Maturity Assessment of the Health Information System Using Stages of Continuous Improvement Methodology: Results From Serbia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Since the health information system (HIS) in public health care services in Serbia was introduced in 2009, it has gradually expanded. However, it is unclear how well the HIS components have developed and the whole system's stage of maturity.

Method

In June-September 2021, a maturity assessment of the Serbian HIS was conducted for the first time using the HIS Stages of Continuous Improvement (SOCI) toolkit. The toolkit measures HIS status across 5 HIS domains: leadership and governance, management and workforce, information and communication technology (ICT), standards and interoperability, and data quality and use. The domains were further divided into 13 components and 39 subcomponents whose maturity stage was assessed on a 5-point Likert scale, indicating the

SUBMITTER: Ollis S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11521554 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature