence
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Ellen Garrett
Director of Finance and Administration, Center of Digital and Data Excellence
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Samuel Wambugu
Project Director CDC TAP, Center of Digital and Data Excellence
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Fatou Fall
Africa Regional Director of Digital Health
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Lauren Wall
Director of Programs for Digital Square, Center of Digital and Data Excellence
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Brian Taliesin
Global Director, Living Labs, Center of Digital and Data Excellence
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Sameer Kanwar
Director, Digital Health, MedTech and AI
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Jackie Clark
Deputy Director, Business Planning
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Gracey Vaughn
Deputy Director, Global Implementation
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Carl Fourie
Deputy Director, Digital Square
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Sevak Amalyan
Deputy Director of Operations
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Bernard Aryeetey
Senior Director, Policy, Advocacy & Influence
Produced by Digital Square, the guidebook is a living document which catalogs existing Digital Square–approved global goods, defines the product attributes of each global good, and provides personas to explain how to best leverage the guidebook to provide direction in making decisions on selecting global goods to support a health project.
The OCAT was developed to support Digital Square’s technical partners and the broader digital health ecosystem of partners by assessing their ability to implement relevant and innovative programming effectively, transparently, and sustainably.
Digital Square’s Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool is an interactive budgeting and benchmarking resource intended to help health leaders understand and develop more realistic budgets for digital health projects.
Digital Square at PATH conducted this study on digital health priorities to inform our ongoing work to support countries’ digital transformation. We conducted a desk review and key informant interviews with country leaders across six diverse countries—Burkina Faso, the Dominican Republic, India, Indonesia, Kenya, and Nigeria.
The Digital Results Improve Vaccine Equity and Demand (DRIVE Demand) project aided and informed efforts to increase vaccine demand and acceptance rates in six countries (Honduras, Mali, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia) through digitally enabled interventions
The DUAL report allows countries to identify the most appropriate starting point based on the priorities and digital maturity of their health systems.