New book on Health Management Information Systems
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"From Data to Decision Making in Health: The Evolution of a Health
Management Information System"
by Bruce Campbell, Sam Adjei, Arthur Heywood
This book offers a step by step overview of the development of a
Health Management Information System (MIS). Issues related to system
design, training staff and information utilisation become clear;
lessons learned from MIS development in Ghana are highlighted. These
are generally applicable to the implementation of MIS in developing
countries. Finally, examples of MIS tools are given, plus blank
copies to adopt and use in your own context.
Extra: Book buyers can obtain MIS tools on diskette, free of charge
(for DOS computers with Lotus 2.4 or later, or any Windows version
of Lotus/Excel)
Table of contents:
"From data to decision making in health"
Introduction: Converting data to information / Design principles
ch1. Background and Setting
ch2. Project design: what are the important ingredients?: Design /
Project implementation / Resource requirements
ch3. What are the essential MIS tools?: Planning tools / Data
collecting tools
ch4. Self-assessment, reporting and feedback: Primary health care
service coverage assessment / PHC continuity/quality of care
assessment / Out-patient department disease surveillance /
Cause of admission and death, plus Case Fatality Rates
ch5. Expected and unexpected achievements of implementation: Results
of the internal review and assessment / Results of focus group
discussions / Rationalising the need for supervision / Planning
/ National level impact
ch6. Critical questions and lessons from MIS design and
implementation
List of annexes:
Annex 1 - Instructions for using the self-assessment tools (Examples
of completed self- assessment tools)
Annex 2 - Primary health care coverage assessment
Annex 3 - Primary health care continuity/quality of care assessment
Annex 4 - Out-patient disease surveillance
a. Raw data
b. Ratios: Reported disease surveillance per 10,000
population
Annex 5 - In-patient disease surveillance
a. Hospital admissions and supporting services
b. Hospital deaths
c. Case fatality ratios
Blank self-assessment tools (can be used to adopt to your own
context)
Annex 6 - Primary health care coverage assessment
Annex 7 - Primary health care continuity/quality of care assessment
Annex 8 - Out-patient disease surveillance
a. Raw data
b. Ratios: Reported disease surveillance per 10,000
population
Annex 9 - In-patient disease surveillance
a. Hospital admissions and supporting services
b. Hospital deaths
c. Case fatality ratios
Tally sheets (completed and blank):
Annex 10 - Multi-purpose tally sheet (completed)
Annex 11 - Disease surveillance tally sheet (completed)
Annex 12 - Multi-purpose tally sheet (blank)
Annex 13 - Disease surveillance tally sheet (blank)
Other annexes:
Annex 14 - Sources of information: PHC coverage assessment
Annex 15 - Sources of information: PHC continuity/quality of care
assessment
Annex 16 - Sample national MIS budget
Annex 17 - MIS baseline questionnaire
FROM DATA TO DECISION MAKING IN HEALTH
B. Campbell, S. Adjei, A. Heywood
ISBN 90 6832 096 3
Published 1996 * Pages 80; Paperback * Language English *
For further information on ordering a copy please contact:
Max Mink /Lydia Wolters, KIT Press
P.O. Box 95001, 1090 HA Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Tel +31-20-5688272
Fax +31-20-5688286
e-mail: kitpress@kit.support.nl
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