Developing an Enterprise Framework for Mental Health Information System in Addis Ababa
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2021
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Addis Abeba University
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Background: “Mental health information system is a system for collecting, processing,analyzing, disseminating and using information about a mental health service and mental health desires of the population”.
All types of mental health organizations should have a clearly defined set of quality information that is gathered and consolidated in to meaning full indicators for clinicians, managers and the executive.
Objective: The general objective of this project was todevelop an enterprise framework for mental health information system in hospitals that provides mental health care in Addis Ababa.
Methodology: For data collection interview, observation, document and literatures review was done. For the framework development the Zachman and the open group architectural frameworks were used. Iterative system development methodology was used for over all framework development.
Discussion of Results: By using the perspectives of the Zachman framework and the open group architecture template different business, data and information architecture works were done.
Taking the mental health organization mission, strategy and objectives in to consideration the investigator identified the architecture mission, business and information principles, information flow between different departments and different stakeholders that have impact on mental health information systems.
Conclusion:Information is a critical component of mental health institutions for many purposes like patient care, decision making, and monitoring of outcomes. As a result of this proper and standardized way of information flow can improve communications among the business organizations and different stakeholders.
This mental health information system architecture framework will serve as a base for developing more complete architecture framework of mental health institutions in the future.
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Mental Health, Information System