Process Evaluation of Health Management Information System Implementation Status in Public Health Facilities of Mekelle Zone, Tigray, Ethiopia

Abstract

Health Management Information System (HMIS) is a system that integrates data collection, processing, reporting, and use of the information necessary for improving health service effectiveness and efficiency through better management at all levels of health system. In Ethiopia the major problem in implementation of HMIS are data quality of HMIS, shortage of resource and lack of strategic plan as well as lack of integration, absence of standards and guidelines inadequate staffing and poor ownership. The overall objective of this evaluation research was to assess the current health management information system (HMIS) implementation status of public health facilities in Mekelle zone. The evaluation research was conducted from January, 2015 to June 2016. The design of this evaluation research was case study made using a descriptive that mainly focused on the process measures of health management information system implementation status. The approach of the study was formative and normative which conducted by document review and direct interview to assess the availability of resources, compliance and information use by semi structured questionnaire for health institutions staffs. The overall evaluation of HMIS was 75.2%, which showed as a judgment parameter of ‘Good’. Particularly, Availability (83%), compliance (70%), information utilization (71.2%), and data quality (76.0%) dimension are categorized as judgment parameter of all as ‘Good’.  According to the results of this evaluation research it can be concluded that majority of health facilities have furnished with adequate HMIS resources, and qualified human resources required at HMIS unit and were within the standard but some facilities needs availing inputs. In case of information utilization and data quality of HMIS in health facilities under study is far below the standard expectations.

Keywords: HMIS, data quality, data accuracy, information utilization, decision making

Cite this Article

Ataklti Welay, Kidane Tadesse, Teklit G/tsadik. Process Evaluation of Health Management Information System Implementation Status in Public Health Facilities of Mekelle Zone, Tigray, Ethiopia. Research & Reviews: A Journal of Computational Biology. 2017; 6(1): 36–49p.