Overview
Conduct a technical assessment to evaluate the interoperability and integration of UNRWA's Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system with Jordan's national health information ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
- Review UNRWA’s current digital health system architecture, workflows, and reporting mechanisms.
- Analyze the proposed design of the upcoming EMR system.
- Document current reporting requirements to national health authorities.
- Assess the national health information ecosystem in Jordan.
- Identify systems used by relevant stakeholders, including the Ministry of Health.
- Document system architecture, data standards, APIs and interoperability capabilities, reporting requirements, and data governance structures.
- Evaluate international digital health interoperability standards (e.g. HL7, FHIR, ICD classifications).
- Assess data exchange mechanisms, health information architecture compatibility, patient identity management considerations, and data quality and validation requirements.
- Provide technical inputs on UNRWA internal regulations on data governance and confidentiality, data protection requirements, and institutional agreements required for system integration.
- Identify technical, operational, and institutional risks, and propose mitigation strategies.
- Prepare a practical integration roadmap including recommended interoperability model, phased implementation plan, resource requirements, institutional coordination mechanisms, budget estimates, timeline and milestones.
Required Experience
- Minimum seven (10) years of relevant professional experience.
- Demonstrated experience in EMR implementation or interoperability projects.
- Experience working with government health systems or international organizations.
- Demonstrated experience working with Jordanian health systems, including key national platforms such as Hakeem (national EHR), the Jordan Center for Disease Control (JCDC), and the Ministry of Health HMIS, with a proven ability to collaborate effectively with legal departments on data governance and compliance requirements.
- Experience conducting technical feasibility studies.
- Knowledge of health data standards and interoperability frameworks.
- Desirable: Experience in the Middle East region.
- Desirable: Experience working with UN agencies or donor-funded projects.
Qualifications
Masters' Degree in Health Informatics, Public Health, Information Systems, Digital Health, Health Policy, Business Administration, Management, International Development or another related discipline.
