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. 2024 Dec 20;12(6):2400145. doi: 10.9745/GHSP-D-24-00145

TABLE 1.

Summary of Interventions by Categories of HIS Determinants, Ethiopia

HIS Determinants Interventions Target Audience
Technical: Data collection forms, processes, systems, and methods for accomplishing HIS tasks
  • Update data collection tools and data quality checklists

  • Revise HMIS

  • Prepare reporting procedure manual, mentorship manual, HIS governance documents, IR implementation guideline

  • Ensure functional DHIS2 and eCHIS systems

Health professionals, HIS staff, and managers doing HIS activities
Behavioral: The knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, and motivation of the people who produce and use data
  • Conduct hands-on capacity-building trainings

  • Provide regular mentorship and coaching

  • Provide supportive supervision

  • Use nonfinancial incentives

Health professionals, HIS staff, and managers doing HIS activities
Organizational: Information use culture, structure, resources, and roles, and responsibilities of key contributors at each level of the health system
  • Produce quarterly analytic reports

  • Conduct HIS-specific review meetings

  • Monitor HIS performance (IR status of health institutions)

  • Conduct quality improvement projects in health facilities

  • Support resource mobilization

  • Renovate medical record units

  • Strengthen HIS governance structures

  • Establish functional PMT

Health institutions (all levels – MOH administrative structures and health facilities), managers, health program leaders, and experts.

Abbreviations: eCHIS, electronic community health information system; HIS, health information system; HMIS, health management information system; IR, Information Revolution; MOH, Ministry of Health; PMT, performance monitoring team.