HAMIS. A health and management information system for the Philippines
Series: Occasional Papers No. 11
Publisher: Department of Health of the Philippines, Health and Management Information System (HAMIS)
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Manila
Number of pages: 703
Table of contents: title: 1. Background; title: 1.1 International background; title: 1.2 Philippine background; title: 1.3 Project background; title: 2. Towards a need-responsive health and management information system; title: 2.1 Felt information needs - information needs as perceived by managers; title: 2.2 Expressed information needs - information conducive to good health care management; title: 2.3 Implicit normative information needs - information needs according to the best knowledge of public health; title: 2.4 Explicit normative information needs - information needs according to a decision-making framework; title: 2.5 Comparative information needs - health information systems abroad; title: 2.6 Clarification, validation and consensus finding; title: 2.7 Need-oriented health and management indicators; title: 3. Towards a cost-effective health and management information system; title: 3.1 Prioritization of indicators; title: 3.2 Sourcing of indicators; title: 3.3 Cost-effective baskets for health and management indicators; title: 4 A strategy underlying the development of a need-oriented and cost-effective health and management information system; title: 5 Elements of HAMIS; title: 5.1 Public health data; title: 5.1.1 Blackbox - bringing back data to the data producers; title: 5.1.2 Databoards - information in the hands of the people; title: 5.2 Information on socio-economics; title: 5.2.1 Brownies - a socio-economic profile for small areas; title: 5.2.2 Databoards - socio-economic data in the hands of health workers; title: 5.3 Hospital data; title: 5.3.1 Lucena - a prospective hospital information system; title: 5.3.2 Homis and Leila - computerized handling of routine data forms; title: 5.4 Studies on costs and financing; title: 5.4.1 Pisco - a series of studies on institutional costs and financing; title: 5.4.2 Quesex - a health seeking and expenditure survey; title: 5.5 Information on logistics and money; title: 5.5.1 Maramag - a logistics information system; title: 5.5.2 Lawas - a money management software; title: 5.6 Information on management; title: 6. From information to inspiration and improvement; title: 6.1 Printouts and publications; title: 6.2 On line presentations; title: 6.3 User clubs and quality assurance conferences; title: 6.4 Policy papers and lobbying; title: 6.5 Federation of good managers; title: 7. 36 detailed annexes