Summary

This document is intended to provide planners, managers, clinicians and researchers with an orientation to health information and information technology as they make decisions regarding the development, implementation and use of information systems in their health care settings. The subject matter is purposely couched in the context of health care and information systems in low-income countries. This document is not intended to be a comprehensive guide about how to plan, design, build and implement health information systems.

Topics

1. Health Care Systems
2. Health Service Quality
3. Health Information Systems
4. Data and Information Related to Health and Disease
5. Modeling Health Data
6. Health Information System Acquisition
7. Health Information System Operation
8. Implications for Low-Income Countries
9. Conclusion

Appendices

Appendix 1 - Health Information Certificate Program
Appendix 2 - SCHIP Health Information System
Appendix 3 - Health Information and Health Care Governance
Appendix 4 - Classification and Coding Systems
Appendix 5 - Descriptive Statistics
Appendix 6 - Telecommunication Networks
Appendix 7 - Glossary
Appendix 8 - Bibliographic References and On-line Databases

	© 2005 Canadian Society for International Health and the Contributors last update: 2005-06-28