Services
What Innovation Guru can do for you
Each service can be bought as a defined deliverable, as a review of work you already have, or as advisory time over a longer period.
Policy development
A policy only matters if it gets approved and then used. Drafting is the visible part. Most of the effort goes into consultation, legal alignment and making sure the people who must implement it can.
- Policies, strategies, frameworks, guidelines and standard operating procedures
- Situation analyses and policy option papers
- Stakeholder consultation design, workshop facilitation and comment tracking
- Alignment with existing legislation, regulations and higher-order policy
- Policy instrument management: version control, review cycles and retirement of outdated documents
- Independent review of drafts before they go out for comment or approval
Digital health governance
Systems multiply faster than the rules that hold them together. Governance sets out who decides what, which data can be shared and on what terms, and how a programme knows a system is doing its job.
- Digital health and health data governance frameworks
- Governance structures, terms of reference and decision rights
- Data governance for registries and master data, including facility and provider registries
- Interoperability and standards governance
- Oversight of electronic medical record and health information system programmes
- Separating corporate ICT governance from digital health governance where the two are blurred
AI governance
Staff are already using AI tools, whether or not there is a policy. Good AI governance gives people a clear answer on what they may do, with which data, and who checks the output.
- AI use policies and acceptable-use rules for health organisations
- Risk assessment of proposed AI uses, including data protection considerations
- Guardrails for procuring AI-enabled products and services
- Logging, review and accountability arrangements for AI-assisted work
- Briefings for executives, boards and governance committees
Health system strengthening
Technical support for programmes that need to plan, prioritise and report well, often under funder timelines.
- Technical support to health departments and donor-funded programmes
- Funding application and work plan support
- Primary health care service and information flow reviews
- Programme reporting, progress reviews and documentation
- Community and district-level prioritisation using local data
Supporting skills
Also available
These skills support the four service areas. They can also be contracted on their own.
- Strategy development and strategic planning
- Funding proposal development
- Public health programme design and management
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Strategic information and data analytics
- Business intelligence and database development
- Data integration
- Geographical information systems (GIS)
- Workshop and session facilitation
- Training and training material development
- Coaching and mentoring
- Community profiling, public health research, advocacy and communication
Ways of working
Defined deliverable
A policy, framework or report with a fixed scope and agreed review points.
Document review
A written critique of your draft, with tracked changes and a short summary of the main risks.
Advisory retainer
A set number of days a month for advice, meetings and quick reviews over a longer period.