2. CONTENTS
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Introduction
Goals
Importance Of HIS
Components Of HIS
Basic Steps For HIS Assessment
Assessment Of HIS
Conclusion
Recommendation
4. Definitions
Information System
Provide specific information support to the decision-
making process at each level of an organization
(Winter, A. 2010)
Health Information System (HIS)
An information processing and storing subsystem
of a health care organization.
May be a single institution(a hospital) or a group
of health care institutions (health care network)
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5. Importance of a Health Information
System
Produces information needed by
Patients, communities, service providers,
programmer
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.5
6. Importance of a Health Information
System
Strengthen the evidence base for effective health
policies
Improve management related to mobilizing new
resources and ensure accountability of their
use.
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7. Components of a HIS
Inputs
HIS resources
Processes
Indicators
Data sources
Data management
Output
Information products
Dissemination and use
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8. Components of a HIS cont….
HIS resource
Legislative, regulatory and planning frameworks
Personnel, finances, logistics support.
Indicators
Determinants of health; health system inputs,
outputs and outcomes.
Data sources
Individual records, service records and
resource records.
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9. Components of a HIS cont….
Data management
Data collection, storage, quality-assurance and
flow, 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
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10. Basic Steps For HIS
Assessment:
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Formulate TOR
Assembling and review information
Confirmation of the services
Identification of the indicators
Designing & testing the assessment tools.
11. Continue……
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Prepare for field data collection
Conduct the assessment
Analyze the result and prepare report
Formulate the recommendation and prepare
followup
12. Assessment of a HIS
Health Metrics Network tool
Use to assess components 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)12
13. Assessment of HIS cont….
Cameroons HIS
Assessment outcome 2007 places HIS at 45%
i.e…..
Characterized by
Personnel with inadequate knowledge on HIS.
Untimely and failure to report data
Inadequate resources
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14. Conclusion
Better and stronger HIS can resolved
inadequacies in health systems.
Awareness 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.
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15. Recommendations
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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16. WE HOPE THIS WAS
INFORMATIVE
THANKS FOR YOUR KIND
ATTENTION
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