BAO Systems is a leader in providing health information systems (HIS) for governments and their partners. BAO systems ensures that the data within complex HIS ecosystems is available, accessible, and digestible  in order to improve decision-making at every level of the health system, from the community to the national level, in a sustainable way. BAO Systems was founded by public health, HMIS, and IT professionals and is currently working in over 60 countries with more than 100 partners including ministries of health, leading academic, governmental, faith-based, and non-governmental organizations.  BAO Systems is recognized as the leading health information systems and data integrator and is part of the Open Health Information Exchange (OpenHIE) community.  

With a strong focus on sustainability, BAO Systems leverages open source systems to ensure sustainability and minimize vendor dependency. In order to modernize, implement, and increase the effective use of HIS data for decision-making in international development and public health,  BAO Systems provides HIS analysis, technical assistance, systems/data integration, implementation services, analytics, mobile and web application development, training, and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) hosting.