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CHAI was founded in 2002 in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic with the goal of dramatically reducing the price of life-saving drugs and increasing access to these medicines in the countries with the highest burden of the disease. Over the following two decades, CHAI has expanded its focus. Today, along with HIV, we work in conjunction with our partners to prevent and treat infectious diseases such as COVID-19, malaria, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Our work has also expanded into cancer, diabetes, hypertension, and other non-communicable diseases, and we work to accelerate the rollout of lifesaving vaccines, reduce maternal and child mortality, combat chronic malnutrition, and increase access to assistive technology. We are investing in horizontal approaches to strengthen health systems through programs in human resources for health, digital health, and health financing. With each new and innovative program, our strategy is grounded in maximizing sustainable impact at scale, ensuring that governments lead the solutions, that programs are designed to scale nationally, and learnings are shared globally.

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Project Background:

 

Launched in September 2021, the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) seeks to power India’s quest for Universal Health Coverage by creating the interoperability required for digital health technologies and platforms to ‘speak’ seamlessly to each other, thereby making healthcare interventions more affordable and accessible for all Indian citizens.

 

Central to ABDM is the principle of consent, and the concept of a health account (Ayushman Bharat Health Account or ABHA). An Indian Citizen can create an ABHA and link their personal health and / or medical records to this account. Using the ABDM’s Consent Manager functionality, they can then share their records with any other system that is ABDM-enabled. For instance, if they have been referred to a specialist for a consultation, they may provide them with access to diagnostic and other records that provide the specialist a comprehensive view of their medical history. Similarly, at the registration desk of a hospital, instead of waiting in a long queue, a patient can simply scan a QR code and transfer basic details about themselves (attached to their ABHA) to the hospital’s registration system and receive a ‘token’. This ‘scan and share’ functionality has been deployed across 3,400+ facilities across the country and has already generated over 1.6 crore tokens. It remains, however, just one example of the utility of ABDM. Many more such functionalities and use cases of that unlock the full potential of ABDM are on the anvil.

 

There has already been tremendous progress in the adoption of ABDM:

• Over 511 million ABHA created
• Over 333 million health records linked to ABHAs
• Over 228,000 health facilities registered and verified (on the Health Facilities Registry)
• Over 263,000 health professionals registered and verified (on the Healthcare Professionals Registry)
• Over 160 partners have made their systems ABDM-enabled

(Refer https://dashboard.abdm.gov.in/abdm/ for more details)

 

WJCF supports the National Health Authority (NHA), an autonomous government institution that are tasked with the implementation of ABDM, to strengthen the roll-out and scale-up this transformative digital health initiative. We have been selected to provide support to the Uttar Pradesh State ABDM Office in driving adoption of ABDM in the state. Our focus is on driving adoption of ABDM among healthcare providers, especially private sector physicians. ABDM’s progression to date has been led largely by the government sector. For ABDM to reach its full potential, it is crucial for the private sector to come on board in full measure. A key constituency in the private sector are doctors, who are not only the main ‘consumers’ of health and medical records (on the basis of which they make their diagnoses and prescribe care) but also the main ‘producers’ of these records.

Position Summary:

 

WJCF has been selected by the Uttar Pradesh State ABDM Office to serve as the ‘Development Partner’ for eight microsites (Aligarh, Bareilly, Bijnor, Ghaziabad, Hardoi, Muzaffarnagar, Rampur, and Saharanpur) in line with the ‘Operational Guidelines for Activating Microsites in the Country’. This would, among other things, entail working closely with multiple stakeholders, including the State ABDM Office, state-and local-level authorities and professional bodies, the on-ground field staff of ‘Interfacing Agency’ and most importantly, healthcare professionals, to successfully implement the microsites. As a ‘Development Partner’, WJCF will also be responsible for building capacity of the field staff deployed by the ‘Interfacing Agency’ and supporting the State ABDM Office in reporting the progress across the microsites to the NHA

 

Towards this end, WJCF is looking for a Senior Analyst to work in close collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh State ABDM Office in Lucknow and support the Interfacing Agencies working for the implementation of microsites in Aligarh, Bareilly, Hardoi and Rampur to help drive adoption of ABDM among healthcare professionals in the state.

 

The Senior Analyst will support the State ABDM Office in widening their engagement with healthcare professionals by leveraging various existing platforms such as medical conferences, digital health events, and such others and deepen the engagement with the healthcare professionals through implementation of ‘microsites’ In the state. This approach is predicated on regular in-person engagement with healthcare professionals in a limited geography. The objective is to introduce ABDM (and more broadly, the value proposition of digitization) to healthcare professionals and facilitate their journeys to ABDM-enabled healthcare delivery. The milestones in this journey include:

• registering healthcare professionals onto the Healthcare Professionals Registry (HPR),
• signing the clinics / hospitals they work at on to the Health Facilities Registry (HFR),
• adopting ABDM-enabled Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) that suit their needs, and
• using the functionalities of the ABDM-enabled HMIS in care delivery to their patients

The microsite approach to adoption is important for the ABDM ecosystem in two main ways:

• By focusing on a specific geography, and engaging deeply with an ecosystem of providers, it helps catalyse demand for ABDM through a ‘flywheel’ effect. By developing a core of early adopters, it aims to jump start word-of-mouth and demonstrative effects that will drive wider adoption.
• As sites for learning and experimentation, microsites deepen the ABDM ecosystem’s understanding of attitudes, incentives and circumstances that can drive or hinder adoption of ABDM, thereby helping to identify new use cases and sharpen its value proposition.

This role provides an opportunity to be at the heart of and directly influence the nascent and fast-moving digital health journey in India. While based out of the State ABDM Office in Lucknow, the successful candidate will be supported by and work closely with our ABDM Adoption team based out of the NHA.

Primary responsibilities will include:

• Working closely with stakeholders at State ABDM Office (SAO), Uttar Pradesh to design and implement an effective communication strategy and for creating awareness about ABDM and conduct regular capacity building initiative(s) in the state.
• Strategic planning and execution of program activities by closely working with the field team (hired by the Interfacing Agency) and managing week-to-week targets and improvising the implementation strategy (if required).
• Building key stakeholder relationship(s) with (i) ABDM-enabled IT solution providers, (ii) Medical Associations and Councils, (iii) State ABDM office, and other(s) as required
• Systematically monitoring progress, documenting, and distilling insights and reporting for the microsite(s) implemented in Uttar Pradesh.
• Liaising with stakeholders such as the (i) Information, Education and Communication (IEC) team at NHA, and (ii) Various ABDM-enabled IT solution providers to ensure that field team (hired by the interfacing agency) is enabled to provide up-to-date and accurate information to healthcare professionals and to ensure a smooth onboarding process.
• Supporting SAO to identify and participate in medical conferences, workshops, and CME sessions to convey benefits of becoming a part of the ABDM ecosystem.
• Engaging professional bodies and associations of healthcare professionals to leverage their existing communication channels (sessions, newsletters, magazines, blogposts, and such others) for spreading awareness about ABDM among their members.
• Working closely with communication and research partners to sharpen the articulation and methods of conveying the value proposition of ABDM to healthcare professionals.
• Exploring other innovative ways to reach out and engage healthcare professionals to enable them to participate in India’s digital health journey.

Required

• Master’s/Bachelor’s degree in management, public health, engineering, digital health, public policy, or similar fields.
• Work experience of at least 4 years in management consulting, public health, data analysis, public policy, digital health, or allied areas.
• Proven performance in a fast-paced, results driven environment.

Preferred

• Experience working in a multi-stakeholder environment and / or government stakeholder management experience would be a strong positive.
• Experience in e-governance or digital health programs in India.

Skills & Traits:

Required

• Excellent analytical (qualitative and quantitative) skills and communication (written and verbal) skills.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint and Word.
• Willingness to travel within and across states, as required and for extended periods (up to 40% travel).
• Ability to think strategically, handle ambiguity, and problem solve in a fast-paced, limited-structure, multicultural environment.
• Impeccable integrity
• Humility and open-mindedness
• Learning mentality
• Tenacity and resourcefulness
• Willingness to speak up, and then to commit once a decision is taken.
• Fluency in English.

Preferred

• Ability to navigate complex processes and influence decision-making in a professional and collaborative manner.
• Fluency in Hindi and additional Indian language.

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