Jamaica - Consultants for health scheme

Description

The Ministry of Health and Wellness (MoHW) of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is seeking to strengthen information systems for health (IS4H).

IS4H is the World Health Organisation renewed framework for strengthening country-level information systems. It may be described as the integrated effort for convergence of interconnected and interoperable systems, data, information and knowledge, processes, standards, people and institutions supported by ICTs that help to produce information for planning and decision-making.

IS4H is a mechanism for managing interoperable systems with open data that comes from different sources and that is ethically used, through effective ICT tools, to generate strategic information for the benefit of public health. It is a key strategy in the renewed efforts of the MoHW to strengthen and expand its use of information technology to improve the efficiency, efficacy and safety of both clinical and business processes. It will also improve the availability of quality information to support clinical, program and policy decision-making.

The global fund is partnering with the ministry to support this initiative which is the design of the national digital health architecture. The architecture will be developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Science, Energy and Technology and related institutions.

To date, the MoHW has obtained a blueprint and blueprint placemat for the digital health architecture. The business, information and technical architectures are the focus of this consultation.

The primary function of this contract is to develop and validate the detailed digital health architectural components documentation that will enable the MoHW's vision for 1S4H in Jamaica.

The GOJ has a vision for an interoperable national digital health architecture that facilitates the exchange of health information across both public and private health service providers. This will connect local point of service platforms (for example, electronic medical records systems and pharmacy information systems) through a national health information exchange platform and repository.

The blueprint identifies key architecture components and services, technical and data standards and data flows that will enable a secure and shared national electronic health record (EHR) for all individuals in Jamaica and the exchange of information between local point of service health information systems.

The detailed architectural documentation will extend the blueprint to provide the architecture specifications including business architecture, information architecture and technical architecture.

Note that this engagement does not include the evaluation or identification of specific technical solutions to support the blueprint, nor does it include change management or other implementation services associated with development of the core architectural component.

Key responsibilities as a consultant will include:

• reviewing the existing GOJ strategies and visioning documents for the EHR architecture to understand the strategic context and priorities
• reviewing the existing conceptual blueprint that establishes a technical vision for a national HER architecture in Jamaica that is based primarily on open standards, open technologies, global best practices and identifying a development roadmap over a multi-year period
• developing and maintaining a stakeholder engagement and consultation approach to gather the required information from the MOH and other health system stakeholders. This is to understand the Jamaican health system, key stakeholders, business and clinical functions and align with national health system strategic priorities
• planning, facilitating and documenting stakeholder engagement and consultation sessions
• working with health sector representatives and other sectors’ stakeholders to develop and validate the EHR business architecture that describes the functions, responsibilities and governance structure to maintain the EHR
• working with health sector representatives and other sectors’ stakeholders to develop and validate the information architecture that describes the data model and flows and the information and messaging standards for the EHR
• working with health sector representatives and other sectors’ stakeholders to extend and validate the blueprint to include detailed platforms and technical standards and components of the EHR
• establishing a roadmap and work plan prioritising the build of the technical components
• ensuring the requisite knowledge transfer to appropriate health and other sectors’ representatives
• reporting on status at intervals

Deliverables:

• work plan – A work plan outlining the key activities and schedule that you will undertake. This will have a focus on stakeholder engagement and consultation activities. A review of the previously developed e-health architecture blueprint and placemat is advised
• business architecture – A report and executive-level presentation describing the national functions and responsibilities for development and maintenance of the architecture, stakeholder roles and the decision-making and governance structure
• information architecture – A report and executive-level presentation defining the national conceptual data model, data dictionary, data flows and information and messaging standards
• technical architecture – A report and executive-level presentation describing in detail the required technical components (for example, client registry and healthcare facilities registry), platforms and technical standards that should be adopted and any other technical architecture components required to support the digital health strategy
• roadmap and work plan – A high-level work plan outlining anticipated development and implementation activities, effort and priorities to build the digital health architecture

Opportunity closing date

09 October 2023

Value of contract

to be confirmed

The buyer is happy to talk to

manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, agents, consultants