Warehousing and Inventory Management Performance and Associated Factors after HCMIS Implementation in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital
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2019-11
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Addis Abeba University
Abstract
Background:The provision of complete health care necessitates the availability of safe, effective
and affordable drugs and related supplies of the required quality, in adequate quantity at all
times. To meet this need TikurAnbessa Specialized Hospital, Pharmacy Service Directorate
strives to restructure relentlessly, and consider innovation of supply chain process. Technological
software implementation called Health Commodities Management Information System in the
warehouse in 2009 E.C. is among them. Despite those encouraging progresses, evidence reveals
frequent stock depletions and shortages of health commodities at the service delivery point.
Objectives:To assess warehousing and inventory management performance and associated
factors after Health Commodities Management Information System implementation in TikurA
nbessa Specialized Hospital.
Methods: A mixed method research design using quantitative and qualitative methods will be
used in this study. For the quantitative part,facility based retrospective method will be used to
survey data like, items and quantity ordered and/ received, cost and quantity of items expired or
damaged, cost of the products, and number of days to process the orders on medication store for
Revolving Drug Fund and program medicinesfor the years, Nehase,1,2007 –Sene ,30,2008
E.C/August,7,2015-July,7,2016G.C/before,andNehase,1,2009–Sene,30,2010E.C/August,7,2017July,7,2018
G.C/
after
implementation
of
Health
Commodities
Management
Information
System
using
standardized data collection tools.A Delphi technique will be used to selectmedicines
which indicated pharmaceutical supply chain performance of the Hospital. Data from Health
Commodities Management Information System, Internal Facility Requisition Report, Disposal
Report, Bin card and Good Receiving Voucher (Model 19), Model 22 will be used to collect
quantitative data.Qualitative data collection tool will be used to assess the related factors which
affect the performance of warehousing and inventory management using in-depth interview
method with key informants, purposively selected from TikurAnbessa Specialized Hospital. The
data collection and analysis will be conducted from December, 2018 – March, 2018. The
collected quantitative data will be entered and analyzed using Microsoft excel and SPSS version
20 computer software while the qualitative data will be analyzed manually.
Budget: The total budget required to conduct the study is 35,673.75 ETB.
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Health Commodities Management Information System, Implementation, Inventory management, Performance, TikurAnbessaSpecilized Hospital, Warehousing management.