Moodley, DPillay, AWSeebregts, CJ2012-11-232012-11-232011-08Moodley, D, Pillay, AW and Seebregts, CJ. Position paper: researching and developing open architectures for national health information systems in developing African countries. First International Symposium, FHIES 2011, Johannesburg, South Africa, August 29-30, 2011. Published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 7151, 2012, pp 129-139978-3-642-32354-6978-3-642-32355-3https://www.springer.com/pay+per+view?SGWID=0-1740713-3131-0-0http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-642-32355-3_8http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6369Copyright: 2012 Springer Verlag. Published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 7151, 2012, pp 129-139. This is the author created version of the work. The final publication is available at www.springerlink.comMost African countries have limited health information systems infrastructure. Some health information system components are implemented but often on an adhoc, piecemeal basis, by foreign software developers and designed to solve specific problems. Little attention is usually paid to how these components can fit into an integrated national health information system and interoperate with other components. The Health Enterprise Architecture Laboratory was recently established in the School of Computer Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa to undertake research and build capacity in open health architectures for developing African countries. Based on field experiences and requirements in South Africa, Mozambique and Rwanda, the laboratory is evolving a generic Health Enterprise Architecture Framework and Repository of Tools specifically for low resource settings. In this paper we describe these three initiatives and the expected impact on implementing health information systems in developing African countries.enHealth enterprise architecturesInteroperabilityOntologiesPostgraduate trainingOpen architecturesHealth information systemsConference PresentationMoodley, D., Pillay, A., & Seebregts, C. (2011). Position paper: researching and developing open architectures for national health information systems in developing African countries. Springer. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6369Moodley, D, AW Pillay, and CJ Seebregts. "Position paper: researching and developing open architectures for national health information systems in developing African countries." (2011): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6369Moodley D, Pillay A, Seebregts C, Position paper: researching and developing open architectures for national health information systems in developing African countries; Springer; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6369 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Moodley, D AU - Pillay, AW AU - Seebregts, CJ AB - Most African countries have limited health information systems infrastructure. Some health information system components are implemented but often on an adhoc, piecemeal basis, by foreign software developers and designed to solve specific problems. Little attention is usually paid to how these components can fit into an integrated national health information system and interoperate with other components. The Health Enterprise Architecture Laboratory was recently established in the School of Computer Science at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa to undertake research and build capacity in open health architectures for developing African countries. Based on field experiences and requirements in South Africa, Mozambique and Rwanda, the laboratory is evolving a generic Health Enterprise Architecture Framework and Repository of Tools specifically for low resource settings. In this paper we describe these three initiatives and the expected impact on implementing health information systems in developing African countries. DA - 2011-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Health enterprise architectures KW - Interoperability KW - Ontologies KW - Postgraduate training KW - Open architectures KW - Health information systems LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2011 SM - 978-3-642-32354-6 SM - 978-3-642-32355-3 T1 - Position paper: researching and developing open architectures for national health information systems in developing African countries TI - Position paper: researching and developing open architectures for national health information systems in developing African countries UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6369 ER -