The use of data and dashboards to improve quality of neonatal hospital care in Kenya

Thesis

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to reduce neonatal mortality to at least 12 deaths per 1,000 live births by 2030, yet significant newborn care challenges persist in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), casting doubt on whether this target will be met. The World Health Organization’s Every Newborn Action Plan highlights the urgent need to reduce newborn mortality and morbidity and use data to improve quality of care. However, research has focused on data availability, syst...

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Authors: Hagel, C

• DOI: 10.5287/ora-6reaz0vmg
• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: dashboard user experience and user interface; human-centred design; dashboard design; human-computer interaction in healthcare; hospital data visualisation and use; health information systems; health systems performance; neonatal data visualisation; newborn quality improvement; clinical performance feedback intervention theory; audit & feedback theory; mixed methods health research; dashboard and scorecards in healthcare; user-centred design; hospital performance feedback intervention; dashboard usability testing; quality of care in low- and middle-income countries (LMICS)
• Subjects: Human-Centred Design / User Experience in Healthcare; Global Health; Health Informatics / Digital Health; Implementation Science; Maternal and Child Health / Neonatology; Health Systems and Policy; Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)