HEALER2: A Framework for Secure Data Lake Towards Healthcare Digital Transformation Efforts in Low and Middle-Income Countries

Low and middle-income countries are vigorously digitizing their operations in the healthcare sector as steps in the digital transformation journey. However, some of the basic principles in information security are being skipped. This has a tendency to introduce fundamental vulnerabilities in the core foundation of their healthcare IT infrastructure. This paper, therefore, assessed e-health strategies in Africa and proposed a data lake framework for healthcare IT infrastructure which is deemed secure, privacy-preserving and economically efficient.