Assessing the impact of a facility-based digital intervention on district-level data quality in rural Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Digital clinical decision support tools are increasingly used in primary-level health facilities to improve maternal and child healthcare. These tools guide health workers to input patient records digitally, providing a critical opportunity to strengthen routine health information systems with real-time data and improve quality of care. However, often, these service-level data are not always effectively integrated into existing data systems, reducing their downstream impact on data quality and data-driven decision-making. Our study evaluated the impact of a digital job aid tool (Registre Electronique de Consultations-Maternite, REC-Maternity tool), used by healthcare workers in rural primary healthcare facilities in Burkina Faso, on routine data quality at the district

SUBMITTER: Shichijo A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12820863 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature