HMIS (Health Management Information System) is not a new concept but an improved and user-friendly programme geared towards use of information for planning and action.
Strengths of HMIS
• Promotes streamlining and standardization of data records
• Creation of integrated warehouse
• Facilitates rationalization of reporting flows
• Customized reporting
• Indicator based analysis
• Integration of various software applications as GIS and RIMS
• Data quality validation
• Online transmission of data / reports
Key Data sets captured through HMIS
- Delivery Services
- PNC Services
- Family Planning
- Immunization
- Child hood diseases
- Blindness Control Programme
- OPD/IPD
- Patient Services
- Lab Test
- Infrastructure Details
- Death