Resources
Health information system (HIS) practitioners and researchers working to build strong HIS don’t need to start from scratch. Examples of important HIS documents can be accessed through the HIS country profiles. The HIS Strengthening Model provides the foundation for HIS planning and learning. HIS assessment tools can be searched and accessed in the HIS assessment tools database. HIS performance indicators can be found in the Resource Center’s indicator registry.
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Key Resources in HIS Strengthening
A number of documents and voices in the HIS strengthening field have informed MEASURE Evaluation’s work. These include examples of collaboration, blogs and commentaries, infographics, and journal articles and reports.
Digital Health
Many HIS strengthening initiatives are now using information and communication technologies such as electronic health records, mobile health technologies, and interoperable platforms to support the collection and use of health information. Here are some helpful tools and guidance.
- Health Information Systems Interoperability Maturity Model
- Classification of Digital Health Interventions (The World Health Organization [WHO])
- National eHealth Strategy Toolkit (WHO, International Telecommunication Union [ITU])
- Monitoring and Evaluating Digital Health Interventions (WHO)
- Digital Global Health Index (DGHI)
- Digital Health Impact Framework User Manual (Asian Development Bank)
- mHealth Deployment Tracker (The GSMA Association)
- Digital Health Investment Review Tool (Maternal and Child Survival Program)
The Global Health Security Agenda and the One Health Approach
- Three Government Ministries - One Health
- Community Event-Based Surveillance in Senegal: Suggestions for a Model One Health Project
- Implementing Event-Based Surveillance in Burkina Faso: Using the One Health Approach
- Data Use in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Malaria Program: National and Provincial Results
- Sustaining the Impact: A Conversation on Global Health Security
Collaborations
The Health Data Collaborative (HDC)
Health System Assessment Resource Center
Blogs and commentaries on HIS
Health information systems for program evaluation: How to connect the dots?
Evolving the Digital Health Landscape: Strengthening the Drivers of Digital Health Success
Infographics
This collection of infographics tells part of the story of how an HIS performs and what it can contribute to health improvements.
