Assessment of Health Management Information System In Addis Ababa Health Bureau
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2005-06
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Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
The HMIS in development countries lags seriously behind as compared to the development
countries: and the existing HMIS in many developing countries is insufficient to support health
management functions.
The purpose of the study was; to assess and determine how health information is generated and
utilized in the decision-making process in Addis Ababa Health Bureau and health care faciliti es
in the region. The study also attempted to identify factors affecting the quality of reporting,
information generation and utilization at regional, sub-city and health fa cility levels.
The finding of the study indicated that; there is increased awareness for better quality of
information and steps are taken to improve the HMIS capacity at sub-city and health facility
levels by adopting the District Health Information System (DHIS) software
However the study also indicated that there is critical constraint of trained personnel; to analyze
value and utilize the available data; which seemed to be significant challenge for the progress of
the system at all levels.
To improve the performance of HMIS; not only technology acquisition will be required but it
should also be viewed as a long-term socio-cultural, political, and technical development process.
It is equally important to improve the understanding of health managers and health professional
on the importance health information as well as the proper utilization of the available data and
information for improved health service management. This can be achieved only through proper
training and increasing the proportion oftrained staff inHMIS on a sustainable manner
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Information System In Addis Ababa Health Bureau