The creation of evidence through research and evaluation is integral to governments’ understanding best-practice approaches to delivering health and related services and supporting policy development.
Healthcare providers should be supported to evaluate services and/or conduct and participate in research which builds evidence to guide improvements, quantify benefits for patients, clinicians, and health systems, and test new models of care.
This work stream focuses on sharing methods, insights, and examples of digital health evaluation frameworks. It also identifies concrete examples of lessons learned from existing digital health benefits evaluations and strategies for rapid knowledge sharing across participant countries.
Identifying and documenting different methodological approaches and frameworks, including economic modelling, for evaluating the benefits of digital health services.
Mapping future-focused novel developments in methods and approaches to data analysis from digital health services, such as machine learning and natural language processing.
Country:
Australia
Functions:
Chief Digital Officer, Australian Digital Health Agency, Australia
Country:
Saudi Arabia
Functions:
Medical Director of Clinical Informatics, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare
April 8, 2026. This paper presents the findings of a comprehensive literature review and international survey conducted by the Evidence and Evaluation workstream of the Global Digital Health Partnership (GDHP). The research aimed to address key questions surrounding digital health maturity assessments.
September 27, 2022. This white paper provides an overview of how digital health is evolving globally to provide a common basis for future development.
September 16, 2022. This paper presents results concerning the priorities identification section of the Evidence and Evaluation survey addressed to GDHP members in 2021, comparing countries’ initiatives and perspectives for the future of digital health based on internationally agreed developments.
June 20, 2022. This white paper offers countries an agreed set of ‘standard’ benefits categories and potential outcome measures to support the international comparison of evidence relating to digital health technologies and services.
April 3, 2019. This white paper informs of current evaluation and benefits measurement approaches within the GDHP members, to share common findings and learn from the successes or otherwise of countries around the world in this field.
