Health Management Information System

1. Health
Management
Information
System
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Prepared by
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Loza Getachew

3. INTRODUCTION
SOURCES
SUBTYPES
HEALTH
INDICATORS
DATA FLOW
REFERENCES
Outline
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4. INTRODUCTION
HMIS is defined as a
system that provides up to
date, reliable, and timely
information to health
managers, at various levels in
order to make well informed
management decisions about
problem, performance and
operations
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6. What is an information system?
" ... a system that provides
specific information support to
the decision-making process at
each level of an organization"
Good management is a prerequisite for increasing the efficiency of
health services
Improved health information system is clearly linked to good
management
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7. PATIENT
.Behavior
.Practices
.Risks
.Household
Health Unit
- allocation of health
resources
- heath services
coverage
- disease surveillance
Health System
- research
- policy and strategy
- formulating specific
programs
- resource management
- capacity building
- disease surveillance
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8. HEALTH
UNIT
.Resources
Allocation
.HS Coverage
.Disease
Surveillance
Health System
- research
- policy and strategy
- formulating specific
programs
- resource management
- capacity building
- disease surveillance
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9. Health Unit
- allocation of health
resources
- heath services
coverage
- disease surveillance
HEALTH
SYSTEM
.Research
.Policy
.Strategy
.Programs
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11. Epidemiological
Surveillance
Routine Service
Reporting
Specific Program
Reporting
Administrative
Systems
Vital Registration
Subtypes
of HIMS
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12. INDICATORS OF HEALTH
Data Indicators Knowledge
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14. Health Status
Indicators
• Infant mortality
• Maternal mortality
Health care
Utilization
Indicators
• Immunization
coverage
• ANC coverage
Health Resource
Indicators
• Qualified personnel
• Health services
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15. There are
131 HMIS
indicators
in Ethiopia
in since
2017
C Community Perspective
PInternal Process
FFinancial Stewardship
CBCapacity Building
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16. Example
C1.1.1.1 Contraceptive Acceptance
Rate (CAR)
Proportion of women of reproductive
age (15-49 years) who are not
pregnant and are accepting a modern
contraceptive method
Report Monthly
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23. References
• Health Indicators Conceptual
and Operational Consideration
– WHO
• HMIS Indicator Reference
Guideline FMOH
• International Journal in
Management and Social Science
Vol.04 Issue-08, (August, 2016)
• MEASURE Evaluation
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