• español
    • English
    • português
  • English 
    • español
    • English
    • português
  • IRIS PAHO Home
  • PAHO website
  • Indexes
  • All Collections
  • About IRIS
  • Institutional Memory
  • Contact
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
View Item 
  •   IRIS PAHO Home
  • 1.PAHO Headquarters / Sede de la OPS
  • Scientific Journals and Newsletters / Revistas Científicas y Boletines
  • Pan American Journal of Public Health
  • View Item
  •   IRIS PAHO Home
  • 1.PAHO Headquarters / Sede de la OPS
  • Scientific Journals and Newsletters / Revistas Científicas y Boletines
  • Pan American Journal of Public Health
  • View Item

The management information system and change processes in health systems

Thumbnail
View/Open
ev29n2p156.pdf (672.4Kb)
  • Global styles
  • WHO
  • Chicago
  • Elsevier Vancouver
  • Elsevier Harvard
  • Help
  • CSV
  • RIS (Refman)
Date
1995
Author
Carrillo, Eduardo
Segovia, Miguel
Paganini, José María
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
This report describes a management information system (MIS) designed by PAHO's Health Systems and Services Division in collaboration with technical experts from a number of different countries. This MIS, a methodology currently used at the institutional or national level in more than 21 countries of the Americas, is a strategic and practical instrument that is easy to apply, interpret, and use, and whose purpose is to facilitate fundamental changes in health management. Based on the management concept that inputs, processes, and outputs are quantifiable, the MIS places special emphasis on health system productivity, an essential condition for achieving health coverage that it both adequate and equitable
 
This article was also published in Spanish in the BOSP. Vol. 118, N0. 2, Feb. 1995
 
Series
Bulletin of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO);29(2),jun. 1995
Subject
Management Information Systems; Health Systems; Pan American Health Organization; Local Health Systems; Software; Technical Cooperation; Caribbean Region; Latin America
URI
https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/26898
Collections
  • Pan American Journal of Public Health

Related items

Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

  • Thumbnail
    Towards 2030: ministerial agreements on information systems and digital transformation for resilient health systems 
    Silva Jr, Jarbas Barbosa da; Lima, Nísia Trindade; Garcia-Saisó, Sebastian; Fitzgerald, James; Bascolo, Ernesto; Gross Galiano, Socorro; Solis Ortega, Ana Emilia; Morales, Cristian; Marti, Myrna; Haddad, Ana Estela; D'Agostino, Marcelo (2024-11-22)
    [EXTRACT]. The landscape of public health in the Region of the Americas has been transformed substantially, with many advances driven by strategic ministerial agreements and collective decisions. The Directing Council of ...
  • Thumbnail
    Documenting cases of violence against women and girls and recording the health sector response: How to strengthen health administrative data on intimate partner violence and sexual violence in the Region of the Americas. Information kit 
    Pan American Health Organization; Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health (NMH) (PAHOUnited StatesWashington, D.C., 2024-12-03)
    Violence against women and girls is a major public health challenges in the Region of the Americas. While preventing violence requires a multisectoral response, the health system has a critical role to play, including ...
  • Thumbnail
    G20’s commitment to telehealth for reducing global health disparities: from a global commitment to regional actions 
    Silva Junior, Jarbas Barbosa da; Lima, Nísia Trindade; Haddad, Ana Estela; Gross Galiano, Socorro; Garcia Saiso, Sebastian; Fitzgerald, James; Teixeira, Mariana Faria; Rius Sanjuan, Judit; Jimenez McInnis, Luis; D’Agostino, Marcelo (2024)
    [ABSTRACT]. The G20, representing the world’s largest economies, plays a critical role in shaping global health policies, initiatives and innovative solutions. As these nations navigate the complexities of digital ...

Browse

All of IRIS PAHOCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsSeries TitleType of materialLanguageCategoryTechnical Unit/Country OfficeThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsSeries TitleType of materialLanguageCategoryTechnical Unit/Country Office

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

Pan American Health Organization
World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Americas
525 Twenty-third Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, United States of America
Tel.: +1 (202) 974-3000 Fax: +1 (202) 974-3663
email: libraryhq@paho.org

Links

  • PAHO Featured Publications
  • WHO Digital Library (IRIS)
  • Virtual Health Library (VHL)
  • Global Index Medicus (GIM)

Export citations

Export the current results of the search query as a citation list. Select one of the available citation styles, or add a new one using the "Citations format" option present in the "My account" section.

The list of citations that can be exported is limited to items.

Export citations

Export the current item as a citation. Select one of the available citation styles, or add a new one using the "Citations format" option present in the "My account" section.

Export Citations