Information should be sensitive and unbiased for meaningful comparisons. Data should not be used to justify forecasts and selfish needs. When reviewing data one should take into account the person presenting the data. Good information should have economic viability, i.e., the benefit reaped from the information should be greater than the cost of collection and processing of the data. Useful information should be simple and easy to interpret.
Excessive information can cause cognitive overload.
Information reports should be as uniform as possible, making them useful across departments and over time. Inability of health managers to specify their information needs. This often results in excessive information of which much is irrelevant. Misfit between technical and organizational designs. Sometimes the organization needs sophisticated analysis and the HMIS is unable to produce that.