Framework synthesis to inform the ideation and design of a paper‐based health information system (PHISICC)

Meike‐Kathrin Zuske, Christian Auer, Sandy Oliver, John Eyers and Xavier Bosch‐Capblanch

International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2022, vol. 37, issue 4, 1953-1972

Abstract: Background Health information systems (HIS) are meant to support decision‐making at all levels of the system, including frontline health workers. In field studies in Côte d’Ivoire, Mozambique and Nigeria, we observed health workers' interactions with the HIS and identified twelve decision‐making components of HIS. The objective of this framework synthesis is to portray these components in HIS research, in order to inform the ideation of a paper‐based HIS intervention (PHISICC). Methods We searched studies in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL), Embase, Epistemonikos, Medline, in‐Process on the Ovid platform, OpenGrey, PDQ Evidence (“pretty darnd quick” Evidence), the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health Library and included studies focussing on HIS interventions, data quality, information support tools and data use for decision‐making in the context of the governmental health care sector. We assessed the methodological quality of studies using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme tool. We synthesised the findings based on the decision‐making components of HIS and thematic areas. Results The search identified 6784 studies; 50 were included. Most of the 50 studies had quality concerns. All studies included at least one of the decision‐making components: the most prominent were the technical aspects of ‘recording’ and ‘reporting’. Data use for decision‐making was much less represented. Conclusion HIS research focuses on the more technical aspects of HIS. Further research on HIS, given the strong push towards HIS digitalisation, should consider putting at the centre the human experience of decision‐making and data use, in order to make HIS relevant for quality of care.

Date: 2022
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