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connecting the world for better health PATH/Gabe Bienczycki
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connecting the world for better healthPATH/Gabe Bienczycki
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I’m excited to introduce you today to Digital Square, an innovative investment mechanism that’s seeking to transform digital health systems. Digital Square lives at the international nonprofit PATH and is supported by USAID, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and a growing consortium of donors.
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Co-investmentWe coordinate investments in digital health to maximize the impact of every dollar spent.
global goodsWe scale tools and technologies that can be adapted to different countries and contexts.
Digital Market Readiness We build capacity with governments, local technology developers, and health workers.
We identify key priorities to build stronger systems.
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Led by PATH, Digital Square focuses on strengthening digital health governance and advocacy at the global, regional, and country levels, along with aligning stakeholders on all sides of the digital health sector. Through our work in co-investment, global goods, and digital market readiness, Digital Square supports the digital health marketplace from all sides.
global goods
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We’re now going to take a closer look at digital health global goods, and the work Digital Square is doing to support them.
Health Information System Landscape
iHRIS health
workforce
DHIS2public health & service delivery
indicators
Many Pilots
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Global Goods
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Digital Square is working to change the health information system ecosystem through stronger collaboration. The digital health space faces the challenge of 1000 flowers blooming, or a health systems disease that we call “pilotitis.” The proliferation of unsustainable pilots and tools caused some countries, such as Uganda (whose official statement calling for coordination in eHealth is featured as the center image) to call for digital health efforts to be harmonized and coordinated, mandating a stop to one-off pilots that do not support the Ministry of Health’s goals and tools that do not integrate with their established health information systems. Increasingly, tools supported by a strong, collaborative global community of develop and implementers– like the iHRIS workforce information system now used in 25+ countries or DHIS2 used in 60+ countries – offer a much needed response to the pilotitis problem. Digital Square supports these kinds of adaptable, interoperable digital health tools called “global goods” that can be used across different countries and contexts. We loosely define mature digital health global good software is software that is : -usually Free and Open Source Software, -supported by a strong community, -has a clear governance structure, -funded by multiple sources, -has been deployed at significant scale, -is used across multiple countries, -has demonstrated effectiveness, -is designed to be interoperable, -and is an emergent standard application.
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Digital Square supports adaptable, interoperable digital health tools and technologies called global goods that
can be used across different countries and contexts.
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Digital Square currently supports 17 investments into global goods—you can see some of them listed here. More information on each global good is provided in slides we can leave for you, or you can find on the Digital Square wiki.
Open Proposal Process
Open Submission of Concept Notes
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Vetted by Peer ReviewCommittee
Funding Decisions by Governing Board
Proposal Co-creation & Collaborative Feedback
Final Proposal & Budget Submission
Periodically, Digital Square holds a “open call for proposals,” whereby organizations can submit concept notes for new global goods investments using Open Proposal Process.
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One of our innovative models is the Open Proposal Process. This features the transparent submission of concept notes and proposals for anyone that is interested. The process is entirely open, inviting comments, discussion, and collaboration along the way.
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The Open Proposal Platform – A Virtual Co-creation Process
The Open Proposal Platform allows anyone to comment or follow a proposal, providing a unique opportunity for community feedback and open collaboration.
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Digital Square has created a platform to host the open proposal process. All concept notes and proposals are uploaded to this platform. The platform allows users to follow proposals, comment on proposals and search for proposals using tags. Throughout the process, this site allows for virtual co-creation and enables a high level of transparency, which is a very different way of facilitating investments in this space.
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Proposal review tools
Global Good Maturity ModelThis model specifies common metrics for understanding how advanced a digital health tool is, so that we can compare global goods and prioritize the most promising global goods for investment.
Global Utility
Community Support
Software Maturity
Prioritization FrameworkThe Peer Review Committee and the Governing Board use this framework as a guide for prioritizing proposals for investment. The four dimensions of the framework are cost, probability of success, impact, and technology.
The Peer Review Committee (PRC) is a diverse set of digital health leaders that reviews all global goods investment proposals to make recommendations to the Governing Board.
Peer Review Committee
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• African Centre for eHealth Excellence (Acfee)• Africa Centers for Disease Control• Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN)• Digital Square (ex officio)• US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)• United Kingdom Department for International
Development (DFID)• Digital Impact Alliance (DIAL)• GIZ• GSMA• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)• Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions
(SPIDER)
• US Agency for International Development (USAID)• Health Data Collaborative (HDC) via the Digital Health &
Interoperability Working Group, including:• IntraHealth International• The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of
Public Health• MEASURE Evaluation• RTI International
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The Peer Review Committee (PRC) is a diverse set of the foremost leaders and thinkers in digital health technologies. This body reviews all global goods investment proposals; and using a variety of criteria, makes non-binding recommendations to the Governing Board for investment. There is no limit to PRC membership. Seats are allocated to organizations and there are currently more than 12 organizations that sit on the PRC.
Digital Square is governed by a Governing Board with an ex officio Chair (PATH), which is the decision-making body for global goods investments.
Jeff Heenan-JalilIP Soft
Neal MyrickTableau
Dykki SettlePATH (ex officio)
David Stanton USAID
Nancy Wildfeir-FieldGBC Health
Jennifer EspositoIntel Corp
Ann-Marie Sevcsik UBS Optimus Foundation
Tim WoodBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Governing Board
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Sebastien MazzuriFSG
Jake WatsonDIAL
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Digital Square is governed by a Board, which also makes the final decision on global goods investments. There are 13 seats on the Board, including the ex officio Chair (PATH). Currently, ten seats are filled.
Digital Square investments in global goods
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A total of $3.9 M has been invested in Digital Square to date.
Gaps in Funding (Notice B cycle)
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How is it going?
What is working well?Acceptance of transparencyEngagement through the Open Proposal Site Coordination on co-investment with growing number of donorsInvestments are being made in a growing number of digital tools
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Where are there Challenges?Funding gapsCustomizations needed to improve functionality of the open proposal siteAdapting to apply best practices internally to manage technical, communications, contractual and project management support
Innovation continues –next steps to support global goods
Improving on open proposal processes and the online platform to support the communityPartnering with implementers and augmenting support to further leverage investmentsExploring opportunities for in-kind investments to implementersExpanding efforts to seek co-investment with a variety of donors
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Call to Action – Get Involved!
Follow along proposal and offer feedback and advice to submitters - https://proposals.digitalsquare.io/Submit a concept note/proposal (Notice D will launch mid-to-late January)Join the Peer Review Committee and support review and feedback on proposalsFund a proposal (or two)!
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www.digitalsquare.org
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Thank you for your attention. I’m now happy to take questions.
