A combined workshop session between South African e-Patient and founder of #hcsmSA, Vanessa Carter and Dr. Jamie Saris from Maynooth University, Ireland (Anthropology Senior Lecturer and Co-Chairman of The Global Diseases of Poverty Consortium) TITLE: How Social Networks could influence the future of Health IT System Development Globally. The presentation was given at the Health Informatics Society of Ireland on 17 November 2016. (#HISI2016)