health information system intro

1. By
Akumengwa Neba N.
HS12A001
Department of Public Health an Hygiene
MPH 611
Health Information System (HIS): Its
Importance and Components

2. Outline
 Introduction
 Goal
 Objectives
 Importance of HIS
 Components of HIS
 Assessment of HIS
 Conclusion
 Recommendations
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3. Introduction
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5. Goal
 Improve participant’s knowledge on health
information system.
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6. General objective
 To highlight different aspects of a health
information system
Specific objectives
 To 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
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7. 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.(Ibid)
 May be a single institution(a hospital) or a group
of health care institutions (health care network)
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8. Importance of a Health Information
System
 Produces information needed by
 Patients, communities, service
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.8

9. 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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10. Components of a HIS
 Inputs
 HIS resources
 Processes
 Indicators
 Data sources
 Data management
 Output
 Information products
 Dissemination and use
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11. Components of a HIS cont….
 HIS resource
 Legislative, regulatory and planning frameworks
 Personnel, finances, 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 and11

12. 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
 Communities
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13. 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)13

14. 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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15. 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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16. Recommendations
 Sensitization of stakeholders involved with the
HIS on its importance 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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17. References
 Winter A. Haux R. Ammenwerth E. Brigl B. Hellrung N. Jahn F. Health
Information Systems- Architectures And Strategies. Health informatics, e-ISBN
978-1-84996-441-8. 2. Ed .London: Springer-Verlag London Limited: 2010.
http://store.freecollege.org/noleech1.php (accessed 29 Jan 2014).
 Health Metrics Network. Version 4.00. Framework and
standards for country health information systems:
Assessing national HIS information dissemination and
use. Geneva, World Health Organization: 2008.
 Lippeveld, Theo, R. Sauerborn, and C. Bodart. Design and Implementation of
Health Information Systems. Health Information System Module. Geneva: WHO.
2000.
 World Health Organisation. Components of a strong
health information system. A guide to the health
metrics network framework. Geneva, World Health
Organization: 2008
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18. I HOPE THIS WAS
INFORMATIVE
THANKS FOR YOUR KIND
ATTENTION
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