Improving Data Quality and Information Use of Tuberculosis Program in Alert Hospital
| dc.contributor.advisor | Mekonnen, Wubegzier (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Teferi, Dereje (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Sori, Abeba | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-19T08:51:17Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-29T04:57:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-19T08:51:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-29T04:57:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2015-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: The development of comprehensive health and management information systems are increasingly becoming important for measuring and improving the quality and coverage of health services. Many developing countries including Ethiopia have made efforts to strengthen their national health information systems to provide information for decision-making in managing health care services. However, ensuring data quality is a critical factor in the delivery of medical care. Poor data quality can have far reaching social and economic consequences. Objective: To improve data quality, information use and develop standard database for tuberculosis HMIS in ALERT hospital. Methodology: This project employed quantitative methods to assess factors influencing the performance of HMIS in the department and qualitative methods to assess data quality and information use by using the adopted performance evaluation tool of the PRISM package. The tool used for data collection were in depth interview, self-administered questionnaire, and document review that were collected in the last two quarters (July 2006-December 2007 E.C). The study participants were health care professionals who were working in TB and MDR/TB department of ALERT hospital for the last two quarters, department heads, TB focal person, and HMIS focal persons of the hospital. The data collected was analyzed by using MS-Excel to identify issues such as level of data quality and information use through quantitative method. Open source software used to analyze qualitative data was used to identify the associated factors. Results: The finding of this assessment shows that there is data quality problem related to TB HMIS in ALERT hospital. There is also insufficient practice of data use for planning and decision making to improve the health interventions. The data quality issues are discussed with concerned bodies to avoid future data quality problems. A Microsoft Access database is also developed to avoid error commuted during recording and reporting which resulted in data quality problem. Conclusion: The recording and reporting of the TB program needs to obtain high attention from the HMIS unit and the management for future improvement. The computer based database should be implemented to support the TB focal person to properly record and report and so data quality is improved. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/14387 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tuberculosis Program in Alert Hospital | en_US |
| dc.title | Improving Data Quality and Information Use of Tuberculosis Program in Alert Hospital | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |