Health Information System (HIS): Its Importance and Components презентация

(HIS): Its Importance and Components

define terms related to health information systems.
To outline the importance of a health information system
To identify the various components of a health information system
To describe the how a health information system is assessed

level of an organization (Winter, A. 2010)

Health Information System (HIS)
An information processing and storing subsystem of a health care organization.(Ibid)
May be a single institution(a hospital) or a group of health care institutions (health care network)

providers, programme
managers, policy-makers, providers of funds, global agencies and organizations
Information used for
Better management, assess coverage and quality of services; costs and expenditures.
Detect and control emerging and endemic health problems
Monitor progress towards health goals; and promote equity.

health policies
Improve management related to mobilizing new resources and ensure accountability of their use.

and use

logistics support, and ICTs.
Indicators
Determinants of health; health system inputs, outputs and outcomes.
Data sources
Censuses, civil registration and population surveys
Individual records, service records and resource records

processing, compilation and analysis
Information products
Data transformed into information for evidence and knowledge to shape health action
Dissemination and use
Making information readily accessible to decision-makers
Communities

of HIS on a scale of 0-100%
0-24%=not adequate
25-49%= present but not adequate
50-74%= adequate
75-100%= highly adequate
(WHO; HMN framework 2005)

i.e…..
Characterized by
Personnel with inadequate knowledge on HIS.
Untimely and failure to report data
Inadequate resources

of the importance and components of a HIS is a prerequisite to all those involved with its activities
Self -assessment of HIS is necessary for its strengthening and use for better decisions and better health.

and components
Assignment of skilled personnel to the HIS unit accompanied by better remuneration
The dissemination and use of information from the system for decision-making.
More emphasis on electronic than paper-based data reporting

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