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HIS Standardization in Developing Countries: Use of Boundary Objects to Enable Multiple Translations

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dc.creator Nyella, Edwin E
dc.creator Kimaro, Honest C.
dc.date 2016-01-29T11:01:30Z
dc.date 2016-01-29T11:01:30Z
dc.date 2015-12
dc.date.accessioned 2018-03-27T08:52:08Z
dc.date.available 2018-03-27T08:52:08Z
dc.identifier Nyella, Edwin E. Mr. and Kimaro, Honest Dr. (2015) "HIS Standardization in Developing Countries: Use of Boundary Objects to Enable Multiple Translations," The African Journal of Information Systems: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 4.
dc.identifier 1936-0282
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/226
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3407
dc.description Available at: http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/ajis/vol8/iss1/4
dc.description Standardization and integration of Health Information Systems (HIS) in most developing countries has been reported as a complex undertaking due to poverty, multiplicity of diseases and diverse actors working in various initiatives within the healthcare context. The need for collaborative investments in HIS strengthening is highlighted by major actors such as WHO, as significant to achieve an integrated HIS. However, despite the fact that involvement of multiple partners is desirable as a vehicle to attain an integrated HIS, entailed challenges should be understood and well managed. By drawing on the concept of translation from actor network theory supplemented by the notion of boundary objects, we examine the HIS standardization challenges and the strategies to curb them in the context of multiple divergent actors engaging in HIS integration process in Tanzania. The article stresses the need to coordinate the standardization process through circulation of boundary objects across the involved multiple actors.
dc.language en_US
dc.subject standardization
dc.subject integration
dc.subject boundary objects
dc.title HIS Standardization in Developing Countries: Use of Boundary Objects to Enable Multiple Translations
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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