Kathmandu University to use openIMIS as a case study to teach healthcare financing and economics in its newly launched Department of Health Informatics under the School of Engineering

Screenshot of Health Care Financing and Economics course details (Source: Kathmandu University) The recently established Department of Health Informatics at the School of Engineering, Kathmandu University integrated openIMIS, a digital tool used for health financing management in Nepal, in its Health Care Financing and Economics course for both undergraduate and graduate programs. With the goal

2025-03-17T17:30:27+08:00November 20th, 2024|Tags: , , |

openIMIS Regional Hub in Asia participates in the testing of new openIMIS functionalities 

Screenshot of the openIMIS demo instance’s policy page Coordinated by the AeHIN-openIMIS regional hub, ten identified testers from Nepal (Tinker Technology and Kathmandu University) and the Philippines (San Beda College of Medicine and AeHIN Secretariat based in Manila) joined the beta testing for the October 2024 software release of openIMIS. The testers were given the

2025-03-17T17:28:36+08:00November 15th, 2024|Tags: , , |

AeHIN highlights global digital health collaborations, including its efforts in the openIMIS regional hub Asia at a World Health Summit side event

AeHIN Executive Director Jai Ganesh Udayasankaran delivers a keynote address at a World Health Summit Side Event, “Digital Health Unbound: Global Collaborators for Better Care” (Source: Lucas Kahl Design) Berlin, Germany - The Global Digital Last Mile Health Lab (GDLMHL) at the Charité Center for Global Health, together with the Geneva Digital Health Hub (gdhub)

2025-03-17T17:29:47+08:00November 15th, 2024|Tags: , |

openIMIS Webinar – openIMIS UHC in Health Financing in Thailand

AeHIN conducted a webinar on October 16, 2024, where Dr. Supasit Pannarunothai, a Professor of Community Medicine at Naresuan University in Thailand, outlined and explained Thailand’s health financing information systems and healthcare payment models. The session was attended by 31 participants from 19 countries. Dr. Panarrunothai first presented Thailand's health insurance model and the health

2025-03-17T17:32:32+08:00October 30th, 2024|Tags: , , |

AeHIN conducts openIMIS feasibility in Lao PDR

Tinker Tech, NHIB, and CBHI Office discuss how workflows in community-based health insurance work, including implementation challenges Vientiane, Lao PDR—On behalf of the openIMIS regional hub Asia hosted by the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN), Mr. Sunil Parajuli (Team Lead) and Mr. Ranjeet Bhlon (System Analyst) from Tinker Technology based in Kathmandu, Nepal, visited the

2025-03-17T17:30:58+08:00June 19th, 2024|Tags: , , |

openIMIS Webinar – Exploring openIMIS’ Potential Use in Lao PDR’s Community-based Health Insurance Scheme

On May 22, 2024, Mr. Sunil Parajuli from TinkerTech presented the results and recommendations from a technical feasibility assessment conducted in Lao PDR to explore the use of openIMIS for the Community-based Health Insurance scheme on AeHIN Hour. The webinar was attended by 42 participants from 23 countries. The feasibility study explored how Lao PDR

2025-03-17T17:32:02+08:00June 5th, 2024|Tags: , , |

openIMIS Webinar – Status of openIMIS in Nepal

On April 30, 2024, Mr. Kalu Singh Karki, Senior IT Officer from the Government of Nepal Health Insurance Board (HIB), Dr. Roshan Koju, Director of the Information Management Division at Social Security Fund (SSF) Nepal, and Mr. Purushottam Sapkota, Technical Advisor from GIZ Nepal, shared their organization's respective experiences in implementing openIMIS, including use cases

2025-03-17T17:31:26+08:00May 14th, 2024|Tags: , , |

AeHIN completes openIMIS ToT Workshop at SLCM

AeHIN has successfully conducted the second leg of its openIMIS ToT Workshop held at St. Luke's College of Medicine (SLCM) last November 9, 2019. A total of seven participants composed of students and faculty from SLCM participated in the workshop. As suggested in the first openIMIS ToT Workshop held in UP Manila last September, AeHIN

2020-01-08T12:01:22+08:00November 10th, 2019|Tags: , , |

AeHIN completes first openIMIS T-o-T Workshop in UP Manila

As part of the openIMIS initiative, AeHIN is leading the formation of an openIMIS Community of Practice (CoP) in Asia. On September 12, AeHIN completed its first openIMIS ToT Workshop in UP Manila. The workshop was attended by MS Health Informatics students and faculty of the UP College of Medicine. Ms. Kristin Pascual and

2019-10-16T17:12:25+08:00September 13th, 2019|Tags: , , , |

Save the Date: openIMIS ToT Workshop in the Philippines (UP Manila)

Advancing the 2030 Agenda through openIMIS The openIMIS initiative works to include excluded populations into social (health) protection schemes by improving the schemes’ data and information management capacities through openIMIS. openIMIS is the first open-source software for the linking of beneficiary, provider and payer data. It benefits the management of the social health protection

2019-10-16T17:22:35+08:00September 7th, 2019|Tags: , , |
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