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Digital Square grounds its approaches in Enterprise Architecture, building on the successes and lessons learned across PATH. We partner with countries to implement or strengthen the technical structure of a holistic, interoperable digital system and expand country capacity to manage it over the long-term.
Read MoreThe strategy reaffirms Digital Square’s existing vision and mission, updates our theory of change and metrics for measuring impact, and—perhaps most importantly—articulates what we believe our role is in the digital health sector. It also captures pivotal shifts in how we approach each area of our work: improving alignment and co-investment in digital health, strengthening the global goods ecosystem, and supporting countries’ digital transformation.
Read MoreDigital Square at PATH is excited to announce 36 global goods from 19 countries spread across six continents as the successful applicants of the first round of Notice G. Launched in late August 2022, Notice G was a unique call for software applications, focused on a revised evaluation of Digital Square’s current approved global goods and identification of new global goods. Unlike previous calls, Notice G was not associated with funding, allowing us to open up the process to focus on a tool’s alignment with open source principles and maturity.
Read MoreIn September 2022, DICE launched the delivery of a course that aimed to equip health leaders with the skills necessary to lead digital health systems planning in their countries, resulting in scalable, sustainable, and interoperable systems. The 12-week “Digital Health: Planning National Systems'' online course was developed to empower ministry leadership with the technical concepts and planning tools necessary to steer and orient national digital health stakeholders.
Read MoreGDHF 2022 convened over 500 digital health advocates in-person in Arlington, Virginia, and invited an additional 1,500 participants online, creating a hybrid space where partnership and innovation could bloom.
Read MoreThe Rockefeller Foundation and PATH announced the Digital Results Improve Vaccine Equity and Demand (DRIVE Demand) project, a two-year, US$5 million partnership with PATH’s Digital Square initiative to deploy and expand the use of digital health tools in Jamaica, Mali, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia.
Read MoreCosts are a major consideration when planning a digital health intervention. Digital Square’s new Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Tool is an interactive budgeting and benchmarking resource intended to help health leaders understand and develop realistic budgets for digital health projects.
Read MoreDigital Square is pleased to announce its endorsement of the Charter for Digital Public Goods (DPG Charter), a multi-stakeholder campaign to align and mobilize diverse stakeholders and initiatives around a compelling shared vision for digital public goods (DPGs).
Read MoreWe believe that supporting and scaling locally led innovations can help ensure that the implementation of digital programs is equitable.
Read MorePATH supports local entrepreneurs to expand access to and sustainability of digital health tools.
Read MoreDigital health transformation - a major theme at the October 2022 World Health Summit - is essential to achieving health equity. Read three key takeaways from discussions.
Read MoreWe invite you to provide your feedback on these shifts in this version of the 2023 Digital Square Strategy using this form by 15 December 2022.
Read MoreFast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is an open-source data standard that enables seamless data exchange within and between health systems.
Read MoreDigital Square at PATH strives to change to global health status quo through our governance model. Governance encompasses decision rights, leadership structures, management processes, policies, procedures, and accountabilities that guide the pursuit of the initiative’s objectives. These structures provide an opportunity to redistribute power, influence, and representation.
Read MoreGiven the shifts in the ecosystem over the past several years and in response to community feedback, Digital Square recently launched a special call for applications, Notice G, which is dedicated to funding digital health technologies worldwide that qualify as global goods. Existing global goods are invited to participate in this call.
Read MoreUser experience (UX) design is driving value in digital health and shaping the future of health care worldwide. Through UX design, companies provide meaningful digital health products that facilitate positive interactions and experiences for end-users.
Read MoreDigital Square is pleased to announce its first call for digital entrepreneurs based in Africa interested in working in the health sector. This call seeks to connect local solutions to financial assistance, technical resources, and opportunities to scale for innovative entrepreneurs.
Read MoreDigital Square is excited to launch its third edition of the Global Goods Guidebook, showcasing 35 mature digital global goods that are readily adaptable and scalable and used in more than 130 countries around the world. The advancement of global goods is crucial for saving lives and improving health around the world because these free and open source digital health tools can be used across different countries and health program verticals, cutting down on fragmentation and duplication to accelerate scale and health impact.
Read MoreDigital financial services (DFS) for health are seen as an important lever toward the goal of achieving universal health coverage (UHC) in low- and middle-income countries. To augment a systematic review conducted by USAID’s Local Health Systems Sustainability project, Management Sciences for Health developed two programmatic case studies in Rwanda and Kenya to examine the innovative use of DFS for health to support UHC at scale.
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