Philippines, Nepal, and Thailand learn about DHIF

Philippines, Nepal, and Thailand learn about DHIF

2018 , News
March 16, 2018

BANGKOK, Thailand and MANILA, Philippines – The Standards and Interoperability Lab-Asia (SIL-Asia) together with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) facilitated a series of workshops on Digital Health Investment Framework (DHIF) during the first quarter of 2018. These workshops were held in Bangkok, Thailand (30 January) and in Manila, Philippines with Ministry of Health Nepal officials (8 March), and with Department of Health Philippines officials (15 March).

The Digital Health Impact Framework (DHIF) aims to assist Ministries of Health to justify and refine their strategies, and assess their proposed investments in Digital Health. The framework also helps countries in determining the proper implementation and phasing of Digital Health projects.

DHIF is a generic methodology that fits any set of investment in every sector. It is similar to an economic analysis but the viability of projects is not measured in terms of income generation. Rather, it is focused on benefits and how to monetize those benefits. DHIF projects are focused on the benefits that serve as hallmarks of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) – quality, efficiency, and access.

The methodology for DHIF is summarized in ten steps, namely: (1) identify timescales; (2) identify the stakeholders; (3) identify the benefits; (4) identify the resources needed; (5) estimate socio-economic benefits’ monetary values; (6) estimate socio-economic costs; (7) adjust for sensitivity, optimism, and risk; (8) calculate net benefits, the socioeconomic returns; (9) estimate financial costs and affordability; and (10) replicate and reiterate.

The DHIF is also discussed extensively in the ADB publication, ‘Guidance for Investing in Digital Health’ authored by Peter Drury, Susann Roth, Tom Jones, Michael Stahl, and Donna Medeiros.

The ‘Guidance for Investing in Digital Health’ helps governments, the private sector, and the public identify investments in knowledge, people, policies, and equipment that will maximize the impact of digital health.

More information about DHIF User Manual is available here.

 

The Standards and Interoperability Lab – Asia is a regional health interoperability laboratory powered by the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) and supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) with sponsorship from The People’s Republic of China Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund (PRC Fund).
The concept for the Standards and Interoperability Lab – Asia was first conceived at the Regional Interoperability Workshop organized by AeHIN in Manila last August 2015 at the sidelines of the Global Health Research Forum. The regional lab was designed to serve as a template of labs in each country that will later form into the Community of Interoperability Labs (COIL).

Share your thoughts!

Standards and Interoperability Lab - Asia

Standards and Interoperability Lab - Asia

Regional Health Interoperability Lab in Asia powered by the Asia eHealth Information Network with support from the Asian Development Bank

Related Posts