4 Health Information System
4 Health Information System
4 Health Information System
Prepared by:
Joseph Israel R. Guanlao, RMT, MSMT, MPH
Learning Objectives
• At the end of the lecture, the student should be able to:
1. Define health information system;
2. Discuss the different core indicators of a country’s health
information system performance;
3. Enumerate the different information sources of a health
information system.
Health Information System
• Any system that captures, stores,
manages, or transmits information
related to the health of individuals
or the activities of organizations
that work within the health sector.
• A well-functioning HIS is an
integrated effort to collect, process,
report, and use health information
and knowledge to influence policy
and decision-making, program
action, individual and public health
outcomes, and research.
Health Information System
• Cover different systems that capture,
store, manage, and transmit health-
related information that can be
sourced from individuals or activities
of a health institution.
1. Disease surveillance systems
2. District level routine information system
3. Hospital patient administration systems
(PAS)
4. Human resource management information
systems (HRMIS)
5. Laboratory information systems (LIS)
Key Functions
Different Information in HIS
Health Health
Outcomes Inequities
Components of HIS
• Resources – legislative, regulatory, and
planning frameworks; personnel,
financing, logistics support, ICT,
coordinating mechanisms.
• Sources – population-based or
institution-based.
Components of HIS
• Management – collection, storage,
quality assurance, processing,
compilation, and analysis.
Individual
Health Facility
Population
• Household surveys
✓ Primary source of data in developing countries
where facility-based statistics are of limited
quality.
✓ Good source of information on individual
health beliefs, behaviors, and practices (critical
health determinants).
Public Health Surveillance
• Brings together information from
both facilities and communities.
2. Adopts available ICT such as SMS and the internet for data collection,
analysis, and report generation;
• June 2011 – Flooding in Pigcawayan (Region XII), North Cotabato and North Cabuntalan,
Maguindanao (ARMM).
• Investigation and management of diseases with breached alert threshold were carried out more promptly, thus
decreasing disaster-related morbidities and mortalities.
PIDSR and SPEED
Characteristics PIDSR SPEED
Early detection of unusual increases or occurrence
Early detection of outbreaks and early in communicable and non-communicable
Objective
response diseases/health conditions to provide early
response during emergencies and disasters
Diseases Communicable disease with outbreak 21 communicable and non-communicable diseases
monitored potential common during disasters
Yes, part and parcel of routine No, activated only post-extreme emergencies or
Always activated?
surveillance disasters
Case-based surveillance, lab-based
Path of detection surveillance, and event-based Event-based surveillance
surveillance
Frequency of Weekly for category 2 and within 24 Daily and immediately upon detection when
reporting hours for category 1 Notification Alert Level is breached
References