Linking primary care information systems and public health information networks: lessons from the Philippines. Export

@article{citeulike:1531071, abstract = {Community-based primary care information systems are one of the building blocks for national health information systems. In the Philippines, after the devolution of health care to local governments, we observed "health information system islands" connected to national vertical programs being implemented in devolved health units. These structures lead to a huge amount of "information work" in the transformation of health information at the community level. This paper describes work done to develop and implement the open-source Community Based Health Information Tracking System (CHITS) Project, which was implemented to address this information management problem and its outcomes. Several lessons learned from the field as well as software development strategies are highlighted in building community level information systems that link to national level health information systems.}, address = {University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine.}, author = {Tolentino, H. and Marcelo, A. and Marcelo, P. and Maramba, I.}, citeulike-article-id = {1531071}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16160381}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16160381}, issn = {0926-9630}, journal = {Stud Health Technol Inform}, keywords = {health, informationsystem, oss, research}, pages = {955--960}, posted-at = {2007-08-02 18:53:24}, priority = {3}, title = {Linking primary care information systems and public health information networks: lessons from the Philippines.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16160381}, volume = {116}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1531071 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1531071 N2 - Community-based primary care information systems are one of the building blocks for national health information systems. In the Philippines, after the devolution of health care to local governments, we observed "health information system islands" connected to national vertical programs being implemented in devolved health units. These structures lead to a huge amount of "information work" in the transformation of health information at the community level. This paper describes work done to develop and implement the open-source Community Based Health Information Tracking System (CHITS) Project, which was implemented to address this information management problem and its outcomes. Several lessons learned from the field as well as software development strategies are highlighted in building community level information systems that link to national level health information systems. JF - Stud Health Technol Inform SN - 0926-9630 AD - University of the Philippines Manila College of Medicine. EP - 960 TI - Linking primary care information systems and public health information networks: lessons from the Philippines. VL - 116 SP - 955 KW - health KW - informationsystem KW - oss KW - research AU - Tolentino, H AU - Marcelo, A AU - Marcelo, P AU - Maramba, I PY - 2005/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16160381 ER -