Public health informatics : designing for change - a developing country perspective / Sundeep Sahay, T. Sundararaman, Jørn Braa.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sahay, Sundeep, author.

Sundararaman, T., author.

Braa, Jørn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical informatics.

Public health.

Public Health Informatics.

Medical Subjects:

Public Health Informatics.

Physical Description:

xviii, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

Over the last three decades enormous effort has gone into strengthening public health information systems (HIS). They are now a key element of health sector reform initiatives, but are growing in complexity. This is driven by the increasing diversity of technology platforms, increasing demands for information, the multitude of actors involved, and the need for data security and privacy. Initiatives like Universal Health Coverage and Prevention of Non-Communicable Diseases are expected to place further burdens on all health systems. However, they will pose particular challenges in resource-constrained settings, such as low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where health systems have struggled to provide quality care. This book discusses the challenges that exist in the design, development, and implementation of HIS. Key problem areas, such as sub-adequate data and problems of inter-operability, are analysed in detail and the book looks at possible approaches to addressing these challenges in LMICs. Case studies critically appraise the experiences of countries and health programmes in the building of HISs, to determine the successes and failures of varying approaches. Finally, the book explores how future systems in developing countries can be shaped.

Contents:

Public health informatics: position within an informatic framework

Understanding public health informatics in context of health in low and middle-income countries

The "information-use problematic" in health information systems

The challenge of integration: (in)adequacy of technical solutions to institutional challenges

Decentralized information use: the the cloud and big data supporting this?

Institutions as barriers and facilitators of health information systems reform

Complexity and public health informatics in low and middle-income countries

measuring progress toward universal health coverage and post-2015 sustainable development goals: the informational challenges

Health information systems governance and standard the challenges of implementation

Strengthening healthcare systems and health information systems: building synergies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198758774

9780198758778

OCLC:

960833566