HMIS Flashcards
A formal method of making available accurate
and timely information to management
Management Information System
A set of components and procedures organized
with the objective of generating information
which will improve health care management
decisions
Health Information System
Functions of Health Information Management
Director in Community Hospitals:
record
release of information
medical transcription
forms management
any collection of components that
work together to achieve a common objective.
System
all the activities whose primary
purpose is to promote, restore or maintain
health.
Health System
meaningful collection of facts or
data.
Information
systems that provide
specific information support to the
decision-making process at each level of an
organization.
Information System
Traditional HIM
Physical records
Aggregation and display of data
Forms and records design
Confidentiality
Data input
Data acquisition
Data verification
Data management
Data storage
Data classification
Data Computation
Data update
Data output
Data retrieval
Data presentation
Determinants of HMIS
Technical
Behavioral
Organizational
particularly
with staffs’ knowledge and skills for accomplishing routine HMIS tasks.
Technical
health professionals have better
understanding of the importance of
HMIS tasks and have high self-efficacy
Behavioral
supervision quality,
promotion of information culture and
HMIS resources availability as key
contributors of HMIS performance at
district and facility level.
Organizational
