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Key National HIS Success Technology: Change Management

Washington DC | By Wayan Vota on June 30, 2009 | 7 Comments

In this month’s Technology Salon, National Health Information Systems: Who Uses What, Where?, we discussed a recently-completed study by Vital Wave Consulting that surveyed the global landscape of national HIS ecosystems in the developing world. The overall outcome may surprise development practitioners, but its well known to IT experts: basic change management matters more than fancy technology.

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More Tech Salons About India’s National Rural Health Mission

Key National HIS Success Technology: Change Management

Upcoming Meetings

Please RSVP Now: What is 'Agentic AI' for the Social Sector?

Please RSVP Now: How to Address Key Tensions When Developing Organizational AI Policies?

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