Creating a Health Information Exchange System in Rwanda

The SAVICS team learned many lessons on the way to establishing client and facility registries.
| Lessons Learned |

The SAVICS team learned many lessons on the way to establishing client and facility registries.

Here are the most important items they examined when thinking on future projects:

Real-world scope of projects should be defined ahead of time to establish parameters and expectations for all stakeholders involved.

Clarify the individual OpenHIE components needed for a project alongside the Ministry of Health in the country. 

Clarify metadata sharing policies before starting OpenMRS customization or module developments, 

Check the license before using code on GitHub while working on an open source project

It is better to use Kubernetes or swarm for Docker deployment, even where the deployment may seem simple.

Establish a team working at the HIS department of the country.

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