Digital adaptation kit for HIV: operational requirements for implementing WHO recommendations in digital systems

Book excerpt: Digital Adaptation Kits (DAKs) are part of the WHO SMART guidelines initiative and include data and health content consistent with WHO’s HIV recommendations that are generically applicable to digital systems. They are software-neutral, operational, and structured documentation based on WHO clinical, health system and data use recommendations to systematically and transparently inform the design of digital systems. The components include: (1) linked health interventions and recommendations; (2) personas; (3) user scenarios; (4) business processes and workflows; (5) core data elements mapped to standard terminology codes (e.g. ICD); (6) decision support; (7) programme indicators; and (8) functional and non-functional requirements. This DAK focuses on HIV testing, prevention, and treatment.