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Jul 2, 2013

Necessity for a new technology acceptance model to predict adoption of wireless technology in healthcare

Subjects: mHealth
Countries: Global

Adoption of new technologies is researched in Information Systems (IS) literature for the past two decades, starting with the adoption of desktop computer technology to the adoption of electronic commerce technology. Issues that have been researched comprise of how users 'handle' various options available in software environment, their perceived opinion, barriers and challenges to adopting a new technology, IS development procedures that are directly impacting any adoption including interface designs and elements of human issues. However, literature indicates that the models proposed in the IS literature such as Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) are not suitable to specific settings to predict adoption of technology. Studies in the past few years have strongly concluded that TAM is not suitable in healthcare setting because it doesn't consider a myriad of factors influencing adoption technology adoption in healthcare. This paper discusses the problems in healthcare due to poor information systems development, factors that need to be considered while developing healthcare applications as these are complex and different from traditional MIS applications and derive a model that can be tested for adoption of new technology in healthcare settings. The contribution of this paper is in terms of building theory that is not available in the combined areas of Information Systems and healthcare.

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Jun 1, 2013

Using PRISM to strengthen and evaluate health information systems

Subjects: EPI Plan, PRISM (Performance of Routine Information System Management)
Countries: Global

The PRISM framework identifies strengths and weaknesses in RHIS performance and bridges the gaps, leading to improved health system performance. Routine health information systems (RHIS) attempt to produce timely and quality information about what is happening in health sector organizations. Ideally, this information is used to guide day-to-day operations, track performance, learn from past results, and improve accountability

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May 31, 2013

Improving health information systems for decision making across five sub-Saharan African countries: Implementation strategies from the African Health Initiative

Subjects: Standards, Tools
Countries: Tanzania, Zambia, Ghana, Rwanda, Rwanda, Improving health information systems for decision making across five sub-Saharan African countries: Implementation strategies from the African Health Initiative

Weak health information systems (HIS) are a critical challenge to reaching the health-related Millennium Development Goals because health systems performance cannot be adequately assessed or monitored where HIS data are incomplete, inaccurate, or untimely. The Population Health Implementation and Training (PHIT) Partnerships were established in five sub-Saharan African countries (Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia) to catalyze advances in strengthening district health systems. Interventions were tailored to the setting in which activities were planned.

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May 1, 2013

Utilizing community health worker data for program management and evaluation: systems for data quality assessments and baseline results from Rwanda.

Subjects: Monitoring & Evaluation
Countries: Rwanda

Community health workers (CHWs) have and continue to play a pivotal role in health services delivery in many resource-constrained environments. The data routinely generated through these programs are increasingly relied upon for providing information for program management, evaluation and quality assurance. However, there are few published results on the quality of CHW-generated data, and what information exists suggests quality is low. An ongoing challenge is the lack of routine systems for CHW data quality assessments (DQAs). In this paper, we describe a system developed for CHW DQAs and results of the first formal assessment in southern Kayonza, Rwanda, May-June 2011. We discuss considerations for other programs interested in adopting such systems. While the results identified gaps in the current data quality, the assessment also identified opportunities for strengthening the data to ensure suitable levels of quality for use in management and evaluation.

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Mar 1, 2013

ITU- Measuring the Information Society

Subjects: Telecommunications
Countries: Global

This annual report identifies key ICT developments and tracks the cost and affordability of ICT services, in accordance with internationally agreed methodologies and it also sheds new light on the latest digital TV broadcasting trends, another key driving force of the growing information society.

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Mar 1, 2013

OPTIMIZE Albania Report

Subjects: EPI Plan, EVM (Effective Vaccine Management), OPTIMIZE, WHO
Countries: Albania

This report presents the results of demonstration projects and other activities undertaken in Albania as part of a partnership between project Optimize and the Albanian Institute of Public Health (IPH). Between 2010 and 2012, Optimize collaborated with the IPH to demonstrate innovations in the supply chain that can help to meet the demands of an increasingly large and costly portfolio of vaccines. This report describes the two demonstration projects undertaken in Albania as part of the collaboration.  

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Mar 1, 2013

VISM Report: Global Vaccine Introduction

Subjects: GAVI, VIMS (Vaccine Information Management System)
Countries: Global

The following report displays data and figures on the introduction status of Hib vaccine, pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) and rotavirus vaccine both globally and in 73 GAVI eligible countries. It uses information stored in the Vaccine Information Management System (VIMS) online database maintained by IVAC at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and supported by the GAVI Alliance. The images and text below describe: how many countries have introduced each vaccine or plan to in the future; global and GAVI rates of coverage and access; projected introduction dates for GAVI eligible countries; historical trends of the rate of introduction globally; and the introduction status of every country individually. The report concludes with a more detailed description of VIMS and its potential uses.  

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Feb 13, 2013

Improving the use of health data for health system strengthening

Subjects: EPI Plan, Software
Countries: Global

Good quality and timely data from health information systems are the foundation of all health systems. However, too often data sit in reports, on shelves or in databases and are not sufficiently utilised in policy and program development, improvement, strategic planning and advocacy. Without specific interventions aimed at improving the use of data produced by information systems, health systems will never fully be able to meet the needs of the populations they serve.

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Feb 2, 2013

Selecting and Implementing the Right Information and Communications Technologies: A Toolkit for Decision-makers

Subjects: OPTIMIZE, WHO
Countries: Global

This guide aims to provide public health managers with knowledge required for the implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT). It is not an exhaustive technical guide to information systems implementation, nor does it address the strategic questions around a wider e-Health vision. Instead, it draws on lessons learned in Project Optimize and others to propose a simple step-by-step process.

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