A framework for designing an MIS for health delivery system in rural India.
A framework for designing an information system for planning and monitoring of rural health services is proposed in the Indian context. For effective monitoring the framework emphasises selection of a set of programmed and non-programme indicators on inputs, activities, efficiency and impact and their integration at the district level. For planning, a village level data base is proposed which will integrate environmental data with health programme data. Illustrative examples are provided for key features of the MIS and finally those elements of the information system which are either too complex or too voluminous to be handled manually are identified and the possibility of using computers for such analysis is explored.
D007194:India; D007256:Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011635:Public Health Administration; D012423:Rural Health