HIS Resources
This page lists documents and links to resources about HIS
- Country Health Information Systems
- Design and Implementation of Health Information Systems (WHO publication)
- Guidelines for Forming and Sustaining Human Resources for Health Stakeholder Leadership Groups
- HIS Country Continuum
- Health Information Systems in Developing Countries
- HIS Interoperability Wiki
- HIS Knowledge Hub
- HIS System Design, Standards, and Interoperability Workshop, 4-7 April, Hoi An, Viet Nam
- HMN Framework and Standards for Country Health Information Systems
- Integrating Equity into Health Information Systems
- Measuring the Impact of Health Systems Strengthening
- Scaling of Health Information Systems in India: Challenges and Approaches
- Walsham et al./Foreword: Special Issue on IS in Developing Countries.MIS Quarterly Vol. 31 No. 2, pp. 317-326/June 2007
- Developing Health Information Systems in Developing Countries the Flexible Standards StrategyMIS Quarterly Vol. 31 Special Issue pp. 1-XXX/August 2007
- Developing Open Architecture, Standards and Information Systems (OASIS) for Healthcare in AfricaOASIS Final Technical Report
- OpenMRS is a global leader in open technologies and open standards in health care.
- The OpenMRS Implementers NetworkOpenMRS is a community-developed, open source, enterprise electronic medical record system platform. We’ve come together to specifically respond to those actively building and managing health systems in the developing world, where AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria afflict the lives of millions. Our mission is to improve health care delivery in resource-constrained environments by coordinating a global community to create and support this software.
HIS Tools
HMN Guidance for the HIS Strategic Planning Process [pdf 2.47Mb]
The HMN Assessment Tool [pdf 650kb]
HMN Assessment Score Sheet [xls 881kb]
The Assessment Tool provides the guidance on how to assess a country health information system.
Routine HIS Assessment: PRISM tools
PRISM Tools for Assessing, Monitoring and Evaluating RHIS Performance was developed by MEASURE Evaluation for identifying the strengths and weaknesses of routine health information system performance.
