Archives administrator Mrs. Yolette Délius works with paper files for information provision in the Archives of the Ophthalmology Department of State University Hospital Haiti on January 26, 2016. The existing data management architecture is unable to provide reliable indicators for data-driven management and policy due to the lack of financing, digital technologies, adequate human resources, and technical expertise (1). Digital transformation requires different skills, equipment, regulation, policy, internet access, electricity, and maintenance (1–3). This capture is important as it snapshots nondigitalized data process business environment in the settings of the leading national public health institution and provides arguments to inform decision makers about a significant gap between digital technology and institution as well as contribute to generating institutional changes at the country level.
Yuri Zelenski
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
State University of Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Foundation in Support of the Ophthalmology Department
Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
Chur, Switzerland
DGZ International
Ottawa, Canada
Email: yuri.zelenski@gmail.com
Dieter Eisenmann
Foundation in Support of the Ophthalmology Department
Hospital Albert Schweitzer Haiti
Chur, Switzerland
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
State University of Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Kantonsspital Graubünden
Chur, Schweiz
Email: dr.d.eisenmann@gmail.com
References
- 1.World Bank. The World Development Report 2016: digital dividends. Available from: http://www.worldbank.org [cited 1 May 2016].
- 2.UN. The Millennium Development Goals Report 2015: Measure what we treasure: sustainable data for sustainable development. Available from: http://mdgs.un.org [cited 15 April 2016].
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