Implementation steps

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Step 1: Scheme design

openIMIS is an IT system that supports the processing of a health insurance scheme. It is hence an important pre requisite that the insurance scheme has a clear definition of how it will function and what it wants from its information system. The risk otherwise exists that the insurance scheme will turn into what its information system does. Knowing how the scheme functions (procedures), who are the key actors (structure), what benefits are offered and how providers will be managed, gives a blue print of what the software needs to do.

The design of the scheme is therefore an important prerequisite before the implementation of openIMIS. Clarity on the following design elements is important:

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