Refining the Performance of Routine Information System Management (PRISM) framework for data use at the local level: An integrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Foundational to a well-functioning health system is a strong routine health information system (RHIS) that informs decisions and actions at all levels of the health system. In the context of decentralization across low- and middle-income countries, RHIS has the promise of supporting sub-national health staff to take data-informed actions to improve health system performance. However, there is wide variation in how "RHIS data use" is defined and measured in the literature, impeding the development and evaluation of interventions that effectively promote RHIS data use.

Methods

An integrative review methodology was used to: (1) synthesize the state of the literature on how RHIS data use in low- and middle-income countries is conceptualized and measured; (2) propose

SUBMITTER: Kawakyu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10298795 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature