1. Introduction ICT for HIS for Lao PDR
Dr Swady Kingkeo
Chief of Health Statistic Division
Dr Vankeo RASBOUTH
Admin/Department of HP
Sengaloun SENGSAVANG
IT System officer/MOH Cabinet

2. Points to present BTO, Sharing knowledge and event
Action plan(Just do it!)
Stay in touch(KEEP WALKING)

3. Sharing knowledge
Introduction ICT for HIS is the key for improving quality of health care services:
“ Better information, better decision and better health”.
ICT for HIS for Data Quality

4. Priority gaps for HIS
According to priority of MOH strategy and HIS strategic of Health :
Maternal Health Record(MHR)
Electronic Medical Record (EMR)
Vital registration

5. Project of Identification
To do
MHR
EMR
Vital registration
Target
Pregnant women
Patients
All people
Investigator
VHV
Clinician
Chef of village
Where?
At the village
Health facility
Why?
Still high MMR
 Still overlapping
 Better sources for data collection
Schedule for
Short term
Midern term
Long term
Activities
See next slide
system use
Paper + IT base
Electronic record
Paper and IT base

6. Activity plan MHR EMR VR Policy Build TWG Assessment Planning design
Infrastructure building
Application architecture
Training for Pilot staff
Start to implement new eHealth solution
Training for IT technician and users
Supply material and equipment, O&M
Monitoring and supervision
Yearly and Final evaluation
Training ICD10

7. Influence Policy Law, Regulation, decree Organization structure
Technical( data collection, processing, reporting and dissemination)
Data sharing
Privacy
Confidentiality
Security
Capacity building
Resources
Validation of product use
Transparency
Supervision

8. Architecture
Standards - Data dictionary (ICD10, Facility code, administration code , unique ID,..) - SDMX-HD - HL7 Data warehouse - Server at MOH - Server at Health Provincial Office

9. Keep in touch Yearly meeting and report
Need technical and financial support from donors(Stakeholder)
Visit
Consulting and assistance from DoS, WHO,Fhi, USAID, other countries,…
Forward in health informatics and eHealth
Connectivity via Mailing list
Join HIS wiki pages

10. Thank you for your Attention