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HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (HMIS)

HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (HMIS). DEFINITION: A mechanism for the collection, processing, analysis and transmission of information required for organizing and operating health services, and also for research and training. Data

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HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (HMIS)

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  1. HEALTH INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYSTEM (HMIS) DEFINITION: A mechanism for the collection, processing, analysis and transmission of information required for organizing and operating health services, and also for research and training.

  2. Data • Data consist of discrete observations of attributes or events that carry little meaning when considered alone.

  3. HMIS may respond to the following: • The system should be population based. • The system should be problem oriented. • The system should employ functional and operational terms e.g. episodes of illness, treatment, regimens, laboratory tests. • The system should express information briefly and imaginatively i.e. tables, charts, percentages etc. • The system should make provision for the feed back of the data.

  4. Component of HMIS • Demography and vital events. • Environmental health statistics. • Health status. • Health resources. • Utilization and non-utilization of health services. • Out come of medical care. • Financial statistics (cost, expenditure) related to the particular objective.

  5. Uses of health information • To measure the health status of the people and to quantify their health problems and medical and health care needs. • For local, national and international comparison of health status. • For planning, administration and effective management of health services and programmers. • For assessing whether health services are accomplishing their objectives in terms of their effectiveness and efficiency. • For assessing the attitudes and degree of satisfaction of the beneficiaries with the health system. • For research into particular problems of health and diseases.

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