Part 2: The SOAP Note - A Brief History and Application to Global Health
The SOAP note allows a complicated problem to be broken down into components to then become a simple problem. However, in Global Health today, this complicated problem is treated as a complex problem because it is felt that only a doctor with decades of experience and a medical degree would be able to accurately diagnose and treat Malaria.
Part 1: The SOAP Note - moving from Complex to Complicated to Simple
In Low and Middle Income Countries, where doctors are in short supply, can some level of healthcare be provide by applying Artificial Intelligence to the SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan) Protocol along with a touch of the Bayesian Priors?
The Economics of Software Development for Global Health
Much of the digital practice in Global Health is dominated by single use, bespoke software solutions. These are often branded and marketed as ‘platforms’. The proliferation of these ‘solutions’ has led to the creation of single use software packages that do not scale outside of a single geography and/or disease area. When they do, they need to be completed rebuilt from the ground up. Technologies that run on these solutions then need to be reconfigured costing considerable amounts and requiring considerable time and expertise.