The aims are to examine the challenges and opportunities in the implementation of mental health information systems (MHIS) in developing countries as suggested by the World Health Organization (WHO) and explored by Gulbinat et al. (2008). Special recommendations for developing countries are: 1) MHIS should be linked to the general medical information system; 2) there is need for adoption, adapt...

OBJECTIVES Information technology (IT) is emerging in health care. A rigorous evaluation of this technology is recommended and of high importance for decision makers and users. However, many authors report problems during the evaluation of information technology in health care. In this paper, we discuss some of these problems, and propose possible solutions for these problems. METHODS Based o...

OBJECTIVE Both regional health information systems (rHIS) and hospital information systems (HIS) need systematic information management. Due to their complexity information management needs a thorough description or model of the managed information system. METHODS The three layer graph-based meta-model (3LGM(2)) and the 3LGM(2) tool provide means for effectively describing and modeling HIS by...

OBJECTIVES Summarize excellent current research in the field of Health Information Systems. METHOD Synopsis of the articles selected for the IMIA Yearbook 2012. RESULTS Three papers from international peer reviewed journals have been selected for the section on health information systems. CONCLUSIONS The selected articles illustrate current research regarding health IT impacts and evaluat...

As healthcare costs increase, there is a need for healthcare service providers to look for ways to contain costs and to improve the service level. Due to the limited resources, it is difficult to create value in the physical value chain, so the health care industry should focus on using information system. This paper introduces the virtual value chain evolution in health care industry, the up-t...

Information Communication Technology (ICT) revolution brought opportunities and challenges to developing countries in their efforts to strengthen the Health Management Information Systems (HMIS). In the wake of globalisation, developing countries have no choice but to take advantage of the opportunities and face the challenges. The last decades saw developing countries taking action to strength...

Health Information Technology has a great potential to transform the existing health care systems by making them safe, effective and efficient. Multi-functionality and interoperability of health information systems are very important functions. Hence these features cannot be achieved without addressing the knowledge and skills of the health care personnel. There is a great mismatch between Info...

The World Health Organization (WHO) actively promotes eHealth, which includes electronic health information systems, as means to generate better data on tuberculosis and on interventions to control tuberculosis. However, introducing electronic data management needs long-term investment in both staff and infrastructure and has profound social and organizational impacts. It is easy to make costly...

in modern decentralised health systems, district and local managers are increasingly responsible for financing, managing, and delivering healthcare. however, their lack of adequate skills and competencies are a critical barrier to improved performance of health systems. given the financial and human resource, constraints of relying on traditional face-to-face training to upskill a large and dis...