INSTEDD

Programs: Health information systems -instedd works with several stakeholders in the area of health information systems design, development and implementation. This work includes the work formerly referred to as hi-ppp which is now called openhie and is funded by pepfar. Instedd is a founding member of this community and is responsible for the facility registry community activities. Instedd's ilab southeast asia team created, designed and developed the tool resource map, which is the reference technology that the facility registry module built upon. Instedd worked with the countries of tanzania and rwanda to implement the first instances of the openhie architectures through the facility registry module. Along with the initial implementations, instedd provided direct support to the online community strategy for openhie for community engagement, branding, technical guides, and country support.

connected diagnostics initiative -in 2011 instedd developed the concept of providing a software platform that was interoperable and could be connected to diagnostic devices to allow for remote telemetry of diagnostic equipment and testing machines. In that same year instedd partnered with cepheid, inc. , a leading diagnostics equipment manufacturer to pilot the platform using cloud hosting and and an internet of things approach in south africa in a tb study. In the ensuing 3 years instedd further refined and enhanced the platform to work with multiple equipment and test platforms and in late 2013 partnered with find diagnostics, a diagnostic solution provider and implementer, to form the connected diagnostics intiative, ("cdx") which brings advanced telemetry, sophisticated dashboard capacity, mobile and cloud based systems and services, to the open source software platform.

ebola response program - in august of 2014, instedd was engaged by google. Org to help unicef integrate their rapidpro tool with instedd's interactive voice technology, verboice with the goal of enabling rapidpro users in the west african countries impacted by the ebola outbreak to overcome literacy barriers found with a text message solution. Additionally, instedd was asked to integrate the data collection tool ona with both voice (ivr) and sms (text) using our instedd hub platform which allowed data collected to be routed to either rapidpro or ona or both. Instedd made it possible for unicef to integrate the tools they were using in the field to collect data from various sources which provided support to their overall response capabilities. At this same time instedd was working with an on the ground organization called odisi, as design and development partners for the technology that was the backbone of the act project - assisted contact tracing. Act allows people to self-report symptoms of ebola using their mobile phones. In october instedd was funded by skoll global threats fund to support the centers for disease control's active monitoring program for cdc employees returning from ebola impacted countries to the us. The ivr system was customized for cdc usings instedd's verboice and mbuilder technology platforms allowing for voice and sms two-way communications with travelers. The system was successful and was able to screen and identify infected individuals and have them properly quarantined.