Development of an Innovative Digital Data Collection System for Routine Mental Health Care Delivery in Rural Haiti.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Effective digital health management information systems (HMIS) support health data validity, which enables health care teams to make programmatic decisions and country-level decision making in support of international development targets. In 2015, mental health was included within the Sustainable Development Goals, yet there are few applications of HMIS of any type in the practice of mental health care in resource-limited settings. Zanmi Lasante (ZL), one of the largest providers of mental health care in Haiti, developed a digital data collection system for mental health across 11 public rural health facilities.

Program intervention

We describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of the digital system for mental health data collection at ZL. To evalu

SUBMITTER: Rose AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8691881 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature