Data for local decision-making, not a mere reporting requirement: development of an index to measure facility-level use of HMIS data

• Main Authors: Jiage Qian (Author), Solomon Shiferaw (Author), Assefa Seme (Author), Ousman E. Esmale (Author), Wubshet Denboba (Author), Elizabeth Stierman (Author), Linnea Zimmerman (Author), Andreea A. Creanga (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Inishmore Laser Scientific Publishing Ltd, 2023-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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# Background Well-functioning health management information systems (HMIS) enable decision-making at all health system levels. This study develops an index to measure the use of HMIS data at the facility level. # Methods We used two rounds of cross-sectional data collected from 305 health facilities...