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Sally Stansfield MD Nosa Orobaton MD DrPH MBA David Lubinski MA MBA, Steven Uggowitzer BEE Henry Mwanyika MS (2008) The Case for a National Health Information System Architecture; a Missing Link to Guiding National Development and Implementation. 9
Abstract: Developing countries and the global network of donors, programs and NGOs agree that health systems need to become stronger if gains in health are to be achieved and sustained. A major factor contributing to this current situation is that the excessive burden of data collection falls to health workers. A national health information system capable of supporting day-to-day management, long-term planning, and policy development for the entire national health system is required. [adapted from abstract
Keywords: information system development; health information systems
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Anand Krishnan1 BN1 2* Kapil Yadav1 Satyavir Singh1 Vivek Gupta1, 1Centre for Community Medicine AII of MS(AIIMS) ND India. 2Media Lab Asia New Delhi India. (2010) Evaluation of Computerized Health Management Information System for Primary Health Care in Rural India. BMC Health Services Research 10(310)
Abstract: Background: The Comprehensive Rural Health Services Project Ballabgarh, run by All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi has a computerized Health Management Information System (HMIS) since 1988. The HMIS at Ballabgarh has undergone evolution and is currently in its third version which uses generic and open source software. This study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of a computerized Health Management Information System in rural health system in India.
Methods: The data for evaluation were collected by in-depth interviews of the stakeholders i.e. program managers (authors) and health workers. Health Workers from AIIMS and Non-AIIMS Primary Health Centers were interviewed to compare the manual with computerized HMIS. A cost comparison between the two methods was carried out based on market costs. The resource utilization for both manual and computerized HMIS was identified based on workers’ interviews.
Results: There have been no major hardware problems in use of computerized HMIS. More than 95% of data was found to be accurate. Health workers acknowledge the usefulness of HMIS in service delivery, data storage, generation of workplans and reports. For program managers, it provides a better tool for monitoring and
supervision and data management. The initial cost incurred in computerization of two Primary Health Centers was estimated to be Indian National Rupee (INR) 1674,217 (USD 35,622). Equivalent annual incremental cost of capital items was estimated as INR 198,017 (USD 4213). The annual savings is around INR 894,283 (USD 11,924).
Conclusion: The major advantage of computerization has been in saving of time of health workers in record keeping and report generation. The initial capital costs of computerization can be recovered within two years of implementation if the system is fully operational. Computerization has enabled implementation of a good system for service delivery, monitoring and supervision.
Keywords: health information systems; india
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Spero JC MQPA Matte R (2011) Tracking and Monitoring the Health Workforce: a New Human Resources Information System (HRIS) in Uganda. Human Resources for Health 9(6):35
Abstract: This article describes Uganda’s transition from a paper filing system to an electronic HRIS capable of providing information about country-specific health workforce questions. It examines the ongoing five-step HRIS strengthening process used to implement an HRIS that tracks health worker data at the Uganda Nurses and Midwives Council (UNMC) and describes how HRIS data can be used to address workforce planning questions(as posted on the Capacity Plus website).
Keywords: health information systems; uganda
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Christo Heunis PD Edwin Wouters PhD Gladys Kigozi MSc Michelle Engelbrecht PhD Yolisa Tsibolane BA Cur Sonja van der Merwe B Soc Sc Seipati Motlhanke BA Cur (2010) Accuracy of Tuberculosis Routine Data and Nurses' Views of the TB-HIV Information System in the Free State, South Africa. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 22(1):67–73
Abstract: This research set out to establish possible disparity between facility and provincial levels of tuberculosis program data, and how users and managers experience and perceive the functionality of the tuberculosis-HIV information system in South Africa.
Keywords: health information systems; knowledge management; AIDS; HIV; South Africa; TB; tuberculosis
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Dwyer S, Capacity Plus Project (2011) Improving Health Systems with the Power of Open Source
Abstract: This edition of CapacityPlus Voices highlights the value of free, open source health information applications such as human resources for health information system software.
Keywords: health information systems, information technologies
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