understanding health information system

Question 1

what is information system?

Answer 1

Information systems facilitate the delivery of services at many
levels. They support the activities of planning, management,
and the performance of processes besides enabling the
recording of information.

Question 2

what is health information system?

Answer 2

any system that captures, stores, manages or transmits information related to
the health of individuals or the activities of organisations that work within the
health sector.

Question 3

what are the things that HIS incorporates?

Answer 3

○ district level routine information systems,
○ disease surveillance systems, and
○ also includes laboratory information systems,
○ hospital patient administration systems (PAS) and
○ human resource management information systems (HRMIS).