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
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
Coming Soon!
Propose session ideas
Connect-a-thon
Coming Soon!
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.