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    Assessment of the New Health Management Information System Implementation in Public Health Facilities and Institutions in Addis Ababa.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2010-06-01) Tilahun Alemu; Mesfin Addisse
    Background :health management information system (HMIS) supports inf strategic decision making through the production of quality data and information for that helps mangers and health workers plan and manage the health service system HI one of the major core activities given due attention even though the ongoing bioprocess re-engineering in HMIS program has resulted several measures to be taken Objective: To assess the new HMIS implementation status in Addis Ababa Methods :A cross section descriptive study was conducted purposive sampling used structured questionnaire in-depth interview and observation were made be march and april 2010 both HMN and PRISM frames were used to evaluate then Result : there were 220 respondents and among them 80% were clinician health the majority of respondents (94.5%) did not participate in the designing efforts of HMIS and one hundred fifty one (68.6%) respondents are currently involving in the activities there is no incentive (93.6%) two hundred and eleven (95.9%) responder HMIS for reporting purpose implementation lacks ownership (19.4%) coordinates leadership(85%) strategy and policy (63,3) motivation (92.7%) shared responsibility among sack holders (57,7%) and not considered as the extension of the previous HIS(92%) Conclusion : large numbers of respondents currently participate in the manual based HMS implementation suffered form ownership follow-up communication and leadership Recommendation : HMIS should be a core activity famished with appropriate human material and financial resources improved data processing and management should be accompanied by skilled and trained health workers with appropriate ICT use management shall support facilitate and motivate information use culture HMIS implementation in Addis Ababa should have ownership follow up coordination and communication among stack holders