SHA HMIS Transition Explained: DHA Certification and SHA Integration for Kenyan Hospitals If you run a hospital or clinic in Kenya and you keep hearing “HMIS,” “DHA certified,” “AfyaConnect” and “the portal is closing” without anyone explaining what it all means, this guide is for you. No prior knowledge needed. The 60-second version For years,…
How MedicentreV3 Makes Hospital Software Onboarding Easier with a Role-Based LMS Ask any hospital administrator who has been through a system change what worries them most, and the answer is rarely the software itself. It’s the people. Will the new nurses on the night shift know how to use it? What happens when your best-trained…
DHA HMIS Certification & SHA Claims Integration: What Every Kenyan Health Facility Must Know In 2023, Kenya enacted the Digital Health Act, legislation that established the legal and institutional foundation for a fully connected national health data system. Since then, the Digital Health Agency (DHA) has been building the infrastructure, setting the standards, and creating…
Kenya Is Building a Unified Language for Health Information, Here is Why That Matters Imagine a patient is prescribed a common painkiller. At one hospital, the system records it as “Panadol.” At another, it is entered as “Paracetamol 500mg Tablet.” Same medication. Two completely different entries. Now that patient’s record needs to move between those…
Kenya Digital Health Superhighway Explained: What Every Health Facility Needs to Know You have probably heard the phrase “Digital Health Superhighway” in a SHA circular, a DHA meeting, or from your HMIS vendor. Here is what it actually means, without the jargon. Imagine this: A patient’s blood test results are stored in the laboratory system…
