Towards interoperable e-Health system in Tanzania: analysis and evaluation of the current security trends and big data sharing dynamics

This research article published by the International Journal of Advanced Technology and Engineering Exploration (IJATEE), Volume-6 Issue-59 October-2019In this paper an insight on various e-health interoperable systems was reviewed to discover strengths and challenges faced during sustainable implementation. It covered local, national and regional coverage of integrated systems towards implementation of a single unified e-health system. Peer reviewed and grey literatures were consulted to discover global and local trend and efforts towards implementations of e-health interoperable systems. The available systems and frameworks from the European Union, Asia, America, Oceania and Africa were analyzed for their strengths and challenges. Various policies, guides as well as free and proprietary standards associated with e-health interoperability was reviewed to understand the common standards adopted by the majority of existing systems. The findings of the analysis are useful for policy makers on the best ways to implement interoperable systems in developing countries by focusing on the existing infrastructures and the environment. Similarly, the strengths and challenges encountered by interoperable systems were also examined to provide recommendations for future studies

Preliminary Insights into Dominant Issues, Theories and Methodologies in Platform Interoperability Research

This study presents preliminary insights on the dominant issues, theories, and methodologies in existing research on platform interoperability. The authors illustrate their position by analysing the various issues, theoretical approaches and research methodologies found in these studies. A total of 70 papers obtained from five academic literature databases from 2008 to 2018 were reviewed. The findings suggest that the reviewed studies largely lack theorisation. As such, we suggest that theorisation underpins future interoperability research. These research should, first, explore the antecedents of platform interoperability and how differing interests of stakeholders are unified and implemented. Second future research should explore technological and non-technological (process, administrative and structural) changes that organizations undergo while attempting to adopt interoperability and how the change shapes the outcome of the process. Lastly, future research needs to also examine the context-based factors that influence interoperability and how these factors compare or contrast across private and public sector organizations