Components of WHO Health Management
Session 9: Components of WHO Health Management
Information System
Learning Tasks
By the end of this session, students are expected to be able to:
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World Health Organization (WHO) is the Organization that deals with giving the
Guidelines to all Health Institutions and Hospitals on different ways to deals with diseases the
medications for different disease the way to handle Physiotherapy issues the Foods required for
different patients and billing for medications.
Terminologies Found in World Health Organization (WHO)
A collection of components that work together to achieve a common objective.
is an organized system with interrelated components used for the collection, organization,
storage and communication of information.
capture, store, manage, or transmit information related to the health of individuals or the
activities of an organization that work within the health sector
deals largely with patient or individual health-related data.
Is a data collection system specifically designed to support planning, management, and
decision making in health facilities and organizations.
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When WHO Guideline Book Sent to any Country Example Tanzania will reach to the
Department of Heath for Check up and other decision making, during their checkups the
factors or kind of Information that they will be looking are as follows
o Health determinants:
In this part they look for the following issues
Socioeconomic factors
For social Economic Factor means Availability of resources to meet daily needs as
Job Opportunities
Living wages
Health Foods
Poverty
Quality of Schools
Transportations
Environmental factor
Exposure to Toxic or Hazards
Physical barriers for people with disabilities
Behavioural factors
Diet
Physical Activities
Alcohols
Cigarette
Hand washings
Genetic Factors
Heritage diseases
Age
Sex
HIV Status
Haemophilic
and the contextual environments within which the health system operates.
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o Inputs to the health system and related processes
Policy and organization
Health infrastructure
facilities and equipment
Costs
Human and financial resources
and health information systems.
o The performance or outputs of the health system
Availability
Accessibility
Quality and use of health information and services
Responsiveness of the system to user needs
And financial risk protection.
o Health outcomes
Mortality
Morbidity
Disease outbreaks
Health status
Disability
And wellbeing.
o Health inequities
Determinants
Coverage of use of services
Health outcomes
And including key stratifies such as sex, socioeconomic status, ethnic group
And geographical location.
of health information have access to reliable, authoritative, usable, understandable and
comparative data.
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Components of WHO Health Management Information System
components interact with one another to produce better information for better decisions and
better health.
elements which are: inputs, processes, and outputs.
managed.
Describe the six components of a health information system / WHO
The main components are three (Input, processing and Output)
Explanation of the Components
In the Input Component of WHO it deals with Resources of Health Information System
Define Health information system resources
It’s one of the Component of WHO that deals with regulatory, planning frameworks required to
ensure a fully functioning health information system, and the resources.
List five (5) kind of Health information system resources
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In the Processes Component of WHO it deals with Indicators, Data sources and Data
Managements.
o Indicators.
information is the basis for a plan and strategy for a health information system.
Indicators need to encompass determinants of health; health system inputs, outputs,
and outcomes; and health status.
o Data sources
Mention two main categories of Data Sources:
o Data management.
flow, processing, compilation, and analysis.
o Information products.
evidence and knowledge to shape health action.
o Dissemination and use.
to decision makers (giving due attention to behavioural and organizational
constraints) and by providing incentives for information use.
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List six Components of HMIS/ WHO/ HMS
List five (5) Key performance indicators of health management system/ WHO/ HMIS
List eight (8) Key performance indicators of health management system/ WHO/ HMIS
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The Performance Indicators of Health Management Information System
into two types:
o Indicators related to data generation using core sources and methods:
Health surveys
Civil registration
Census
Facility reporting
And health system resource tracking.
These reflect country capacity to collect relevant data at appropriate intervals and
use the most appropriate data sources.
Benchmarks include periodicity, timeliness, and contents of data collection tools and
availability of data on key indicators.
o Indicators related to country capacities for synthesis, analysis and validation of data.
These measure key dimensions of the institutional frameworks needed to ensure data
quality, including independence, transparency and access.
Benchmarks include the availability of independent coordination mechanisms and
the availability of micro-data and metadata.
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The Importance of Health Management Information System
o Any project or programme in the health sectors has goals to be met within a specific
period of time.
o In order to monitor if the goal is being reached, or has been reached, information is
required.
o Similarly, the Ministry of Health including vertical programme needs information to
monitor improvement of health care delivery.
o In order to obtain this information, there is need of having a health information system,
which will ensure that information is obtained in the manner required by the planners
and mangers.
o In order to utilize limited resources adequately one needs to plan.
o How can one know that project A needs more funding than project B, it is only through
an adequate health information system that can be able to determine this.
o Allocation of human and non-human resources in health sector needs data.
o Formulation of health policies in health sector needs accurate and adequate data from
health facilities and communities.
o In order to coordinate activities carried out by various national health programmes and
Non-Governmental organization, there is a need of having a Health Information System.
o Through HIS, the Ministry of health can be able to determine if the programmes and
Non- Governmental Organization `s are performing their roles as expected.
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Evaluation Questions
is an organized system with interrelated components used for the collection, organization,
storage and communication of information.
capture, store, manage, or transmit information related to the health of individuals or the
activities of an organization that work within the health sector
deals largely with patient or individual health-related data.
Is a data collection system specifically designed to support planning, management, and
decision making in health facilities and organizations.
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