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Digital Square is expanding engagement and support to all approved global good implementers through our Notice cycles as well as our request for application (RFA)s (non-Notice cycle awards). In March 2019, we began offering monthly Global Good Webinars for the global good innovator community. The topics of the webinars range from technical, operational, and communications topics. Digital Square intends for these webinars to be an opportunity for the community to share, learn, and engage both with each other as well as the Peer Review Committee members, who are also invited to these webinars.
Digital Square has launched its second-round global call dedicated to content global goods under Notice G. A content global good is a resource, toolkit, or data standard that is available under an open license and is used to improve or analyze the capabilities required to manage health data, digital tools, systems, governance, and processes. This session walks through the request for expression of interest and the content maturity model, as well as provides a real-time question-and-answer session with the project team.
In this webinar, Digital Square covers data privacy and security guidelines for decision-makers. We discuss why decision-makers should be knowledgeable about cybersecurity, what it entails, its risks and consequences, and who should be informed. We also explore the financial and reputational benefits of cybersecurity, the legal and regulatory landscape of cybersecurity, organizational learning, and cybersecurity best practices and industry standards.
During this session, OpenSRP and OpenMRS discuss their experience with implementing SMART guidelines and share the challenges they faced, lessons they learned, and insights they gained.
A dedicated Q&A webinar session to answer any questions on the OpenHIE Testing Harness and Test Framework request for proposals. Digital Square invites applications from the global goods community to build on existing initiatives and develop a test harness that is open source and focused on reuse in the digital health domain. The initiative seeks proposals to develop an open-source testing harness and complete test framework that will facilitate testing how well technologies align to the OpenHIE Architecture specification and health and data content, as specified by WHO SMART Guidelines.
In this webinar, Digital Square explores the fundamentals of cybersecurity and data privacy. We delve into practical challenges that technological innovators, implementing partners, local entrepreneurs, donors, funders, and ministries of health and government stakeholders involved in the digital transformation process face in implementing cybersecurity protocols and policies and how these might be addressed.
April 13, 2023 | Taking Stock - Lessons and next steps for COVID-19 digital health investments in LMICs
USAID, UNICEF, DICE, and Digital Square hosted this webinar to take stock of digital health investments made to support COVID-19 vaccination service delivery, exploring successes, challenges, and future plans for digital systems. The webinar highlights experiences from Kenya and Sri Lanka, and offers insights that can be useful in the face of future health threats. The webinar also marks the launch of the Digital Health Centre of Excellence (DICE) Primer on Digital Solutions for COVID-19 Vaccination Service Delivery. The Primer was originally designed as an easy-to-use cheat sheet to help stakeholders engaged in COVID-19 vaccination efforts leverage data and digital health tools while addressing long-term sustainability challenges. DICE is publishing the resource now, as its applicability extends beyond the circumstances that prompted its creation to future pandemic threat preparedness, resilient health systems, and ongoing COVID-19 and routine immunization efforts.
December 2, 2022 | Global Goods Open Mic Series: Planning for security and scale for integrated systems, a case study of OpenFn implementation by the Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
In this session, Digital Square hosts UNICEF and OpenFN, an integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS) and a suite of open source extract, transform, and load, data-integration, and interoperability tools used to automate workflows and the exchange of information across and within systems in a secure, stable, and scalable manner. OpenFn team shares their experience working with UNICEF and the Government of Thailand to migrate sensitive data to cloud infrastructure. Learn about major takeaways from Thailand’s implementation of OpenFn SaaS, using a security checklist when planning for integration rollout, factors to consider regarding managed hosting vs. local deployment, and key features of OpenFn Lightning, an upcoming release. Digital Square technical security architect addresses data security considerations and recommendations for governments and global goods.
November 10, 2022 | Global Goods Open Mic Series: Understanding Reveal implementation in LMICs: A case study of Kenya, Senegal, and Zambia
Digital Square has launched the global goods open mic webinar series, a platform for our global goods partners to share their implementation journey in LMICs, working with country governments, donors, implementers, and health workers to deliver patient-centered healthcare. In this first session, we host Akros, who has spearheaded the development and community around Reveal, a digital global good that uses spatial intelligence to drive the delivery of life-saving interventions to the last mile. Akros shares its work with multiple countries and donors to apply geospatial data to plan and deliver health campaigns and routine services, demonstrates the use of Reveal, and showcases use cases summarizing geospatial data activation across the spectrum from low-tech paper maps to higher-tech navigation and delivery in Kenya, Senegal, and Zambia.
Digital Square launched a new and unique funding opportunity open to digital health technologies worldwide that qualify as global goods. The global call for applications through Notice G seeks to promote the discoverability, accessibility, and promotion of global goods, including software, service, and content global goods. Notice G has three rounds (G0, G1, G2) dedicated to each one of the three types of global goods: software, service, and content. This webinar covers the key aspects of Notice G, what makes this notice different from previous calls, and the benefits of becoming a Digital Square-approved global good. It also features application requirements and how to apply.
This informal session provides an opportunity to discuss FHIR basics and more advanced topics with Digital Square's FHIR Standards and Interoperability expert.
In this webinar, the Digital Square team explores how FHIR Implementation Guides can use the inheritance and packaging mechanisms of FHIR. Learn from practical examples showcasing the inheritance of Implementation Guides and its impact on FHIR specification.
This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
The Digital Square team discusses how FHIR mechanisms work with data analytics from extraction and segmentation to visualization. And also explores the analytical tools used, discusses challenges, and how to navigate them.
This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
In this webinar, the Digital Square team compared the main data exchange paradigms. Then, introduced ways of implementing FHIR resources using RESTful architecture, Document-based architecture (including IHE’s mobile health document sharing), and Messaging architecture. Finally, we presented how each of these approaches is implemented technically with FHIR resources, describe some of the features in each approach, and the impact on functionality, privacy, and compatibility.
USAID, Digital Square, and the Global Digital Health Network (GDHN) hosted this webinar to review global trends in digital health. The Map & Match project mapped nearly 3000 digital health tools deployed across 156 countries to match them to COVID-19 needs. Through this work, country governments were able to better understand the tools that existed in their country and adaptations that could be made to existing tools to support their digital COVID-19 response. This process also collected one of the largest available datasets of digital health tools. USAID delved into this data to learn about the global digital health tool ecosystem and shared the results of the analysis.
This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
Digital Square together with Google introduced the Android FHIR SDK, a mobile-first healthcare application using FHIR resources on Android. In this webinar, we delve into the FHIR Engine Library and the Structured Data Capture Library and then use this information to build a real-world application using an example specification and the SDK's Structured Data Capture Library.
This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
Digital Square led a discussion on Intellectual Property (IP) for global goods to protect software investment and ensure sustainability. This is a repeat session from the previous year where OpenLMIS reshared their approach to an IP exercise, key considerations, and lessons learned. In case you missed the initial OpenLMIS webinar, here’s your chance to listen in on another session.
During this webinar, the Digital Square team hosted a panel discussion with WHO, PuraJuniper, and Fyfe Software Inc. to provide guidance for countries planning on or already investing in Electronic Immunization Registries (eIRs). These SMART Guidelines include functional standards and WHO guidelines on immunizations as part of a Digital Accelerator Kit and FHIR Implementation Guide for immunizations that accurately represent the WHO recommendations on immunizations to create interoperability and data exchange.
In this webinar, Digital Square at PATH explores the common needs for a case reporting system. Using an example specification, we explain how to implement the full stack of case reporting using FHIR specifications and tools. We also discuss how the available case reporting specifications can be adapted to your specific case or region.
This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
Digital Square led a discussion on Intellectual Property (IP) for global goods to protect software investment and ensure sustainability. In this webinar, OpenLMIS shared their journey of approaching an IP exercise, key considerations, and lessons learned.
During this webinar, the Digital Square team hosted a panel discussion with speakers from USAID, WHO, the University of North Carolina, and the Ministry of Health, Uganda on the importance of the navigator and how it can advance digital transformation. The Navigator enables health systems planners, implementors, evaluators, and funders to choose and use appropriate maturity model-based tools for specific contexts and purposes to improve digital health capabilities at the national and sub-national levels.
This webinar explains the core search mechanisms and explores their application in practice. From basic to advanced searching - text searching, composite search criteria, chained search, and much more. Participants were taught how to document and enhance their own search specifications beyond the FHIR® core search possibilities.
This webinar focused on funding opportunities from Digital Square at PATH and how to apply. The team presented key information that applicants need to know when responding to Digital Square’s grant solicitations. We covered the three grant solicitation processes and what they mean for applicants, details of our open application process, and resources to help with preparing an application.
This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
September 28, 2021 | dSTARR Roundtable: Using Digital Solutions to Support COVID-19 Rapid Diagnostics
In this webinar, PATH presented findings from the dSTARR stakeholder and market need assessment and solicited feedback around opportunities for addressing the highest priority challenges related to COVID-19 antigen rapid diagnostic test rollout. The stakeholder and market need assessment across five countries was conducted to understand the needs and challenges associated with the use (or future use) of COVID-19 antigen RDTs and identify opportunities to leverage digital solutions to address pain points.
This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
In this webinar, Digital Square led a discussion on developing best practices for the global goods community of practices. Communities of Practice in digital health are a key platform for sharing knowledge and experience, identifying gaps, and spurring innovation. However, the design and development of active communities can be challenging, from managing communities across different languages and driving member contributions to core technology. The panelists shared their methods of community engagement as well as lessons learned.
During this webinar, the Digital Square team hosted a panel discussion with Jembi Health Systems to discuss their approach and experience working with HL7 FHIR on a COVID-19 data exchange project. We discussed their approach in working with FHIR implementation guides, FHIR profiling process, and use of FHIR Structured Data Capture within the existing OpenHIM platform, the challenges, and lessons learned. In addition, the types of skills the team needed to develop and how they used generic tools to fill gaps in the FHIR approach.
This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
During this webinar, the Digital Square team supported the participants to create a publication of an Implementation Guide in the most fundamental aspects: Setting up a (shared) repository, adding FHIR® conformance resources (e.g., profiles, extensions, value sets), importing dependencies from other specifications, adding narrative text and diagrams, and using a shorthand language to accelerate the work.
This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
In this webinar, we introduced the FHIR® support for terminologies: Standard (global) terminologies like SNOMED CT, LOINC, or local terminologies (for example, national codes) vs. project-specific terminologies. We also looked at the FHIR® resources for terminologies, how they are used in the other FHIR® resources, how to define new terminology resources, and how to localize the value sets.
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This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
In this webinar we explored the basics for creating and documenting a FHIR® specification for a project, a country, or an individual application. We showed how the FHIR® specification can be extended and constrained to support specific needs. After identifying what is contained in a FHIR® specification, we saw how such specifications are documented, and how this is done in a good way to accelerate delivery through validation, testing, and automation. We reviewed some of the basic FHIR® features around localization and multi-language which become more important when implementing FHIR® profiles.
This webinar is part of the "FHIR-side Chat" series, which are audience-led conversations on the use of FL7 FHIR.
During this initial webinar, the Digital Square team will review the basics of FHIR®, including the overall approach, information models, and the relationship between FHIR® and other standards. We will also provide a brief overview of the upcoming webinars, and we will provide the key pointers for participants to seek further information and engage with the rest of the FHIR® Community.
March 31, 2021 | OpenLMIS/Vitalliance: Strengthening Public Health Supply Chains through Partnership
In this webinar, OpenLMIS announced their new partnership with Vitalliance, showcased their shared vision for OpenLMIS, and shared how cross-sector partnerships can shape the future of digital health.
This webinar discusses the Data Use Community's maturity framework – a tool for the community to assess their data use and system capabilities, as well as how it can support identifying what capabilities are needed in order to improve their performance to achieve the next level of system maturity.
This webinar focuses on how both OpenLMIS and OpenELIS have adapted their technologies to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This webinar focuses on how both DHIS2 and mHero have adapted their technologies to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In this webinar, Carl Leitner provides an overview of FHIR, followed by presenters from the University of Washington�s Digital Initiatives Group (DIGI), Christina White and Casey Iiams-Hauser, who share a use case study on the OpenELIS & OpenMRS Lab Data Exchange.
In this webinar, leaders from the Digital Impact Alliance, Facebook, mClinica, Microsoft, and Tableau shared how to leverage private sector tools and technologies to strengthen health systems in COVID-19 response efforts.
This webinar, in partnership with AMIA, shares informatics responses and challenges within the COVID-19 pandeimc.
This webinar features a set of Digital Square-approved digital health global goods that have adapted their technologies to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This webinar showcases how PEPFAR investments can be re-utilized in the COVID-19 response. During this session, we will feature a mix of digital tools including DATIM, Patient Level Monitoring, and the Global Open Facility Registry, and how they can be harnessed in the COVID-19 global response.
This webinar features an introduction to Decision Support Systems (DSS)and the role they have in public health supply chains.
This webinar will explore why sustainability continues to be so important for open source tools and what funding models exist that can support global goods.
This webinar featured updates from OpenMRS Quality Assurance (Jan Flowers, Christine Gichuki, Jen Antilla), Reveal (Annie Martin), and OpenCRVS (Annina Wersun and Ryan Crichton).
The webinar covered the new WHO-UNFPA Accelerator Kits and Computable Guidelines.
The webinar featured a technical discussion of global goods who are using FHIR standards.
This webinar featured strategies for using [Digital Square Investments in Global Goods:Approved Global Goods |approved global good status] in resource mobilization and advocacy efforts. Isaac Holeman from Medic Mobile presented on their journey as part of the global good community as an approved global good that has not yet received funding. Finally, the webinar featured Digital Square's [Global Goods Guidebook].
This webinar featured the operational basket of services Digital Square offers to partners. Jackie Clark provided an overview of resources, share tips and best practices. We also heard from Craig Appl at Ona about their experience working with our operations team at Digital Square, and some of the value he and his team has seen in going through the Open Application Process and Notice cycle.
This webinar featured a recap of the global good implementers meeting from December and expand on the basket of services both Digital Square and DIAL are paving the way to offer to partners. Amanda BenDor, Carl Leitner and Jake Watson presented on these topics. The second half of the webinar highlighted the work University of Oslo and PSI are doing through the new DHIS2 community of practice.
A few resources were shared during the webinar chat, including:
- DIAL OSC Catalytic Grant Program Round 3
- IHE Audit Trail and Node Authentication
- IHE Infrastructure Handbook
- Security without Borders
- HackerOne
- Information about DHIS2 move from Launchpad to Discourse
Each quarter, Digital Square shines the spotlight on global goods and innovators in our community.
- September 2021
- June 2021
- March 2021
- December 2020
- September 2020
- May 2020
- February 2020
- December 2019
- August 2019
- May 2019
Digital Square hosts annual meetings of the Global Goods Innovators community.