Health information use and associated factors among healthcare professionals in Ilu Aba Bor zone, Oromia region, Ethiopia: an institution-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health information systems are essential for collecting data for planning, monitoring and evaluating health services. Using reliable information over time is an important aid in improving health outcomes, tackling disparities, enhancing efficiency and encouraging innovation. Studies on the level of health information use among health workers at the health facility level in Ethiopia are limited.

Objectives

This study was designed to assess the level of health information use and associated factors among healthcare professionals.

Methods

An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 397 health workers in health centres in the Iluababor zone of Oromia region in southwest Ethiopia, who were chosen using a simple random sampling technique. Data

SUBMITTER: Negera D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10016269 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature