[HTML][HTML] Improving health information systems for decision making across five sub-Saharan African countries: Implementation strategies from the African Health …

W Mutale, N Chintu, C Amoroso… - BMC health services …, 2013 - Springer
Background Weak health information systems (HIS) are a critical challenge to reaching the
health-related Millennium Development Goals because health systems performance cannot …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[PDF][PDF] Health information system reform in South Africa: developing an essential data set

V Shaw - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2005 - SciELO Public Health
Health services are increasingly under pressure to develop information systems that are
responsive to changing health needs and appropriate to service objectives. Developing an …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

Level of data quality from Health Management Information Systems in a resources limited setting and its associated factors, eastern Ethiopia

K Teklegiorgis, K Tadesse, W Terefe… - South African Journal of …, 2016 - journals.co.za
Background: A Health Information System (HIS) is a system that integrates data collection,
processing, reporting, and use of the information necessary for improving health service …

[HTML][HTML] Improving data quality across 3 sub-Saharan African countries using the consolidated framework for implementation research (CFIR): results from the African …

S Gimbel, M Mwanza, MP Nisingizwe, C Michel… - BMC health services …, 2017 - Springer
Background High-quality data are critical to inform, monitor and manage health programs.
Over the seven-year African Health Initiative of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, three …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Health information systems in developing countries: case of African countries

AP Koumamba, UJ Bisvigou, EB Ngoungou… - BMC Medical Informatics …, 2021 - Springer
Background In developing countries, health information system (HIS) is experiencing more
and more difficulties to produce quality data. The lack of reliable health related information …

[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) …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …