Health Information Systems: the Foundations of Public Health
Language:
English
Series/Journal Title:
Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Volume:
83
Issue:
8
Copyright:
2005
Pages:
6
Description:
Public health decision-making is critically dependent on the timely availability of sound data. The role of health information systems is to generate, analyse and disseminate such data. In practice, health information systems rarely function systematically. This article discusses some of the historical problems inherent in these systems and describes the Health Metrics Network, a global collaboration intended to help bring solutions to the countries most in need. [adapted from abstract]
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