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District Health Information System.pptx
The District Health Information System (DHIS) is a data collection and management mechanism designed to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of health services at the district level. It provides baseline data for planning and monitoring health indicators, supporting evidence-based decision-making for improved healthcare provision. Fully implemented in Punjab since 2009, DHIS enables continuous assessment of health system performance and informs necessary reforms and resource allocation.
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Intro to DHIS by Muhammad Amjad, explaining data collection and monitoring for health facilities.
Illustration of the hierarchical levels in the District Health System including provincial, district, and sub-district.
Highlights key features like performance monitoring, evidence-based decision-making, and the implementation in Punjab since 2009.
Discusses DHIS's pivotal role in tracking health system performance and supporting decision-making.
Lists essential components such as epidemiological surveillance, service reports, special programs, and administration.
Outlines how DHIS monitors health policy implementation across levels and contributes to service delivery.
Describes expected benefits like improved healthcare provision, real-time data monitoring, and effective planning.
Discusses strategies to enhance data accuracy through upgrades and quality assurance procedures.
Focus on education and training for staff to improve knowledge and data quality in DHIS.
Emphasizes the importance of meetings for strengthening DHIS and recommending improvements at district levels.
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- 2. DISTRICT HEALTH INFORMATIONSYSTEM (DHIS) District Health Information System (DHIS) is a mechanism of data collection, transmission, processing, analysis and information feedback to the first level care facilities & secondary level health care facilities. DHIS provides a baseline data for district planning implementation and monitoring on major indicators of disease pattern, preventive services and physical resources.
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- 4. IMPORTANT FEATURES DHIS isa district – based Routine Health Information System • Responds to the information need of the District health system’s performance, monitoring function both at district and province levels. • DHIS provides minimum set of indicators • Promotes / Supports evidence based decision- making at local level & provincial level • Cater to the important routine health information needs of the federal & provincial levels for monitoring policy implementation.
- 5. IMPORTANT FEATURES • DHISis fully implemented and functional in all Districts of Punjab province since 2009. • The overall purpose of it is to provide basic analyses of important performance indicators to the district managers and facility in-charges. • This would then ensure the identification of problem areas or best practices, problem analysis and planning of solutions, implementation of the solutions, monitoring the implementation and evaluating the solutions.
- 6. ROLE OF DISTRICTHEALTH INFORMATION Pivotal role well functioning & efficient information system is: • Tracking the performance of Health system • Effective management of health services • Restructuring and aligning of health services within the Health system locally and globally • Allows continuous Review and assessment of Health for all.
- 7. ROLE OF DISTRICTHEALTH INFORMATION • Supports decision making and resource allocation • Informs program designs and needed reforms • Supports feeding information to the users at community, health facility, district and national level
- 8. COMPONENTS OF ADHIS Epidemiological surveillance Monitor common disease patterns (TB, notifiable diseases, STI, HIV/AIDS) Service reports Monitor utilisation & human resource patterns (headcount, personnel) Special Programmes Monitor coverage & quality of service delivery (maternal health, child health, nutrition) Administration and Finance Monitoring & control (staff working days, training, drugs, supplies) Population Knowing population numbers & distribution (census, surveys, environment, risk, etc) Software
- 9. AIM OF ADHIS Health information systems provide the mechanisms needed to monitor the translation of health policy into practice – this cascades down from national through provincial, district and facility levels. The DHIS enables districts to assess whether the goals, objectives, indicators and targets, based on both strategic and operational plans are being achieved. Information is central to all service delivery and management
- 10. EXPECTED BENEFITS • Improvedhealthcare provision in the province based on good quality data • Real-time healthcare data monitoring • Improved use of GIS information for planning, disease mapping & informs fiscal/monetary planning • Effective use of ICT infrastructure to support service delivery • Improved patient Information Management systems that enables effective patient care
- 11. QUALITY OF DATABY DHIS • Reduce data burden at collection points • Upgrade software for data compilation and analysis • ICT unit at district • Introduction of data quality assurance procedures
- 12. CAPACITY BUILDING Implementation ofeducation and training to continuously improve knowledge and skills at all levels Capacity building of selected staff at pilot districts Data quality assurance Use of information ICT
- 13. DISTRICT WORKING GROUPMEETING • Examining issues related to strengthening of DHIS at district level • Introducing periodic DHIS design review and consideration of draft DHIS strategy paper • Recommend improvement of district performance review meetings
Editor's Notes
- #11 A geographic information system (GIS) is a system that creates, manages, analyzes, and maps all types of data. Information and Communications Technology (ICT).