Data utilisation and factors influencing the performance of the health management information system in Tanzania

LEG Mboera, SF Rumisha, D Mbata, IR Mremi… - BMC Health Services …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Health Management Information System (HMIS) is a set of data
regularly collected at health care facilities to meet the needs of statistics on health services …

An in-depth, exploratory assessment of the implementation of the National Health Information System at a district level hospital in Tanzania

MC Wilms, O Mbembela, H Prytherch… - BMC health services …, 2014 - Springer
Background A well functioning Health Information System (HIS) is crucial for effective and
efficient health service delivery. In Tanzania there is a national HIS called Mfumo wa Taarifa …

Bridging the gaps in the Health Management Information System in the context of a changing health sector

AS Nyamtema - BMC medical informatics and decision making, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Background The Health Management Information System (HMIS) is crucial for
evidence-based policy-making, informed decision-making during planning, implementation …

Data quality of the routine health management information system at the primary healthcare facility and district levels in Tanzania

SF Rumisha, EP Lyimo, IR Mremi, PK Tungu… - BMC medical informatics …, 2020 - Springer
Background Effective planning for disease prevention and control requires accurate,
adequately-analysed, interpreted and communicated data. In recent years, efforts have been …

[HTML][HTML] Improving quality and use of data through data-use workshops: Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania

J Braa, A Heywood, S Sahay - Bulletin of the World Health …, 2012 - SciELO Public Health
PROBLEM: In Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, as in many developing countries,
health managers lack faith in the national Health Management Information System (HMIS) …

[PDF][PDF] Utilization of HMIS data and its determinants at health facilities in east Wollega zone, Oromia regional state, Ethiopia: a health facility based cross-sectional …

TE Yarinbab, MK Assefa - Med Health Sci, 2018 - academia.edu
ABSTRACT Background: Health Management Information System (HMIS) is a core health
system building block designed to provide important data for continuous quality …

Assessment of implementation of the health management information system at the district level in southern Malawi

A Kasambara, S Kumwenda, K Kalulu, K Lungu… - Malawi Medical …, 2017 - ajol.info
Background Despite Malawi's introduction of a health management information system
(HMIS) in 1999, the country's health sector still lacks accurate, reliable, complete, consistent …

Toward utilization of data for program management and evaluation: quality assessment of five years of health management information system data in Rwanda

MP Nisingizwe, HS Iyer, M Gashayija… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Health data can be useful for effective service delivery, decision making, and
evaluating existing programs in order to maintain high quality of healthcare. Studies have …

Assessing the ability of health information systems in hospitals to support evidence-informed decisions in Kenya

E Kihuba, D Gathara, S Mwinga, M Mulaku… - Global health …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Background Hospital management information systems (HMIS) is a key component of
national health information systems (HIS), and actions required of hospital management to …

[PDF][PDF] Utilization of health management information system and associated factors in Hadiya zone health centers, Southern Ethiopia

E Abera, K Daniel, T Letta, D Tsegaw - Res Health Sci, 2016 - core.ac.uk
Abstract Background: Health Information systems are increasingly important for measuring
and improving the quality and coverage of health services. Reliable and timely health …