Information and Communication Technology in International Health
Information and communication technology (ICT) provides powerful tools to improve health care management and policy analysis.
Program Activities
RTI works collaboratively with local and national stakeholders using ICT to
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Improve health systems, strengthen information-based planning, and ensure the efficient and effective delivery of health services
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Promote and sustain access to high-quality, timely, and useful health information systems, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems
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Plan and implement flexible health information systems that support continuous health reform initiatives
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Design effective monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems to maximize project impact
Expertise
RTI has substantial experience in global health and strong ICT expertise—an effective combination. Working with local health and ICT professionals, RTI
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Helps to design and deliver useful applications, such as patient medical records systems, health management information systems, and disease surveillance systems
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Produces sustainable information and services for health practitioners, health networks, ministries of health, health agencies, and other users
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Promotes access to health information and processes while enabling and creating demand for information-based planning
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Strengthens systems for communicating and promoting health initiatives through community popular opinion leaders, national media representatives, and others
Projects
- The best evidence of how RTI can use ICT tools in the service of international health is our project experience.
- Read about the many completed and ongoing programs conducted by RTI, from the installation of an electronic perinatal patient records system in Zambia to the application of Web technology to coordinate health research activities in the Greater Mekong Subregion.
Brochures
rti.org