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Table 1 Main outcomes of the InfAct sustainability plan

From: The InfAct proposal for a sustainable European health information infrastructure on population health: the Distributed Infrastructure on Population Health (DIPoH)

Categories of the Sustainability Plan

Main InfAct Outcomes

Research Infrastructure Final Proposal

•Distributed Infrastructure on Population Health (DIPoH)

•Proof of concept for a sustainable structure on health information

•A sustainable network of networks

•Health Information Portal

Health Information Tools and innovative proposals

•Health data collection methods and procedures

•Cataloguing international health information networks, projects and indicator/datasets

•A sustainable European Core Health Indicators (ECHI) shortlist

•Guidance for health reports and recommendations for health reporting

•Roadmap for innovative use of data sources

•Best practices for innovative use of health information

•Methodological guidelines for estimating health indicators using linked data and Machine Learning Techniques

•A generic method case study and inspiring examples and Machine Learning Techniques

•Use of non-health databases for health surveillance

•Composite health indicator for monitoring non-communicable diseases (NCD)

•Assessing and piloting interoperability

Capacity building

•A manual to carry out Health Information System (HIS) assessment in peer review format

•Approaches to prioritizing health information at national level

•Burden of disease workshops

•Health information training program and roadmap for sustainability