This Community of Practice is made up of local and regional health offices as well as professionals who meet to discuss the exchange of health information. There will be HMIS experts, IT experts with HIS experience, data scientists, health and health-related policymakers, academics with HIS and/or interoperability experience, and others. The Ethiopian Ministry of Health is in charge of coordination, with assistance from the UoG-team. The interoperability community of Practice encourages its members to include and articulate health information exchange at local and regional levels.

Purpose of the Workshop

The purpose of the workshop is to establish an interoperability academy and create an understanding of its functions, establish a community of practice on interoperability, and provide introductory training on interoperability to HIS leaders and developers.

Expected Outcome

The expected outcomes of the workshop are:

1. Launched Interoperability academy
2. Established community of practice on interoperability
3. A better understanding of interoperability