Digital Adaptation Kit for Family Planning: Operational requirements for implementing WHO recommendations in digital systems

Overview

Digital Adaptation Kits (DAKs) are part of the SMART guidelines initiative to ensure WHO’s evidence-based guideline content is accurately reflected in the digital systems countries are adopting. The DAKs are software-neutral, operational, and structured documentation based on WHO clinical, health system and data use recommendations to systematically and transparently inform the design of digital systems. 

Components of the DAK include:  (1) linked health interventions and recommendations; (2) personas; (3) user scenarios; (4) business processes and workflows; (5) core data elements mapped to standard terminology codes (e.g. ICD); (6) decision support; (7) programme indicators; and (8) functional and non-functional requirements. This DAK focuses on family planning, and is among the various health domains for which DAKs are being developed.

Please let us know about your experience in using the DAK and questions you may have by contacting us at SMART_DAKS@who.int