Working Group Presentations
Working Group 1: Defining a rationale for coordinated investment in routine health information at international and national level Who is audience for this message? Who are the key stakeholders that should be involved in setting priorities for HIS development? Where is more evidence required to make a case for investing in routine HIS development? What is the vision/Where should routine HIS be in 10 years? What strategies should be used to get there? Presentation (PDF 20KB)
Working Group 2: Coordination of Investment in Routine Health Information Collection and Use: Key Partners and Mechanisms What mechanisms exist for coordinating of investment on a international and national levels? What lessons have been learned from the past related to: setting national priorities for HIS investment; the role of external assistance organizations in HIS development; the role of the private sector? What recommendations would the group make to improve coordination of investment in HIS? Where is more evidence required? Presentation (PDF 15KB)
Working Group 3: Restructuring HIS and subsystems of HIS Consider the different subsystems of a national health information system: service statistics, vital event registration, surveillance, human/financial/physical resources management information, and hospital-based information systems. What is the role of each of these subsystems in a national HIS? What steps should be taken to coordinate and/or integrate these subsystems? Presentation (PDF 15KB)
Working Group 4: Routine HIS and Health System Development (including issues related to decentralization) What role could routine HIS play in facilitating and monitoring health reform? What role can routine HIS play in facilitating and monitoring health system performance? What are the key issues to consider related to routine health information collection and use at the district and community level? Presentation (PDF 15KB)
Working Group 5: Restructuring Routine Health Information Systems: Promoting Sustainable Outcomes From Investment What has been learned about the process of restructuring health information systems? Presentation (PDF 15KB)
Working Group 6: Routine HIS and Computer/Internet Technology What has been learned about the appropriate use of computer and Internet technology in HIS development? Presentation (PDF 15KB)
Working Group 7: Strategies for promoting use of information How do governments, donors, technical advisors, health managers ensure that HIS and use of information contributes to better decision making at different levels of the health system (national, district, facility, community)? How can investors help create a culture of information? Discuss minimum data sets/information audit Presentation (PDF 15KB)
Working Group 8: Integration of private sector (for profit and not-for-profit) into public sector HIS Definition of Private Sector Presentation (PDF 15KB) |