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Commitment Levels of Health Care Providers in Using the District Health Information System and the Associated Factors for Decision Making in Resource-Limited Settings: Cross-sectional Survey Study

JMIR Medical Informatics, 2021
BackgroundChanging the culture of information use, which is one of the transformation agendas of the Ministry of Health of Ethiopia, cannot become real unless health care providers are committed to using locally collected data for evidence-based decision
Kanfe, Shuma G, Endehabtu, Berhanu F, Ahmed, Mohammedjud H, Mengestie, Nebyu D, Tilahun, Binyam   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Artificial Intelligence for Global Health: Learning From a Decade of Digital Transformation in Health Care [PDF]

, 2020
The health needs of those living in resource-limited settings are a vastly overlooked and understudied area in the intersection of machine learning (ML) and health care.
Gichoya, Judy Wawira, Mathur, Varoon, Purkayastha, Saptarshi   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Utilization of the national cluster of district health information system for health service decision-making at the district, sub-district and community levels in selected districts of the Brong Ahafo region in Ghana

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background There is growing interest in the use of reliable evidence for health decision-making among low-and middle-income countries. Ghana has deployed DHIMS2 to replace the previously existing manual data harmonization processes.
Eliezer Ofori Odei-Lartey, Rebecca Kyerewaa Dwommoh Prah, Edward Apraku Anane, Harry Danwonno, Stephaney Gyaase, Felix Boakye Oppong, Godwin Afenyadu, Kwaku Poku Asante   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Acceptance of the District Health Information System Version 2 Platform for Malaria Case-Based Surveillance By Health Care Workers in Botswana: Web-Based Survey

JMIR Formative Research, 2022
BackgroundSimilar to many low- and middle-income countries, Botswana has identified eHealth as a means of improving health care service provision and delivery.
Kagiso Ndlovu, Kabelo Leonard Mauco, Mpho Keetile, Khutsafalo Kadimo, Refilwe Yvonne Senyatso, Davies Ntebela, Buthugwashe Valela, Clement Murambi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

PILOTING DHIS2 SYSTEM IN VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS SURVEILLANCE [PDF]

BMJ Global Health, 2017
Background The District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2) is a tool for collection, validation, analysis and presentation of both individual (tracker) and aggregated data tailored to integrated health information management activities.
Seth Okeyo, Raymond Omollo, Robert Kimutai, Michael Ochieng, Thaddaeus Egondi   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

Perceptions and experiences with district health information system software to collect and utilize health data in Bangladesh: a qualitative exploratory study

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Accurate and high-quality data are important for improving program effectiveness and informing policy. In 2009 Bangladesh’s health management information system (HMIS) adopted the District Health Information Software, Version 2 (DHIS2) to ...
Tahmina Begum, Shaan Muberra Khan, Bridgit Adamou, Jannatul Ferdous, Muhammad Masud Parvez, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Feroza Akhter Kumkum, Aminur Rahman, Iqbal Anwar   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparison of a palm-based biometric solution with a name-based identification system in rural Bangladesh

Global Health Action, 2022
Background Unique identifiers are not universal in low- and middle-income countries. Biometric solutions have the potential to augment existing name-based searches used for identification in these settings.
Fatema Khatun, Rebecca Distler, Monjur Rahman, Brian O’Donnell, Noni Gachuhi, Manoj Alwani, Yang Wang, Anisur Rahman, J Frederik Frøen, Ingrid K Friberg   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Perceived Usefulness, Competency, and Associated Factors in Using District Health Information System Data Among District Health Managers in Tanzania: Cross-sectional Study

JMIR Formative Research, 2022
BackgroundTanzania introduced District Health Information Software (version 2; DHIS2) in 2013 to support existing health management information systems and to improve data quality and use.
Daudi Simba, Felix Sukums, Claud Kumalija, Sarah Eden Asiimwe, Sai Kumar Pothepragada, Patrick Warui Githendu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Classification of changes in API evolution [PDF]

, 2019
Applications typically communicate with each other, accessing and exposing data and features by using Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Even though API consumers expect APIs to be steady and well established, APIs are prone to continuous changes,
Abelló Gamazo, Alberto, Franch Gutiérrez, Javier, Jovanovic, Petar, Koçi, Rediana   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Opportunities and challenges for implementing cost accounting systems in the Kenyan health system. [PDF]

, 2016
Low- and middle-income countries need to sustain efficiency and equity in health financing on their way to universal health care coverage. However, systems meant to generate quality economic information are often deficient in such settings.
Bozzani, F, English, M, Gheorghe, A, Griffiths, UK, Kihuba, E   +4 more
core   +3 more sources