Health Management Information System Data Quality under NRHM in District Sonipat, Haryana. -

Good health information system is crucial for addressing health issues and improving quality of health care delivery in developing countries. In India the health care system’s data being managed by a system called Health Management Information System (HMIS).Using quality and accurate data the managers can properly plan for the improvement of health of the community. The present study was planned with the objective to assess the HMIS data quality at the different levels of health care delivery systems in district Sonepat, Haryana. All the 7 CHC included 2 PHC from each CHC i.e. 14 PHC and two Sub-Centers from each PHC i.e. 28 Sub Centers were selected from the district. A pre-designed semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from April 2014 to June 2014. Each questionnaire was scored for assessment. Less than 2/3rd of the PHCs & CHCs and only half of the SCs had average data quality. In rest of the health facilities the report quality was poor. The data quality related to maternal and newborn health care services was even worse i.e. poor in all of the CHCs and poor in more than 4/5th of the PHCs and SCs. All the workers were briefed about the important points which they did not know or the knowledge was incorrect. A session was conducted for the mid and higher level health managers for planning and conducting of supportive supervision. A second visit to all the health care facilities to assess the data quality showed a significant improvement.