Design and Implementation of Health Information Systems

In: Euro Nonserial Publication

Abstract

This book provides a practical guide to the design and implementation of health information systems in developing countries. Noting that most existing systems fail to deliver timely reliable and relevant information the book responds to the urgent need to restructure systems and make them work as both a resource for routine decisions and a powerful tool for improving health services. With this need in mind the authors draw on their extensive personal experiences to map out strategies pinpoint common pitfalls and guide readers through a host of conceptual and technical options. Information need