Awesome Digital Global Health

Digital Global Health is an overarching discipline or a set of disciplines related the the use of information technology to improve the health of people around the globe.

A curated list of awesome Digital Global Health software, resources, and courses. Mostly free or open-source. Please feel free to contribute!

Table of Contents

• Electronic Health Records
• mHealth
• Analytics
• SMS Platforms
• Mobile Data Collection
• Books
• Courses
• Papers
  • Evaluation and Monitoring

Contents

Electronic Health Records

• OpenMRS - Open source electronic health records.
• Bahmi - Easy-to-use EMR & hospital system. It combines and enhances existing open source products into a single solution.
• OpenELIS - Open source laboratory information system (LIS) designed to act as a "software and business process framework for the robust functioning of public health laboratories."

mHealth

• Dimagi CommCare - Open source mobile data collection platform mobile platform for low-resource settings.
• MIT SANA - Open source and highly customizable end-to-end mobile telehealth platform.

Analytics

• DHIS 2 - Flexible, web-based open-source information system with awesome visualization features including GIS, charts and pivot tables.

SMS Platforms

• RapidPro - An open source platform that allows anyone to build interactive messaging systems using an easy visual interface.
• RapidSMS - Flexible platform and modular components for building mobile services for large-scale data collection, managing complex workflows, and automating data analysis.
• SMSSync - A simple, yet powerful SMS to HTTP sync utility that turns any Android phone into a local SMS gateway by sending incoming messages(SMS) to a configured URL (web service).

Mobile Data Collection

• Open Data Kit - Free and open-source software for collecting, managing, and using data in resource-constrained environments.
• KoBo Toolbox - A suite of tools for field data collection for use in challenging environments.
• ONA - Reliable mobile data collection, accessible visualization, seamless collaboration.

Books

• Global Health Informatics - Principles of eHealth and mHealth to Improve Quality of Care.

Courses

• EdX MOOC - Global Health Informatics to Improve Quality of Care

Papers

Evaluation and Monitoring

• WHO Monitoring and evaluating digital health interventions - A practical guide to conducting research and assessment.
• Process evaluation of complex interventions: Medical Research Council guidance - MRC framework for conducting and reporting process evaluation studies.