Assessment Of Electronic Health Management Information System (e-HMIS) Project Implementation In Public Hospitals;In The Case Of Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau
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2017-06-13
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Addis Ababa University
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The topic of the study is “Assessment of Electronic Health Management Information System (e-HMIS) project implementation in public hospitals; in the case of Addis Ababa City Administration Health Bureau”. The main objective of the study is to assess the extent to which public hospitals under AACAHB are using e-HMIS and identify challenges of implementing e-HMIS in public hospitals.The researcher chose public hospitals under AACAHB because of time and financial resources available to conduct the study. The study design is descriptive, the sampling technique is purposive. Data is collected through interview and questionnaire.The data collected was, coded and analyzed with the aid of SPSS version 20 package and MS-Excel 2010. Descriptive statistics was used to help in drawing conclusions.The findings of the study reveal that there were challenges ontraining of users, financial resources, adequate human resources, support from the staffs and managements, and ICT infrastructures.Whereas the project has good practice in software infrastructure.Based on the findings, the following recommendations are forwarded;give frequent training, assign adequate budget and support and involvement of managers at all levels
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e-HMIS implementation, e-Health project implementation, e-HMIS in public Hospitals