Simple: Blog

A ‘systems thinking’ approach to saving lives from heart attacks and strokes

A technologists’ skill set of crafting scalable solutions works well on notoriously hard problems like public health. The way to make it approachable is to adopt ‘systems thinking’.

Atharva Raykar

30-Dec-2024, 18 minute read

We measured how fast Simple is compared to paper systems.

Simple wins e-governance award in India

Simple was recognized with a Gold Award at the at the 27th National Conference on e-Governance.

Daniel Burka

01-Oct-2024, 4 minute read

Digital Health publishes article about Simple in India

Simple was implemented by administering a user-centered approach and agile techniques. The authors explain how we did this.

Daniel Burka

17-Jul-2024, 4 minute read

Guide: Fast & simple user testing for healthcare

A practical guide for user testing your software, so healthcare workers will love it. The guide is based on 6 years of experience user testing Simple, DHIS2, OpenSRP, and other digital health tools.

Tony Joy

18-Apr-2024, 2 minute read

HEARTS360: A gold-standard dashboard for hypertension and diabetes programs

Highly effective dashboards designed for managing hypertension and diabetes programs at scale, based on WHO standard indicators.

Jamie Carter

11-Apr-2024, 3 minute read

30 million blood pressure measures recorded in Simple

The power of 30 million blood pressure measures

To celebrate 30 million blood pressures in Simple let's explore the power of a humble blood pressure measure.

Jamie Carter

06-Mar-2024, 8 minute read

A PDF playbook explaining what we have learned.

Digital playbook

Designing an optimal digital tool for hypertension and other long-term treatment programs — Lessons learned over the last 6 years.

Daniel Burka

22-Feb-2024, 3 minute read

Calling overdue patients helps improve return-to-care rates.

How do we reveal the data behind overdue patient calls in a meaningful way?

Jamie Carter

10-Jan-2024, 8 minute read

The impact of the Simple app on nurse efficiency

In a time-and-motion study conducted in India, Simple was shown to streamline hypertension care.

Dr. Ashish Krishna

31-May-2023, 4 minute read

Simple en español

Simple is now available in Spanish, thanks to open source contributions from the community.

Daniel Burka

14-Apr-2023, 3 minute read

BMJ implementer report about Simple

We published an implementer report in BMJ outlining the key factors to succeed with a digital system for monitoring a large-scale hypertension program.

Daniel Burka

27-Feb-2023, 5 minute read

Generating powerful insights through contextual inquiry

Sometimes, quiet observation surpasses extended interviews.

Aarti Bhatnagar

14-Sep-2022, 10 minute read

Join us for a discussion about open source software in public health

Discuss: Tech can do many things — good and bad.

Join us to hear about how the Simple engineering team believes in and strives for technology for social good.

Misu Tasnim

09-Aug-2022, 2 minute read

Simple now has two million patients enrolled

2 million patients

Simple just crossed a huge milestone: healthcare workers have now registered more than two million patients with hypertension and diabetes.

Daniel Burka

02-May-2022, 3 minute read

Simple is now a Digital Public Good

Today we are thrilled that Simple is counted as a 'Digital Public Good' alongside many other incredible open source projects working to achieve the United Nation's sustainable development goals.

Daniel Burka

03-Jan-2022, 3 minute read

Time is the most important factor in designing tools that work.

Clinical software must respect clinicians' precious time

A user-centered approach to designing digital tools for global public health quickly surfaces that “time” is the most underappreciated factor.

Daniel Burka

04-Oct-2021, 18 minute read

Requirements of a hypertension management system

Requirements for a digital information system for hypertension control

Healthcare workers are too busy to enter detailed data—but a hypertension control program needs just a few key pieces of data to improve patient care. Keep it simple.