ArticleHealth policy and planning2013
Preparing routine health information systems for immediate health responses to disasters.
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- Routine Health Information Systems in the European Context: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Social media and internet-based data in global systems for public health surveillance: a systematic review.The Milbank quarterly · 2014Pooled it
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- Now Is the Time to Strengthen Government-Academic Data Infrastructures to Jump-Start Future Public Health Crisis Response.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2024Article
- A Systematic Literature Review of Health Information Systems for Healthcare.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- A comparative study of interagency communications and information exchange in disaster response among selected countries.Journal of education and health promotion · 2023Article
- Routine health information system in the health facilities in Yaoundé-Cameroon: assessing the gaps for strengthening.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2020Article
- Emergency health evaluation of affected population during disasters: Are there new approaches?Journal of education and health promotion · 2019Review
- Potential use cases for the development of an electronic health facility registry in Nigeria: Key informant's perspectives.Online journal of public health informatics · 2016Article
- An assessment of the case notification system 16 months after Typhoon Haiyan in Region 8, the Philippines.Western Pacific surveillance and response journal : WPSARArticle
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Abstract
During disaster times, we need specific information to rapidly plan a disaster response, especially in sudden-onset disasters. Due to the inadequate capacity of Routine Health Information Systems (RHIS), many developing countries face a lack of quality pre-disaster health-related data and efficient post-disaster data processes in the immediate aftermath of a disaster. Considering the significance of local capacity during the early stages of disaster response, RHIS at local, provincial/state and national levels need to be strengthened so that they provide relief personnel up-to-date information to plan, organize and monitor immediate relief activities. RHIS professionals should be aware of specific information needs in disaster response (according to the Sphere Project's Humanitarian Minimum Standards) and requirements in data processes to fulfil those information needs. Preparing RHIS for disasters can be guided by key RHIS-strengthening frameworks; and disaster preparedness must be incorporated into countries' RHIS. Mechanisms must be established in non-disaster times and maintained between RHIS and information systems of non-health sectors for exchanging disaster-related information and sharing technologies and cost.
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