Analysis of social and economical indices affecting mortality rates for cancers by sex - Application of the database for the regional health information system.

Summary Objectives: To identify success and failure factors in the design process of a regional health information system. Methods: A constructive evaluation study including interviews, observations, usability study and document analysis. Results: Modelling was found to be a key element for the successful implementation of a health information system. The developed service chain model helped to define use cases and to implement seamless service chains. User participation in the design process was a success factor resulting in good user acceptance and signs of positive impacts on work practices. Evaluation study also helped system developers to guide the system’s further development. An important failure factor identified was the lack of semantic interoperability of the system components. Conclusions: The results emphasize the socio-technical nature of health information systems. The starting point for development should be thorough insight into the health care work practices where the information systems are to be used. Successful system design should start from modelling of work processes, data and information flows and definition of concepts and their relations. Health informatics as a scientific discipline provides theories and models for the design and development process.

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Changes in obstetric case fatality and early newborn mortality rates in hospitals after the implementation of the Expanding Maternal and Neonatal Survival program in Indonesia: Results from a health information system

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics ◽

10.1002/ijgo.12731 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 144 ◽

pp. 13-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Saifuddin Ahmed ◽

Maya Tholandi ◽

Alisa Pedrana ◽

Ali Zazri ◽

Nony Parmawaty ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Health Information ◽

Health Information System ◽

Case Fatality ◽

Mortality Rates ◽

Newborn Mortality

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Realization of XML-Based ETL Process of the Regional Health Information System

2010 International Conference on E-Business and E-Government ◽

10.1109/icee.2010.1074 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

He Youshi ◽

Wang Xiaobing

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Health Information ◽

Health Information System ◽

Regional Health

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Feeding Program Performance in Kenya and Tanzania: A Retrospective Analysis of Routine Health Information System Data

Food and Nutrition Bulletin ◽

10.1177/156482651203300209 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 33 (2) ◽

pp. 150-160 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Hannah Tappis ◽

Shannon Doocy ◽

Christopher Haskew ◽

Caroline Wilkinson ◽

Allison Oman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

United Nations ◽

Health Information ◽

Health Information System ◽

Mortality Rates ◽

Refugee Camps ◽

Selective Feeding ◽

Feeding Programs ◽

High Commissioner ◽

Program Data

Background The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Health Information System is a primary source of routine nutrition program data and provides a comprehensive assessment of UNHCR selective feeding programs in more than 90 refugee camps in 18 countries worldwide. Objective To evaluate the coverage and effectiveness of UNHCR supplementary and therapeutic feeding programs for malnourished children under 5 years of age in Kenya and Tanzania refugee camps. Methods Analysis of Kenya and Tanzania refugee camp population, growth monitoring, and nutrition program data from the UNHCR Health Information System. Results UNHCR-supported implementing partners in Kenya and Tanzania admitted nearly 45,000 malnourished refugee children in selective feeding programs between January 2006 and May 2009. Average recovery rates of 77.1% and 84.6% in the therapeutic and supplementary programs, respectively, mortality rates of less than 1%, and average readmission below 5% suggest that feeding programs had a beneficial effect on enrolled children. Conclusions Increasing admission and enrollment in supplementary feeding programs was successful in preventing cases of severe malnutrition in some camps. Further attention to these camps would be likely to yield sizeable benefits in terms of absolute reductions in malnutrition prevalence and mortality rates.

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Semantics Management for a Regional Health Information System in Italy by CTS2 and FHIR

10.3233/shti210828 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Roberta Gazzarata ◽

Norbert Maggi ◽

Luca Douglas Magnoni ◽

Maria Eugenia Monteverde ◽

Carmelina Ruggiero ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Health Information ◽

Information Exchange ◽

Health Information Exchange ◽

Health Information System ◽

Health Record ◽

Veneto Region ◽

Regional Health ◽

The Common ◽

Set Up

An infrastructure for the management of semantics is being developed to support the regional health information exchange in Veneto – an Italian region which has about 5 million inhabitants. Terminology plays a key role in the management of the information fluxes of the Veneto region, in which the management of electronic health record is given great attention. An architecture for the management of the semantics of laboratory reports has been set up, adopting standards by HL7. The system has been initially developed according to the common terminology service release 2 (CTS2) standard and, in order to overcome complexities of CTS2 is being revised according to the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard, which has been subsequently introduced. Aspects of CST2 and of FHIR have been considered in order to retain most suitable aspects of both. This integration can be regarded as most worthwhile.

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An Architecture of Urban Regional Health Information System and Its Data Conversion Algorithm

Security, Privacy, and Anonymity in Computation, Communication, and Storage - Lecture Notes in Computer Science ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-72395-2_31 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 339-349

Author(s):

Jinfu Chen ◽

Lin Zhang ◽

Ackah-Arthur Hilary ◽

Omari Michael ◽

Jiaxiang Xi

Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Health Information ◽

Health Information System ◽

Data Conversion ◽

Regional Health ◽

Conversion Algorithm

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Neonatal mortality burden and trends in UNHCR refugee camps, 2006–2017: a retrospective analysis

BMC Public Health ◽

10.1186/s12889-021-10343-5 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hannah Tappis ◽

Marwa Ramadan ◽

Josep Vargas ◽

Vincent Kahi ◽

Heiko Hering ◽

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Keyword(s):

Information System ◽

Health Information ◽

Neonatal Mortality ◽

Health Information System ◽

Refugee Camp ◽

Mortality Rates ◽

Refugee Camps ◽

Neonatal Deaths ◽

Live Births ◽

Mortality Burden

Abstract Background More than 100 million people were forcibly displaced over the last decade, including millions of refugees displaced across international borders. Although refugee health and well-being has gained increasing attention from researchers in recent years, few studies have examined refugee birth outcomes or newborn health on a regional or global scale. This study uses routine health information system data to examine neonatal mortality burden and trends in refugee camps between 2006 and 2017. Methods Refugee population and mortality data were exported from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Health Information System (HIS) database. Tableau was used to export the data. Stata was used for data cleaning and statistical analysis. Neonatal mortality burdens and trends in refugee camps were analyzed and compared to national and subnational neonatal mortality rates captured by household surveys. Findings One hundred fifty refugee camps in 21 countries were included in this study, with an average population of 1,725,433 between 2006 and 2017. A total of 663,892 live births and 3382 neonatal deaths were captured during this period. Annual country-level refugee camp neonatal mortality rates (NMR) ranged from 12 to 56 neonatal deaths per 1000 live births. In most countries and years where national population-based surveys are available, refugee camp NMR as reported in the UNHCR HIS was lower than that of the immediate host community. Conclusion The UNHCR HIS provides insights into the neonatal mortality burden among refugees in camp settings and issues to consider in design and use of routine health information systems to monitor neonatal health in sub-national populations. Increased visibility of neonatal deaths and stillbirths among displaced populations can drive advocacy and inform decisions needed to strengthen health systems. Efforts to count every stillbirth and neonatal death are critical, as well as improvements to reporting systems and mechanisms for data review within broader efforts to improve the quality of neonatal care practices within and outside of health facilities.

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