| dc.description.abstract | Management Information System is one of the important functions of management which plays
an important role in providing information that is required for crucial decision making which
directly affects the performance of the organization. Modern public health practice requires good
and reliable management information system. A Health Information System (HIS) is a functional
entity within the framework of a comprehensive health system to improve the health of
individuals and the population. As such, it is a management information system. The lack of
reliable health information is one of the major obstacles to the effective planning of health
services in Kenya. To provide optimal care, healthcare institutions need timely patient
information from various sources at the point-of-care, and need a comprehensive, complete and
fully functional system to fulfill all these needs. The purpose of this study was to assess the
influence of management information system on the performance of health programs in Kenya.
To examine the influence of the nature of health information on the performance of health
programs in Kenya. Specifically, the study analyzed how health information; processing affects
the performance of health programs in Kenya, data storage and management influence
performance of health programs in Kenya and accessibility on the performance of health
programs in Kenya. The design was a descriptive survey because it allows the collection of large
amount of data from a sizable population in a highly economical way. The target population was
the the staffs accredited private and public hospitals in Nairobi in Kenya. Thus, the sample size
for this study was selected using convenience sampling technique. Convenience sampling
(sometimes known as grab or opportunity sampling) is a type of non-probability sampling which
involves the sample being drawn from that part of the population which is close to hand. The
method was used to select a sample of 40 hospitals. This is 44% of the total population. The
study will be of benefit to the practitioners and academicians both in the private and in public
sector by contributing to the existing body of knowledge in the area of management information
systems in general. The study will also benefit the government and other actors by reviewing the
reports based on health programmes reforms through effective management information systems
practices as a new concept for efficient and effective health care delivery. The study established
that health information processing contribute most to the performance of health programs in
Kenya followed by health information accessibility and finally health data storage. The study
concluded that health information processing had a positive and significant influence on
performance of health programs in Kenya. The study concluded that health data storage
influence performance of health programs in Kenya. The study concluded that health information
accessibility influence performance of health programs in Kenya. The study recommended that
Success of the HMIS depends upon the input of each individual health worker at each level.
Integrating all existing health programmes and the general administration of the health unit will
ensure that common information (and the work involved in the collection and processing) is not
duplicated and is in fact shared without wasting limited resources. All information should be
collected for the explicit purpose of decision-making at the health unit level, i.e., the system will
provide functional information at the level of collection. | en_US |
