Information System Development

In Egypt there is increasingly strong political support for health sector reform including a widespread recognition that a working information system is necessary to undertake and monitor this reform. This paper assesses the role of USAID technical support to help build health management information systems in Egypt. The major objectives of the report are to: identify constraints to building the necessary information systems, identify and describe available resources, determine the most constructive role for the technical assistance element of the initiative, recommend a development strategy, and outline necessary resources.

To help build the health workforce, the Capacity Project assisted Uganda’s Ministry of Health to craft and implement a comprehensive agenda for human resources for health… Improved human resources information systems (HRIS) will help the Ministry to plan for recruitment, training and retention of health professionals. [from author]

This brief will discuss the concepts of data quality and provide examples of the importance of data management specific to the field of HRH, illustrated by the Capacity Project’s experience with HRIS strengthening in developing countries. [from introduction]

This presentation was part of the ECSA Workforce Observatory Meeting in Arusha. It discusses quality control issues in data entry for a human resource information system.


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This Manual is designed to be a quick-and-easy, user-friendly reference for the development of health management information systems (HMIS), with the focus on applications. It serves as a primer on HMIS development and provides a general overview of the basic principles, as well as the fundamental steps and issues involved in the different activities to be undertaken. It aims simply to provide the basic elements on HMIS development for people who do not have the time or the need to read deeply on the subject. For those who wish to develop a more in-depth knowledge, the Manual can also serve as

This document focuses on the rationale, approaches and vision required for strengthening health information systems, the components and standards of a health information system, and the guiding principles for health information system development along with practical steps for implementation. [adapted from author]

The purpose of this work is to provide a set of guidelines by which health information systems can be refocused to improve the timeliness, quality, access and use of management information. The guidelines describe the activities and tasks that must be considered and addressed before work can begin in order to help avoid some of the more common pitfalls previously observed in health management information projects. [author’s description]

This report was developed to outline broad strategy, create a common vision for developing a new core health information system, and describe specific technical development tasks in detail. The new information system must be designed from the top down based on information demand. This should focus development on clear data collection and processing priorities, eliminate collection of unused data, and produce an efficient and relevant system. Information demand is being generated and defined by developing and testing an Executive Information System (EIS), beginning with a very limited set of key indicators and drawing data from the existing HIS.

This presentation was part of the ECSA Workforce Observatory Meeting in Arusha. It discusses how to find data sources for information system development and gives qualitative feedback on these potential sources.


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HRH policy decision making requires good quality and adequate baseline census data and information on current availability, profiles, and distribution of HRH. Such data is crucial to compute indicators necessary to guide, accelerate, improve and target program and policy development at the national level. Regularly updating such data allows countries to determine whether HRH benchmarks are being achieved, and whether policies and programs designed at the country and sub-national level are indeed working. [author’s description]


This document was presented at the ECSA Workforce Observato

The Health Management Information System (HMIS) in Kwale District, Coast Province is Kenya’s first computerised district-level HMIS. A joint effort of the Ministry of Health and the Community Health Department of the Aga Khan Health Service, Kenya, the system uses simple, user-friendly software developed by Data Dynamics Limited to collect and analyse data from local health facilities. Benefits to date include a significant increase in reporting by local health facilities, more timely information for planning and decision-making, and evidence that the reports have enhanced immunisation coverage.