https://arunmitra.com/tags/data-integration/ Recent content in data integration on Arun Mitra Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://arunmitra.com/research/mch-data-ecosystem/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://arunmitra.com/research/mch-data-ecosystem/ Background Despite heavy investment in digital health information systems, frontline facilities in resource-constrained settings remain paradoxically data-rich yet information-poor. Health information systems built with an upward gaze for accountability reporting often fail to support the decisions that medical officers, data entry operators, and ANMs need to make locally. This work, part of Arun Mitra’s PhD thesis on participatory data science in ITDA-Rampachodavaram, Andhra Pradesh, asks how the maternal and child health (MCH) data ecosystem at primary health centre (PHC) level is actually structured, used, and constrained. https://arunmitra.com/research/icmr-rch-tribal-ap/ Wed, 12 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000 https://arunmitra.com/research/icmr-rch-tribal-ap/ Background Reproductive and child health (RCH) services in tribal India generate substantial routine data, but the sources are fragmented across systems and stakeholders, and the resulting information is under-used for service delivery and review. This proposal, prepared for the ICMR investigator-initiated (Intermediate) extramural grant call and sited in ITDA-Rampachodavaram, addresses that gap by treating data integration and use as a participatory, system-level problem rather than a purely technical one.