[EQ] Assessing the National Health Information System - An Assessment Tool

Assessing the National Health Information System - An Assessment Tool

VERSION 4.0 – 2008

 

Health Metrics Network HMN- World Health Organization

 

Available online as PDF file [77p.] at:
http://www.who.int/healthmetrics/tools/3_HMN_Assessment_Tool_Version_4_0_Eng.pdf

 

Health Metrics Network HMN is a global health partnership that focuses on two core requirements of health system strengthening in low and low-middle income countries:

- First, the need to enhance entire health information and statistical systems, rather than focus only upon specific diseases.

- Second, to concentrate efforts on strengthening country leadership for health information production and use.

In order to help meet these requirements and advance global health, it has become clear that there is an urgent need to coordinate and align partners around an agreed-upon “framework” for the development and strengthening of health information systems

 

Content:

1. Introduction

2. Assessment of the national health information system (HIS)

3. Scoring and interpretation of results

The HMN Assessment And Monitoring Tool: Version 4

I. Assessing national HIS resources

Table I.A National HIS information policies

Table I.B National HIS financial and human resources

Table I.C National HIS infrastructure

II. Assessing national HIS indicators  

Table II.A Assessing national HIS indicators

III. Assessing national HIS data sources

Table III.A Censuses

Table III.B Civil registration

Table III.C Population surveys

Table III.D Individual records

Table III.E Service records

Table III.F Resource records

IV. Assessing national HIS data management

Table IV.A Assessing national HIS data management

V. Assessing national HIS data quality

Table V.A Under-5 mortality

Table V.B Maternal mortality

Table V.C HIV prevalence  

Table V.D Measles vaccination coverage

Table V.E Attended deliveries

Table V.F Tuberculosis treatment

Table V.G General government health expenditure (GGHE) per capita

Table V.H Private expenditure

Table V.I Workforce density

Table V.J Smoking prevalence

VI. Assessing national HIS information dissemination and use  

Annex I. Glossary of terms

 

 

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