Master´s Theses

2023

• Exploring Emission Management Information System Software. Eyvind Hilding Eikeng og Henrik Rief (duo.uio.no)
• Designing knowledge boundary resources to assist large audiences of new complementors in learning to use the platform APIs. Leif Erik Greftegreff (duo.uio.no)
• Data Use in Rwanda HMIS: A Case Study Applying Theory of Effective Use. Jørgen Paulsrud Andersen (duo.uio.no)
• Providing health reports to influential people in rural communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Herman Tretteteig og Ida Viddal Gaarder (duo.uio.no)
• Information Use in the Rwanda HMIS: an Information Infrastructure Analysis. Ozan Kara (duo.uio.no)
• Local Use of Routine Health Data in Decentralized Health Systems. Marcus Hellerud Aadnekvam (duo.uio.no)
• Designing API documentation for novice developers. Johannes Skøien (duo.uio.no)
• Information use and data quality assurance practices in Rwanda. Daniel Nguyen (duo.uio.no)
• An Exploratory Study on the Opportunities and Challenges of using Machine Learning in the DHIS2 Ecosystem. Davie Munthali (duo.uio.no)
• Feedback Practices in Health Information Systems: A case study of feedback practices in the healthcare system of Tanzania. Jonas Roppestad Sandstad (duo.uio.no)
• Enhancing API Learning for Entry-Level Developers A Study on API Knowledge Resource Optimization. Ashwin Savarimuthu Rajeswaran (duo.uio.no)

2022

• Inclusive innovation within platform ecosystems for development. Alexander Bruland (duo.uio.no)

• Participation of developing countries in digital innovation for development: A case of DHIS2 in Rwanda. Peichun Wu (duo.uio.no).

• Boundary Spanning to Overcome Knowledge Boundaries in Platform Ecosystems: The case of DHIS2 Rwanda. Vegar Haaland Brorson (duo.uio.no)

• Boundary Spanning to Overcome Knowledge Boundaries in Platform Ecosystems: The case of DHIS2 Rwanda. Mikael Olsen Rodvelt (duo.uio.no)

• Innovation and Digital Global Public Goods: A case study of digital innovation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Vetle Alvenes Utvik (duo.uio.no)
• Representing gender equity through dynamic indicators. Dodaj Gresa (duo.uio.no)

• Opportunities and Challenges of Digitizing the Education Sector in Developing Countries. Yue Guan (duo.uio.no)

• Design Considerations for Knowledge Boundary Resources: Onboarding App Developers in Platform Ecosystems. Gwendolyn Borchsenius and Alexander Richardson Fife (pdf)
• ES Implementation as a Context for Digital Innovation: How SAP Partners Organize for Digital Innovation. Maja Lanestedt Thomassen (pdf)
• Gamifying Education: A study of how gamification can improve capacity building in platform ecosystems. Steven Hoang Giang Nguyen (pdf)
• Supporting the use of software design methods within an Enterprise Software Ecosystem. Steffen Ekeberg Bråten (pdf)
• Gamified Application Development Resource Site. Yonatan Habtemariam Fessehaye (duo.uio.no)

• Implementing a sensor-based cold-chain monitoring application in resource constrained settings. Filip Christoffer Larsen (duo.uio.no)

• Online Participatory Design. Elisabeth Vossgård (duo.uio.no)

• Frugal User Involvement Opportunities for affordable quality user involvement in LMICs. Mats Blakstad (duo.uio.no)

• Stories: A resource for sharing experiences from implementation projects in Enterprise Software Ecosystems A Design Science Research study. Thea Aksdal Nordgulen and Thanh Thao Thi Tran (duo.uio.no)

• Teaching Configuration of a Software Platform Planning and delivering training for implementers of DHIS2 Tracker. Paul Gude Deberitz (duo.uio.no)

2021

• Design of Generic Enterprise Software: Considerations for Cultivating a Knowledge Infrastructure. Jacob Kleivdal Ommundsen and Sigvart Bretteville-Jensen (pdf)
• School Report Cards in The Gambia: Exploring perceived opportunities and
  challenges of digitization. Øystein Knudsen (pdf)
• Developing and testing for usability within a low resource context: An action case study of the School report card in the Gambia. Alxhip Halilaj and Lars-August Udnesseter Johnson (pdf)
• Standardization and flexibility in a shared component platform: Design principles for developing a shared component platform as a boundary resource. Simeon Andersen Tverdal (pdf)
• Design principles for an online app development course used globally.
  Experiences from the DHIS2 ecosystem A Design Science Research study. Hanna Evensen (pdf)
• Facilitating Software Reuse: Using Design Science Research to Develop Design Principles for Implementing a Component Repository. Anastasia Bengtsson (pdf)
• Enabling software component reuse in enterprise software platform ecosystems: Design principles for component management systems. Håkon André Heskja (pdf)
• Design Labs in Enterprise Software Ecosystems: An Approach to Strengthen Software Usability. Anders Erik Brustad and Hanna Alderslyst Kongshem (pdf)
• App for increasing Patient Adherence to Medical Therapy. Jonathan Aanesen (pdf)
• Design Principles for a Resource Supporting and Promoting User Centered Design in a Software Ecosystem. Bendik Johann Kroken (pdf)

2020

• Building Boundary Resources for Enterprise Software Platforms. Kristine Jevne Berge (pdf)

• Security-Related Benefits and Challenges of an Open Source Extension. Ragnhild Kirkebø (pdf)

• A Software Security Assessment using OWASP’s Application Security Verification Standard: Results and Experiences from Assessing the DHIS2 Open-Source Platform. Andrei Eismont (pdf)

• Taking Principles to Practice: The Challenges of Employing Usability Design in Health Software Implementation Projects. Fredrik Glendrange (pdf)

• Anonymization of Health Data: Anonymization Approaches, Data Utility and the GDPR. Håvard Wanvik Stenersen (pdf)

• Achieving interoperability between DHIS2 and SOS Children’s Villages’ Program Database: A case study investigating the child care information ecosystems in Ethiopia and South Africa. Kim Sverre Hilton (pdf)

• External Software Reuse: Software reuse by external developers in public good software ecosystems. Terje Uglebakken (pdf)

• Incorporating UCD Into Software Organizations: A case study of work practices of a generic software implementation organization in India. Rebekka Ågesdatter Heggebø (pdf)

• Implementing videos for health promotion and community health worker training in DHIS2 Android Capture app: Integrating and field-testing video library functionality for mobile devices. Ariel Dahlberg Karlsen & Arne Røen (pdf)

• Supporting the Logistics of Lab Sample Transportation with Mobile Technology: Developing a Sample Tracking Application for DHIS2 in Uganda. Anders Baggethun (pdf)

• Mobile Technology with QR-codes to Enhance Usability in Health Work. A prototype for the DHIS2 Android Tracker app. Gagandeep Kaur (pdf)

• DHIS2 Online Academy: A successful translation of on-site academy to online Fundamentals course? Martin W. M. Evensen (pdf)

• Medical Graphs in DHIS2 Capture App: A case from Malawi. Thea Hvalen Thodesen (pdf)

• Utilizing principles from the theory of tailoring to meet the needs of end users in
  generic software. Ullvar Brekke (pdf)

• Developing child growth monitoring system in Malawi: Mobile implementation of DHIS2 Capture app for health workers. Uy Viet Tran (pdf)

• Information Flows in the Child Welfare Sector: Enabling and Constraining Factors Affecting Productiveness of Information Flows Within the SOS Children’s Villages’ Ecosystem in Ethiopia and South Africa. Mari Lofthus Arnesen and Adrian Haga (pdf)

• Information Security Management of a DHIS2 implementation - Exploring what is appropriate in a developing country. Katrine Almås  (DUO@UIO)

2019

• Analysis of Capacity Levels around Health Information Use District Level Case Study from Nepal. Amrit Dahal (pdf)

• The Security Risks of DHIS2 A Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Test. Pål Mathias Brandsvoll (pdf)

• Software Requirement Management in Generic Open Source Projects: A Case Study of the Generic DHIS2 Software. Stian Sandvold (pdf)

• Dashboards and information overload: Challenges and design guidelines for Health Information Management Systems in developing countries. Joakim Ikiza Amundsen (pdf)
• Implementing generic software: A rich case study on the process of implementing generic health information software in India. Magnus Biong Nordin (pdf)
• A case study investigating integration and interoperability of Health Information
  Systems in sub-Saharan Africa. Norah Elisabeth Nguyen (pdf)
• Towards an Integrated Health Management Information System in Pakistan: A situational analysis. Zubair Asghar (pdf)

• The use of GIS and Dashboards to supports evidence-based decision-making within healthcare facilities at district level in India: Development of the Facility Burden Prototype. Nirujah Kirupanithy (DUO@UIO)

• Support for Master Facility List in DHIS2. Minh Hoang Doung (DUO@UIO)

2018

• Reappropriation of Generic Information Systems: Adapting a Generic Information System to Meet Functional Requirements from Another Domain. Kjetil Svalestuen (pdf)
• Evaluation and Development of Android mHealth Application for Community Health Workers in Malawi: Comparison of Commcare and DHIS2 Tracker. Amrit Chhetri (pdf)
• Using Nutrition Clinical Decision Support Systems in low resource settings: A case from Rwanda. Øyvind Egede-Nissen (pdf)
• Developing for usability and user involvement in a low resource context: An action research study on child growth follow-up in Rwanda. Jonas Berg Henie (pdf)
• Patient information system for specialized newborn care units in Malawi: Mobile implementation of DHIS2 Tracker in neonatal hospital wards. Zufarzhan Ismanov and Ilia Ni (pdf)
• Utilizing the Space for User Participation: Enabling and Constraining Factors for User Involvement when Designing a Data Entry Interface in a Generic Health Information Software in Uganda. Magnus Li (pdf)
• Making data useful to health workers by increasing the usefulness and usability of their tools: An experiment to increase health workers ability to detect symptoms of
  health issues with the District Health Information System (DHIS2) Tracker Capture Android app. John Melin (pdf)
• Automated feedback systems for Community Health Workers A case study from Malawi. Mathias Næss (pdf)
• Requirements analysis for a patient-centric information system in a primary health setting: Case study from India. Kripeshwari Sridharan (pdf)
• Supporting evidence-based decision making at the district level in India: A prototype for conducting spatial analysis in disease surveillance, based on the relationship between health events and facilities in the DHIS2 platform. Magnus W. Østeng (pdf)
• “What can I eat?” Designing to support diabetes selfmanagement in Mitchells Plain, South Africa. Lone Lægreid and Ingrid Smørgrav Viddal (duo.uio.no)

2017

• The Role of Financial Information in Health Commodity Supply Chain Management in Developing Countries: A Case Study from Tanzania. Mathias Rove Olaussen (pdf)
• Benefits and Challenges of Integrating Fragmented Health Information Systems: A Case Study of the Vaccine Supply Chain in Tanzania. Marit Kilde Mjelva (pdf)
• Dashboard Design Guidelines for Improved Evidence Based Decision Making in Public Health in Developing Countries. Simon Jespersen (pdf)
• Architectural Patterns in the Medical Commodity Supply Chains in Developing
  Countries: A Collective Case Study of Uganda and Tanzania. Bjørn-Ingar Bergum (pdf)
• Health commodity ordering in Uganda: Exploring DHIS2 Tracker as ordering tool in
  the antiretroviral health programme. Nicolai August Hagen (pdf)
• Collecting activity data using the Open mHealth platform: An exploratory study on integrating objective data with sport monitoring systems. Daniel Gynnild-Johnsen and Lars-Erik Holte (pdf)
• Data use challenges and the potential of live data visualization tools: A case study of health data-use workshops in Zambia. Peter Mogaka Ogega (pdf)
• Designing an Education Management Information System: A case study on the introduction of a digital, mobile-to-web Education Management Information System in Zambia. Simon Oliver Ommundsen (pdf)
• Computer supported evidence-based decision-making at health facilities in Zambia. 
  Anastasia Parramore (pdf)
• Designing mobile instant messaging for collaborative health data management in Rwanda. Julie Hill Roa and Yrjan Aleksander Frøyland Fraschetti (pdf)
• Cross-border software development of health information system: A case study on project between India and Pakistan based on open source software. Uzma Sabir (pdf)

• User Preference and Effectiveness of Tooltips for Registering Health Data - A Field Study Exploring Content Types for Tooltips for Undereducated Health Staff in Developing Countries. Helene Isaksen and Mari Iversen (DUO@UiO)

2016

• Rolling out a Mobile Application in Zimbabwe: A Case Study of DHIS2 Tracker Capture Roll-out in Zimbabwe. Alexander Premer (DUO@UiO)
• Lessons from implementing a league table application in the health sector - A case from Malawi. Martin Theodor Vasbotten and Kristoffer Adam Tronerud. (DUO@UiO)
• Developing an E-learning platform within District Health Information System: a Field Experiment in Malawi. Pedro Vasconcelos Maciel De Lima and Farrukh Wahab Manzoor. (DUO@UiO)

• Factors Affecting Generic HIS Extensibility in Resource-Limited Settings: DHIS2 Android Tracker App Implementation in Zimbabwe. Eric Adu-Gyamfi (DUO@UIO)

2015

• Developing league tables in Malawi - A study of feedback mechanisms to support routine health management. Marte Hesvik Frøyen (DUO@UiO)
• Balancing Institutional Needs with Generic Functionality in Information Systems: The Biography and Evolution of the DHIS 2 Tracker following two implementations in Palestine. Øysten Gammersvik. (DUO@UiO)
• Enabling Participatory Design in Low Resource Contexts - a Study of Distributed Software Development of DHIS2. Sindre Nicolaysen Bentsen. (DUO@UiO)
• Implementing DHIS2 Feedback via Short Message Service: A Case Study for Uganda WEMR Health Workers. Nugroho Fitria Sujatmiko. (DUO@UiO)
• Cultivating local champions for mentoring colleagues through integrated e-learning within District Health Information System: A quasi field experiment in Malawi. Ellen Marie Bjørge and Anniken Jønsson. (DUO@UiO)
• Managing scaling of HIS: Implementation of DHIS2 in Sudan. Safa Ahmed Tahir Al-Nashy (DUO@UiO)
• Developing Mobile Health Information Systems for the Global South: Development of an emerging Android platform. Erling Fjelstad (DUO@UiO)
• Factors Affecting Generic HIS Extensibility in Resource-Limited Settings: DHIS2 Android Tracker App Implementation in Zimbabwe.  Eric Adu-Gyamfi (DUO@UiO)
• Enabling web based mapping for public health in resource constrained environments: Bootstrapping implementations by leveraging platform generativity. Sushil Chitrakar (DUO@UiO)
• Interface standards in HMIS. Ole Andreas Røsok (DUO@UiO)
• Effektene av mobil- og data-mediert kommunikasjon i et helseinformasjonsystem. Niclas Hammer Halvorsen. (DUO@UiO)
• Translating an on-site course to an online course for implementers of an open source software system. Hodo Elmi Aden (DUO@UiO)
• Platformisation of an open source software product. Mark Polak (DUO@UiO)

2014

• Health Information Systems in Rwanda - Sustainability, Open Source software, and Android. Simen Skogly Russnes. (DUO@UiO)
• Interoperabilitet for Helse Informasjon Systemer: Ulike arkitektoniske tilnærminger i Colombia. Adrian Manuel Arevalo Soria. (DUO@UiO)
• Usability and user documentation in a health information system. Herman Ludt Parmo (DUO@UiO)

2013

• Inline help. Ahmed Abdi Mohammed ) (DUO@UiO)
• Integrating mobile and web health infrastructures in low resource contexts. Magnus Korvald (DUO@UiO)

2012

• Challenges in building user competence in Health Information Systems: A case study from health sector in Trivandrum, Kerala. Steinar Johansen. (DUO@UiO)
• Health Information Systems in West Africa: Implementing DHIS2 in Ghana. Olav Poppe (DUO@UiO)

2011

• The Implementation of the District Health Information System in Mtwara and Lindi Regions in Tanzania: A Case Study of Process and Results. Ingeborg M. F. Klungland (DUO@UiO)
• GIS and designing maps for Malaria management: The case of Tigray in Ethiopia. Tsega Weldu (DUO@UiO)

2010

• Integration of Health Management Information Systems: Closed Standards vs. Open Source. Leif Arne Storset (duo.uio.no)
• Introducing a complex health information system in a developing country: Case: The Gambia. Bjørnar Valbø (duo.uio.no)
• The Health Information System in Sudan: the Disease and outbreaks Surveillance System at the National Level and the State Capital: A Descriptive Study. Said Salah Eldin Al-Said. (duo.uio.no)
• An Open Source Approach to Improving GIS Implementations in Developing Countries. Jan Henrik Øverland (duo.uio.no)
• Evaluating a health information system in India: A measurement Model of Technology and Acceptance. Jeton Mehmeti (pdf)

2009

• Challenges of Health Information Systems Programs in Developing Countries: SUCCESS and FAILURE : The cases of Thua Thien Hue province and HoChiMinh city, Vietnam. Kim Anh Thi Vo (duo.uio.no)

• Presentation of health data and user acceptance of a District health information system. Dibyadhar Joshi (duo.uio.no)

• “Making It Work”: Navigating the Politics Around ART System Implementation In Ethiopia. Hailu Ayele Wondim and Mulugeta Alemayehu Nega (pdf)

• Application of the Geographic Information System (GIS) in the Drug Logistics Management Information System (LMIS) at the district level in Malawi: Opportunities and Challenges. Patrick Albert Chikumba (pdf)

• Security, Privacy and Policy in Management of Patients’ Data: A case study from Malawi. Dickson D. Chinguwo (pdf)

• Understanding the Dynamics around Spatial Data Integration: A Case Study from Mozambique. Márcia Névia Agnaldo Juvane (pdf)

• Understanding Opportunities and Challenges in Using Mobile Phones as a Means for Health Information Access and Reporting: A Case Study from Malawi. Tiwonge Davis Manda (pdf)

• Analysis of Decision-Making Process and Access to Data in the Ministry of Health; Free malaria medicine in Mozambique. Nercénia Salomão Mbie (pdf)

• Challenges and Opportunities in Using GIS for Monitoring and Management of HIV/AIDS: A Case Study from Malawi. Brown Chawanangwa Msiska (pdf)

• Mapping Malaria Using Geographic Information Systems: A Case Study From Mozambique. Jóse António Nhavoto (pdf)

2008

• Managing complexity through flexible scaling: a case study of the expansion of a health information system in Botswana. Anne Asmyr Thorseng (duo.uio.no)

• PD i HISP Zanzibar: Møte mellom teori og praksis. Elise Cathrine Hilland (duo.uio.no)

• Challenges of Open Source Software Capacity Building among DHIS2 developers in India. Ole Kristian Braun Hustad (duo.uio.no)

2007

• Internationalization and localization - A case study from HISP. Øyvind F. Brucker (duo.uio.no)

• The challenges of implementing a health information system in Vietnam. Eivind Anders Berg (duo.uio.no)

• Explore the challenges of providing documentation in open source projects. Margrethe Store (duo.uio.no)

• Exploring information use and information culture at health facility level in Cape Town, South Africa: a case study and discourse analysis. Inger Elise Østmo (duo.uio.no)

• Implementing a health information system in India: Challenges and opportunities for scaling and sustainability. Jørgen Darre (duo.uio.no)

• Organizational Strategies for improving Health Information at district level - a field study of Management Implemented Support Structures in Malawi. Jon Sandvand (duo.uio.no)

• Evaluating challenges and opportunities for sustainability of computer-based information system: case study from Addis Ababa. Sofia Abrha (duo.uio.no)

• Social Construction of Legacy Systems: A case study from a health information systems development project in Mozambique. Kristoffer Fossum (duo.uio.no)

• Challenges and Opportunities in the Integration of HIS: Case Study from Zanzibar. Edwin Nyella (pdf)

• Cultivation Strategies in the Implementation of Health Management Information System in Zanzibar: An Action Research Study. Caroline Ngoma (pdf)

• Motivation and demotivation among health staff at facility and district levels: A case study of the National Health Management Information System of Malawi. Gro Alice Hamre (pdf)

• Integration of Health Information Systems Case Study from Malawi. Marlen Stacey Galimoto (pdf)

2006

• Study of a Health Information System pilot project in Tanzania. Thor Helge Heldre (duo.uio.no)

• Design and development of a global reporting solution for DHIS: Performing action research in Vietnam. Petter Jacobsen (duo.uio.no)

• Open Source Software Development in Developing Countries: The HISP Case in Ethiopia. Nils Fredrik Gjerull (duo.uio.no)

• The challenge of being open: building an open source development network. Kristian Nordal (duo.uio.no)

• Building Participatory Networks for HIS in a Developing Country Context: A Case Study from India. Karen Hafsal (duo.uio.no)

• DHIS and Joly: two distributed systems under development: design and technology. Therese Steensen og Hanne Vibekk (duo.uio.no)

• Global Software Development and Local Capacity Building: A means for improving Sustainability in Information Systems Implementations. Lars Helge Øverland (duo.uio.no)

2005

• DHIS-2 - A Globally Distributed Development Process: Performing Action Research In Vietnam. Lars Mangset (duo.uio.no)

• Internationalisation in Health Information System Project: Research in Vietnamese Language. Teresa Nguyen (duo.uio.no)

• Introducing geographical information systems for health care in developing countries: challenges and approaches - a case study from Mozambique. Lúcia Joaquim Ginger (duo.uio.no)

• Challenges and approaches to scaling and standardizing health information infrastructure in developing countries: case studies from Ethiopia. Birkinesh Woldeyohannes Lagebo and Selamawit Molla Mekonnen (duo.uio.no)

• Sustainability and optimal use of Health Information Systems: action research study on implementation of an integrated district-based Health Information System in Ethiopia. Hirut Gebrekidan Damitew and Netsanet Haile Gebreyesus (duo.uio.no)

• Design and development of spatial GIS application for primary healthcare sector: case studies from India and Mozambique. John Lewis (duo.uio.no)

• Challenges and approaches to the integration of HIS: case studies from Tanzania. Nima H. Shidende (duo.uio.no)

• Improving Routine Health Information Health Management at Health Districts in Zanzibar: An Action Research Study. Yahya Hamad Sheikh (pdf)

• Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies for Using Geographic Information Systems for Public Health Management An Action Research Study from Mozambique. Zeferino Benjamim Saugene (pdf)

2004

• "All I want is a system that works” Evaluation of the health information system in Cape Town, South Africa – using an information audit to capture views from the grass root level. Elisabeth Jakobsen and Ann Kristin H. Johansen (pdf)

2003

• Systems development in the health sector in India: Implementing a health information system in a local rural context. Nina Meland (duo.uio.no)

• Developing Health Information Systems in Cuba -Efforts to transfer the HISP approach from South Africa to Cuba. Ola Hodne Titlestad and Johan Ivar Sæbø (pdf)

• Health Information Systems Integration: A Data Warehouse Architecture Model for the Ministry of Health in Mozambique. Teotónio G. S. Fumo (pdf)

• Data Flows in Health Information Systems: An action research study of reporting routine health delivery services and implementation of computer databases in information systems. Juma Hemed Lungo (pdf)

• A study of health information systems at local levels in Tanzania and Mozambique: Improving the use and management of information in health districts. Faraja Mukama (pdf)

• Drugs Logistics Management Information System in Mozambique: Challenges and Opportunities. Gertrudes Adolfo Macueve (pdf)