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dc.contributor.authorOdit Adie, Mary C
dc.contributor.authorSemwanga Rwashana, Agnes
dc.contributor.authorMayoka Kituyi, Geoffrey
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-24T06:20:29Z
dc.date.available2018-08-24T06:20:29Z
dc.date.issued2014-06-01
dc.identifier.citationOdit,M.C.A.,Semwanga,R.A.,Mayoka,K.G.(2014).Antecedents and dynamics for strategic alignment of health information systems in Uganda,64, (6), 1-20.0en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12282/3077
dc.descriptionIts an articleen_US
dc.description.abstractHealth Information Systems (HIS) in Uganda always fail to achieve the organizational objectives and yet little research has been conducted to study the strategic alignment of HIS in the country. This study therefore set out to examine the antecedents and dynamics that influence strategic alignment of HIS in Uganda with the aim of adequately addressing the complex IS design issues. A total of 296 respondents were purposively selected from 39 health facilities across the country to participate in the survey. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Findings from the study revealed that HIS are used to locate substitute sources for medical commodities, reduce costs of handling orders as well as minimize uncertainty in ordering lead time. In addition, HIS provide information to clients, add value to existing health services and are used to target health service needs with accuracy as well as identify groups of clients whose needs are not being met. HIS are used to minimize the cost of designing services, adding features to existing services and population grouping services at the health unit level. In the area of internal health facility efficiency, HIS help in ensuring efficiency and enable informed decision making, provide efficiency in internal meetings and discussions, co-ordination among facility departments, and provide good evaluation on annual budget. Further, HIS are used by health workers to provide evaluation on capital, maximize organizational performance, population coverage and strategic planning efficiency. Despite the above, the study revealed that health units do not have standards, frameworks and policies for the strategic alignment of HIS and the funding to support them. For better alignment of HIS, there should be proper planning and training of health workers on the importance of strategic alignment of HIS. Further, health facilities should be encouraged to adopt electronic information systems to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. There should also be policies, frameworks and or standards for guiding strategic alignment of Health Information Systems in health facilities.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipMakerere University Businessen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectInformationen_US
dc.subjectSystemsen_US
dc.subjectstrategicen_US
dc.subjectanalyzeden_US
dc.titleAntecedents and dynamics for strategic alignment of health information systems in Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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