Lesson 6: Health Management System

Question 1

Which is not among the concept used in developing the HMIS framework?

Answer 1

-Information is dispersed to every health unit

Question 2

What system is designed to assist in the management and planning of health programs as opposed to delivery of care?

Answer 2

-Health Management Information System

Question 3

What is the major role of HMIS in a medical institution?

Answer 3

-Provide quality information to support decision-making

Question 4

Which element of HMIS involves various forms of data manipulation and data transformation, such as the use of mathematical models, statistical and probabilistic approaches, etc.?

Answer 4

Data Computation

Question 5

Which is not part of the key factors of the PRISM conceptual framework?

Answer 5

Physiological Determinants

Question 6

Hospitals using the traditional manual process have real-time data and delays in the receipt data pose a challenge to evidence-based program management.

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

HMIS is designed to assist in the management and planning of health programmes, as opposed to delivery of care.

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

At the health unit level, HMIS is used by the health unit in-charge and the Health Unit Management Committee to plan and coordinate health care services in the catchment area.

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

Data Classification is one of the three fundamental information-processing phases of an information system.

Answer 9

FALSE

Question 10

Technical factors in the technical determinants of the PRISM framework involve the overall design used in the collection of the information.

Answer 10

TRUE