Session Name: Implementers’ Experiences: Introducing the new OpenHIE Health Financing towards UHC community
Time / Room: 11:15 - 12:15 Tembo
Presenter: Alicia Spengler, GIZ/ Carl (digital square)
Introductions
UHC contributes to SDG 3 (3.8)
Looking at administrative burden of health financing (most systems are paper based). Health data is one of the solutions.
Health financing and Universal Health Coverage:
- different schemes for health purchasers to buy services
Health purchasers need data to manage their health financing schemes
Connections to several existing OpenHIE communities
11 existing members, Caren Althauser (PATH) is co-chair
community identified goals
- - develop use cases -> update OpenHIE workflows
Great time to join - monthly calls started early January
Other Networks UHC 2030.
Next Steps:
- broaden community
- develop a community roadmap
- identify workflows
-module transformation of OpenIMIS
Comments/ Question to audience: Other next steps?
- Concern to have a full view of UHC-(pulling resources, developing benefit packages, developing initial fees, and accepting providers based on quality of service & payment process)
- Attention to quality of care and not just finances
- this group is focusing on the health financing
- what is the process to decide upon prioritization of use cases (is this within the community sharing platform/within this conference/etc?)
- African Health Market for Equity- multiple countries with varied level of successes
4. Willingness to engage in user centred approach
5. Discussion about UHC/payment and reimbursement options - how can the right incentives be setup? and which systems are needed to support the incentives
6. Connection to civil registration system (CRVS)
7. Question of equity - how much money is paid, how much does government has to invest. Data is needed to advance health financing.