Optimizing the Health Management Information System in Uttar Pradesh, India: Implementation Insights and Key Learnings.

ABSTRACT: An effective health management information system (HMIS) that captures accurate, consistent, and relevant data in a timely fashion can enable better planning and monitoring of health programs and improved service delivery, in turn helping increase the impact of different interventions. In 2009, the Government of Uttar Pradesh (GOUP) implemented HMIS, India's national-level health information platform. However, key challenges, including difficulties in accessing the data through a web-based portal and its limited relevance to decision making and managerial needs, reduced its usability at the district and state levels. In 2015, with the support of the Uttar Pradesh Technical Support Unit, the GOUP created its own data platform, the Uttar Pradesh HMIS (UP-HMIS), to capture data elements missi

SUBMITTER: Meghani A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9426977 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature