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Author: Aimee Silva
Summary of the RHINO Satellite Session at the HSR Symposium
The Routine Health Information Network (RHINO) organized a session on Strengthening Routine Health Information Systems (RHIS) through Regional Networks on Monday, November 14 at the 2016 Global Symposium on Health Systems Research (HSR) in Vancouver. RHINO is an NGO established under the USAID-funded MEASURE Evaluation project in 2001 to advocate for strong RHIS. In June […]
Routine Health Information Systems: A Curriculum on Basic Concepts and Practice
Routine Health Information Systems: A Curriculum on Basic Concepts and Practice Use of information for evidence-based decision making produced by routine health information systems (RHIS) is still very weak in many low- and middle income countries (LMIC). In the June 2015 MA4Health Summit, USAID, WHO, and the World Bank called for action “to improve country health […]
2016 OpenMRS Implementer’s Conference in Kampala, Uganda from December 6-11
OpenMRS is an open-source electronic medical record system developed by a global community in order to improve healthcare access and delivery in resource-constrained environments. The goals of this conference are: 1. To demonstrate how Uganda is using a multi-partner and multi-funded approach to develop, implement, and support a national implementation of OpenMRS. 2. To expand […]
Building an SMS Reminder/Recall System to Generate Demand in Benin (Aussi en français)
Guest Blog by Meredith Baker, Director of Programs & Partnerships (VaxTrac), Dr. Korinne Chiu, Director of Research and Evaluation (VaxTrac) and Samantha Rabenjamina, Software Engineer (VaxTrac) VaxTrac is a US-based NGO that designs, builds, implements, and evaluates vaccination registry systems and supporting materials, in order to help developing health systems maximize the efficiency of their vaccine delivery […]
Health Systems Resilience: The Domains and Characteristics
By Tariq Azim, Senior Technical Advisor featured on The Pump, John Snow, Inc. The Fourth Global Symposium on Health Systems Research will be held this year in Vancouver on November 14–18. This year’s theme, “Resilient and Responsive Health Systems for a Changing World,” is timely, as the topic of health systems’ resilience has regained attention post […]
How can you improve the performance of the Routine Health Information System in your country?
For more than fifteen years, RHINO has provided technical support to low and middle income countries to improve the performance of their routine health information system (RHIS) via its website, its forums, and its international workshops. In a move to bring best practices and lessons learned about the RHIS to each country, RHINO is […]
Informing Investments in Health Information Systems
The primary function of a health information system in a country is to collect and analyze data in order to help providers and policymakers improve patient care and make decisions about what are the population’s most important health needs and how to address them. The field is now demanding evidence of progress and accountability for […]
Better-Designed Health Information Systems Make for Better Health Outcomes
Alpha Nnsaghurwe, Chris Wright, Vikas Dwivedi, Nosa Orobaton, Michael Stelmach, Moses Busiga Well-performing health information systems (HIS) are a crucial catalyst for improving health outcomes and health system performance. Countries and development partners have made progress in strengthening data collection and deploying technologies to move data up the health system for monitoring and evaluating […]
Strengthening RHIS through cross-network collaboration at MA4Health/Bangladesh
To support RHIS (Routine Health Information Systems) strengthening in Asia, the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) in collaboration with the MEASURE Evaluation conducted a side-meeting dedicated for the RHIS Focus Group during the Bangladesh MA4Health Conference on April 26, 2016.
