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Designing a model for an integrated hospital Information systems in Tanzania: a case of Dodoma and Manyara regions

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dc.creator Arusha, Kinto
dc.date 2019-03-08T08:42:29Z
dc.date 2019-03-08T08:42:29Z
dc.date 2017
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T13:46:54Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T13:46:54Z
dc.identifier Arusha, K. (2017). Designing a model for an integrated hospital Information systems in Tanzania: a case of Dodoma and Manyara regions. Dodoma: The University of Dodoma.
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/591
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/591
dc.description Dissertation (MSc Computer Science)
dc.description This study has intended to design a model for an Integrated Hospital Information System in Tanzania, and was conducted at four hospitals from Dodoma and Manyara regions respectively. A sample of 90 respondents participated in the study from a purposive and non-purposive sampling. A Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze the quantitative data. Findings have revealed that Integrated Hospital Information System (iHIS) in Tanzania requires infrastructure, system development, data sharing and interoperability and unique identification as well as information security and privacy. Strong security measures must be observed before integration, during integration and after integration of HIS system. The study not only should design an architectural model for iHIS but also the design has considered the fact that, most patients’ records which were captured by the HIS deployed in various hospitals in Tanzania did not have either common unique identities or biometric data, which could be used to identify a patient’s record throughout the country. An integrated hospital information system which could enable sharing of patients’ information between the hospitals is an important tool for healthcare providers to provide continuous treatment to patients, understand the background of the disease, understand how the patient was diagnosed and knows the treatment the patient is on. This study also, recommends the following to be the principle for achieving the iHIS. The systems should be as flexibility as possible in order to allow further growth and its expansion; interface engine must be constituted with technologies that suit for integration such as XML, JSON and REST as well as a patient having a unique identification number which can be used in all integrated systems
dc.language en
dc.publisher The University of Dodoma
dc.subject Integrated Hospital Information System
dc.subject Hospital Information System
dc.subject iHIS
dc.subject Health Information
dc.subject HIS
dc.subject Manyara
dc.subject Dodoma
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.subject Patients Information
dc.subject Hospital Information
dc.subject Information System
dc.subject Information
dc.subject Integrated systems
dc.title Designing a model for an integrated hospital Information systems in Tanzania: a case of Dodoma and Manyara regions
dc.type Dissertation


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