Requirements for Implementing Syntactic Interoperability Data Standards to Facilitate Health Information Exchange (HIE) for Uganda’s Healthcare System

Moses Bagyendera; Peter Nabende; Brian Godman; Josephine Nabukenya

doi:10.1007/978-3-032-10685-8_13

Requirements for Implementing Syntactic Interoperability Data Standards to Facilitate Health Information Exchange (HIE) for Uganda’s Healthcare System

Moses Bagyendera^*
, Peter Nabende
, Brian Godman
, Josephine Nabukenya

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Pharmacy

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Abstract

Modern health systems rely on complex interactions among various stakeholders, including patients, caregivers, healthcare workers, specialists, pharmacies, laboratories, hospitals, clinics, insurance entities, and research institutions from both the public and private sectors. Achieving effective collaboration among these actors requires robust interoperability of information and communication technology (ICT) systems. This paper outlines a vision for developing a national interoperability framework for eHealth in Uganda, aligned with the WHO Global Strategic Framework 2020–2025. It presents a set of validated requirements for selecting interoperability data standards to enhance health information use, focusing on HIV and TB as case studies. The Health Information Innovation and Research and Working Group (HIIRETWG) of Uganda’s Ministry of Health validated these requirements to guide digital health strategy implementation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - 10th International Conference, ICT4AWE 2024, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Martina Ziefle, María Lozano Perez, Maurice Mulvenna
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	222-231
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Print)	9783032106841
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10685-8_13
Publication status	Published - 2026
Event	10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2024 - Angers, France Duration: 28 Apr 2024 → 30 Apr 2024

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	2762 CCIS
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2024
Country/Territory	France
City	Angers
Period	28/Apr/24 → 30/Apr/24

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Data and interoperability standards
Data use
Electronic medical records
Health information systems
eHealth

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Bagyendera, M., Nabende, P., Godman, B., & Nabukenya, J. (2026). Requirements for Implementing Syntactic Interoperability Data Standards to Facilitate Health Information Exchange (HIE) for Uganda’s Healthcare System. In M. Ziefle, M. Lozano Perez, & M. Mulvenna (Eds.), Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - 10th International Conference, ICT4AWE 2024, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 222-231). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 2762 CCIS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10685-8_13

Bagyendera, Moses ; Nabende, Peter ; Godman, Brian et al. / Requirements for Implementing Syntactic Interoperability Data Standards to Facilitate Health Information Exchange (HIE) for Uganda’s Healthcare System. Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - 10th International Conference, ICT4AWE 2024, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Martina Ziefle ; María Lozano Perez ; Maurice Mulvenna. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2026. pp. 222-231 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Bagyendera, M, Nabende, P, Godman, B & Nabukenya, J 2026, Requirements for Implementing Syntactic Interoperability Data Standards to Facilitate Health Information Exchange (HIE) for Uganda’s Healthcare System. in M Ziefle, M Lozano Perez & M Mulvenna (eds), Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - 10th International Conference, ICT4AWE 2024, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 2762 CCIS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 222-231, 10th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health, ICT4AWE 2024, Angers, France, 28/Apr/24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-10685-8_13

Requirements for Implementing Syntactic Interoperability Data Standards to Facilitate Health Information Exchange (HIE) for Uganda’s Healthcare System. / Bagyendera, Moses; Nabende, Peter; Godman, Brian et al.
Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - 10th International Conference, ICT4AWE 2024, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Martina Ziefle; María Lozano Perez; Maurice Mulvenna. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2026. p. 222-231 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 2762 CCIS).

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Bagyendera M, Nabende P, Godman B, Nabukenya J. Requirements for Implementing Syntactic Interoperability Data Standards to Facilitate Health Information Exchange (HIE) for Uganda’s Healthcare System. In Ziefle M, Lozano Perez M, Mulvenna M, editors, Information and Communication Technologies for Ageing Well and e-Health - 10th International Conference, ICT4AWE 2024, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2026. p. 222-231. (Communications in Computer and Information Science). doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-10685-8_13

Requirements for Implementing Syntactic Interoperability Data Standards to Facilitate Health Information Exchange (HIE) for Uganda’s Healthcare System

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