Missed opportunities for digital health data use in healthcare decision-making: A cross-sectional digital health landscape assessment in Homa Bay county, Kenya.

ABSTRACT: The proliferation of digital health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa is driven by the need to improve healthcare access and decision-making. This digitisation has been marked by fragmented implementation, the absence of universal patient identifiers, inadequate system linkages, limited data sharing, and reliance on donor-driven funding. Consequently, the increase in digital health data generation is not matched by similar growth in data use for decision-making, patient-centric care, and research. This study aimed to describe the digital health landscape in Homa Bay County and highlight the strengths and limitations of using digital health data for healthcare decision-making. We used mixed methods. A cross-sectional survey was conducted between June 2022 and October 2023 in 112 healthcare faci

SUBMITTER: Chepkirui M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12165431 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature