The role of identity in health information systems development: A case analysis from Mozambique

2005 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emílio Luís Mosse ◽  
Elaine Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Information Systems Development

“Developed in the South”

2012 ◽  
pp. 583-607
Author(s):  
Vincent Shaw ◽  
Jorn Braa
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Information System ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Economic Interests

The expansion of ICT across Africa is influenced by many factors including political imperatives, donor priorities, private sector and NGO needs, and economic interests and as a result takes place in a haphazard and largely uncontrolled fashion. The health sector is no exception. The challenge, as in many developing countries, is to provide a robust and reliable health information system while effecting a transition between paper-based systems and computerized systems. The transition involves not only the introduction of new ICT, and the accompanying social and educational transformations of people and processes that accompany the introduction of ICT, but also the development of scalable health information systems that can facilitate a smooth transition as ICT expansion and development takes place. This chapter draws on 10 years of experience of the Health Information Systems Programme (HISP), an action research orientated network of public health practitioners and academics who initiated a pilot project in health information systems development in the post-apartheid transformation of South Africa, and which has subsequently had a profound effect on the development of health information systems in Africa and Asia. Through an exploration of health information systems development in numerous countries in Africa, we highlight insights into approaches and methodologies that contribute to successful and sustainable health information systems in resource constrained settings.

“Developed in the South”

2010 ◽  
pp. 351-375
Author(s):  
Vincent Shaw ◽  
Jorn Braa
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Health Information System ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Pilot Project ◽  
Systems Development ◽  
Information Systems Development ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Economic Interests

The expansion of ICT across Africa is influenced by many factors including political imperatives, donor priorities, private sector and NGO needs, and economic interests and as a result takes place in a haphazard and largely uncontrolled fashion. The health sector is no exception. The challenge, as in many developing countries, is to provide a robust and reliable health information system while effecting a transition between paper-based systems and computerized systems. The transition involves not only the introduction of new ICT, and the accompanying social and educational transformations of people and processes that accompany the introduction of ICT, but also the development of scalable health information systems that can facilitate a smooth transition as ICT expansion and development takes place. This chapter draws on 10 years of experience of the Health Information Systems Programme (HISP), an action research orientated network of public health practitioners and academics who initiated a pilot project in health information systems development in the post-apartheid transformation of South Africa, and which has subsequently had a profound effect on the development of health information systems in Africa and Asia. Through an exploration of health information systems development in numerous countries in Africa, we highlight insights into approaches and methodologies that contribute to successful and sustainable health information systems in resource constrained settings.

Promoting Success in the Introduction of Health Information Systems

2012 ◽  
pp. 631-641
Author(s):  
Paulo Teixeira ◽  
Patrícia Leite Brandão ◽  
Álvaro Rocha
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Number Of Publications

The significant number of publications describing unsuccessful cases in the introduction of health information systems makes it advisable to analyze the factors that may be contributing to such failures. However, the very notion of success is not equally assumed in all publications. Based in a literature review, the authors argue that the introduction of systems must be based in an eclectic combination of knowledge fields, adopting methodologies that strengthen the role of organizational culture and human resources in this project, as a whole. On the other hand, the authors argue that the introduction of systems should be oriented by a previously defined matrix of factors, against which the success can be measured.

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