Assessment of Stakeholder Perceptions and Attitudes towards Health Data Governance Principles in Botswana: Web-Based Survey

Abstract

Background: Globally, healthcare organisations are demonstrating increased interest towards data driven decision making, necessitating health data governance. Transform Health has led the development of globally unifying human rights-based health data governance principles. Healthcare stakeholders in Botswana were engaged to solicit their perceptions about these principles. Objective: To solicit Botswana health sector stakeholders’ perceptions on the health data governance principles by Transform Health. Methods: Purposive sampling of healthcare stakeholders in Botswana was done, and an online survey tool shared with them by email. The REDCap platform supported online data capture from 15 April until 20 May 2022. Twenty three participants completed the online survey and only 10 of them participated in a follow-up round-table discussion. Participants’ responses were analysed using Microsoft Excel for descriptive statistics and Delve software for thematic analysis. Results: Participants expressed the relevance and importance of the health data governance principles in the context of Botswana. However, modifications to the principles were also suggested as well as effective organisational governance for sustainable implementation of the principles. Conclusions: This study highlights the necessity of data governance in healthcare. The findings could contribute towards the next steps regarding revision or implementation of the health data governance principles by willing organisations. Clinical Trial: Not applicable