About the Event
The OpenHIE Community Network meeting is designed to support developers, implementers, and Government officials in fostering the advancement of OpenHIE and the support of country owned and driven, large-scale health information sharing architectures. It will serve to showcase the strategy, approach and components that pragmatically empower sustainable and standards-based sharing of health information to improve health outcomes. The meeting will also highlight existing OpenHIE implementations and provide a platform for community learning and discussion about OpenHIE in action.
The OpenHIE Community Meeting will take place July 31 - August 4, 2018, in Arusha, Tanzania. The meeting will included 3 days of sessions (July 31 - August 2) and 2 days for a Connect-a-thon (August 3-4).
Objectives
- What do you want to get out of the conference?
Who should attend
Stakeholders?Connect implementers with one another and with the wider network
Share and contribute to current OpenHIE global goods, multi-country implementation experiences, and foster wider collaboration both within Tanzania, and globally
Bring implementers and developers together to harmonize tool development with implementation needs
Provide policy makers with an opportunity to better understand OpenHIE and its role in promoting interoperability and systems thinking
Who should attend
OpenHIE implementers from government, NGOs
Government Officials including ICT and eHealth Directors responsible for health information systems
Digital Health Policy Makers
Vertical health program implementers interested in interoperability
Health Information System software developers
Researchers
Why you should attend
What will attendees get out of it?
Conference Schedule
The conference will be structured in a semi-unconference format - each conference date will comprise with a number of pre-determined sessions/events, followed by open slots for the audience to propose sessions of their choice.
For the events scheduled, visit: Conference programComing Soon!
Propose session ideas
Hackathon
What is the hackathon and who should attend?
Connect-a-thon
Coming Soon!The hackathon will be held during the 2 days after the event, xx-xx Month, Year. The hackathon is free for developers to attend, but separate registration is required because space is limited.
Site visits
We are currently finalizing a list of implementation sites that attendees will be able to visit. More details will be updated shortly.
Social Networking
If you are attending OHIN18 or wish you could but cannot and want to keep in touch with people at the conference.
- Tweet using the #OHIN18 hashtag.
- mailing list for those who register?
Traveling to Tanzania
Visas and invitation letters
Tanzania Contact Person:
Vaccinations
For a list of CDC recommended vaccines, visit here: https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/destinations/traveler/none/tanzania
Accommodations & travel assistance
Cell Phones & Airtime
Event Sponsorships
Please contact ohie-implementers@googlegroups.com for more information.