2016 Infokes Guest Lecture Jogja jorn UGM based on Colombo HISP Network



Health Information Systems
Program HISP & DHIS 2: Past,
Current,
Future
HISP : global network
for HIS
development, Open Source Software,
education and research

• DHIS 2 open source software : reporting,
analysis and dissemination of health data
& tracking individuals
• Started in South Africa in the 1990’s
- Now 40+ countries using DHIS 2
• DHIS 2: core funding from Norad and
PEPFAR.
• Global Fund: Country implementations
• Partners: WHO, Global Fund, GAVI,
UNICEF


DHIS2 country systems & PEPFAR
Early phase / pilots
Early implementation / many states in
India
Nation-wide
PEPFAR

DHIS – District Health information Software
HISP – Health Information Systems Program
Background:
• HISP started 1994 in “New” post apartheid South Africa
• Development DHIS started 1997 & 2002 National Standard
• DHIS v1 & HISP to India from 2000
• DHIS v1 spread to many countries in Africa from 2000
• 2000-2013 - Develop Masters Programs in Mozambique,
South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Ethiopia & Sri Lanka
• PhD program, 40 students from Asia and Africa
…… who are later running the Masters programs


Background in ‘NEW’ post apartheid South Africa
1994-2000
HISP approach – from South Africa:
•Local use of information;
•Maximise end-user control;
•Local empowerment &
•bottom-up design and system development
Focus: Integration and use of data
1) standardisation of primary health care data &
2) ‘flexible’ – easy to change and adapt new data sets
•1998/99: implementation in two provinces
•1999/2000 - onwards: National implementation

HISP / DHIS timeline (2):
From ‘Stand alone’ MS Access – to DHIS2
Web & global footprint
• 2004 – 2010: New technological paradigm:
o Web based open source – Java frameworks
o 2006 Kerala; 2009 Sierra Leone
• 2011 – 2013: ‘Cloud’ and online

o ‘Cables around Africa’:
o Kenya, Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, …
• 2014 – 2016: 40+ countries in Asia and Africa use
DHIS2 as national HIS

HISP Approach to information systems –
Background
• Information for decision making
• Data use – culture of information
• ‘Power to the users’ – Empower health workers, local levels,
communities
• Training & education
• Participatory design
• Focus on important data & indicators:
• Data standardisation, harmonisation of data sets
• ‘Less is better’

Data Use, for what

Data:

• Where?
• What?
• When?
Analysis
& decisions:
• Why?
• How to?

‘When, What, Where’:
Basis for DHIS2 data model
When

Dates, time period,
e.g. August 2011,
Quarter 3 2011

Period

1
N


1

Data Value

N
1
Data Element

What

N

National

State /
Province

Where
Location (Organisation Unit)


Organised in an
Organisational hierarchy
Disaggregated by
Dimensions, e.g. sex, age
Organised in
Data sets

District

SubDistrict
Health
facility

Data collection, analysis, action

TALI Tool: Tool for Measuring levels of Information
USAGE & The DHIS2
Level 0: The DHIS2 may be in various stages of development,
but not yet fully functional

Level 1: System is functioning technically : data reporting
completeness as a key indicator
Level 2: Data is analysed, disseminated and used. Data quality
(accuracy, timeliness, completeness) and feedback reports and
graphs on the wall are key indicators
Level 3: Data used for planning and decision making:
Indicators: evidence of use of data to measure achievements
in reaching targets in e.g. annual planning process

Motivation for ‘Standardisation’:
South Africa 1994 /95 – Problems & challenges:
• Inequity between blacks & whites, rural & urban, urban & “periurban”, former “homelands”, etc.
• “Equity” main target
– Need data to know whether targets are achieved
• Need standard data from across the country on
– Health status & Health services provision
• Problem: No coordinated data system – no standards
• HISP key actor in developing the new unified Health Information
System in South Africa


–‘

Example South Africa, Atlantis District 1994:
First Architecture approach: From fragmentation to integration;
Higher
levels

Health
programs
DNHPD
Western Cape

Cape Town
RSC
Cape Town
PAWC

Family Planning

Clinic

RSC

Clinic
RSC

Malmesbury
PAWC

Clinic
PAWC
Hospital
PAWC

Private
School
Health

A

Clinic


Mother
Child

NGO
Private

MOU
PAWC

A) Post-apartheid centralised, vertical and
fragmented structure in Atlantis (simplified).

Clinic

Database
Info. office

School
Health


Clinic

Hospital

B

NGO

Private

B) Decentralised integrated district model
As according to the ANC Health Plan

Intergation: Still the same challenge !!

Different levels of the health system
– different needs for information
Level of health
system

Quantity of data
Data granularity

Information needs

Global/Region

Less data

Summary indicators
General, e.g. MDG

Countries/
Health Programs

Indicators
National /program

District

Indicators district
management

Facility

Facility
management

Patient

Patient records,
tracking & care

More data

Hierarchy of data standards:
• Balancing national need for standards with local need for
flexibility to include additional indicators
• All levels – province, district, facility – can define their own
standards as long as they adhere to the standards of the level above
Hierarchy of Indicator
& Data Standards
Regional Level
National Level

Standard
Indicators,
& datasets:
Patient
Facility

Sub-National Level

Health Facility Level

Patient – individual client Level

Sub National
National
Regional ECOWAS

3 components of the HISP ‘Network of Action’
Health Information Systems
Integration, standards, architecture
Use of information for action
Health management

Free & Open Source Software
Distributed DHIS2 development
– Sharing across the world
knowledge & support

Mozambique
South Africa
Vietnam
Norway

Uganda

Nigeria

Kenya
Ghana
others

Rwanda

Sri Lanka

India
Bangladesh

Phillipines
Laos

Indonesia

Building Capacity,
Academies, Education, Research
Training of health workers
Graduate courses, Masters, PhD
Sharing teaching /courses

Regional approach:
Implementing DHIS2 through HISP nodes
Early phase / pilots / preparation
Under implementation / many states in
India
Nation-wide
PEPFAR

HISP
West Africa
Nigeria,
Ghana, ..

HISP
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Rwanda HISP India & Vietnam

& HISP Sri Lanka!
HISP South Africa

HISP – DHIS2 Community:
principles
• Free and Open Source Software &
training / educational materials, etc.
• Development and implementation of
sustainable & integrated Health
Information Systems
• Empower communities, healthcare
workers and decision makers to
improve the coverage, quality and
efficiency of health services
• Developmental approach to capacity
building & research
– Research based development
– Engage HISP groups and health
workers in action research!

WHY SUCH EXPANSION ?
And how to continue to
build the network and open source
platform

Mobile subscribers per 100 persons, Africa

Source: World Bank

Internet: Total bandwidth of communication
cables to Africa South of Sahara

Source: AFRINIC

DHIS = 1/1000

DHIS2 implementations /initial projects
correlated with increase in bandwidth
DHIS 2
implementations

2014
Source: AFRINIC
2015

Improved Internet & mobile network – ‘cloud’ infrastructure
Rapid scaling – from ‘hundreds’ of installations to 1

Online system – one server
Easier to integrate / interoperability with other systems
which are also online: web API
& central server

Interoperability
with Other systems

Improved Internet and mobile network: Rapid scaling
Implementation Using central server & “cloud” infrastructure

Online data use; web pivot
reports, charts, maps
Online
Data capture
DHIS2
Mobile Data Use
Mobile
Data
Capture
BCG:
12
PENTA1:10
PENTA2: 7
PENTA3:11

Online / / Offline
Offline data use
Browser
application
Offline
Data Capture

Datamart
- pivot tables
Archive
-reports,
- Charts, maps

HMN architecture (2007) – Integrated National data
warehouse:

DHIS2 Country platform: Integrating health programs
& data sources
Web Portal

Data
from capture
form paper
s

Data from
Mobile devises

LMIS
HR

EMR

act rm
r
t
Ex nsfo
Tra d
a
Lo

Data
warehouse

DHIS 2

Getting data in - Data warehousing

-Data mart
-Meta data
-Visualising
tools

Dashboard

Graphs

Mobile

Maps

Getting data out - Decision support
systems – ‘Business intelligence (BI)

Integrated Health Information Architecture (“Horizontal integration”)
- integrating sub-systems, technologies, health services & programs
Users of processed & integrated data

Data
Aggregate &
indicator data Warehouse

er
p
o
er
t
In
y
Electronic
Medical
Records

Int
y erop
era

ilit
b
a

SDMX -HD

Paper
reports

Performance
Based financing
reporting

HR
Management

Users of
primary data
& data providers

Logistics
& drugs
Finance

bil
it

Mobile
reporting

Paper based systems:
OPD, EPI, RCH,
other programs

Users of primary data
& data providers

Integration of
technologies, systems,
data & health programs

Integration and interoperability
Data transfer
from OpenMRS
To DHIS, e.g.:
#deliveries
@health centre X
for month of May
Interoperability

OpenMRS :
Medical records

DHIS : Data
warehouse
Statistical
data
DHIS is calculating
the indicator:
Deliveries per midwife
Per facility per month
Integration

Data transfer
from iHRIS to
DHIS, e.g.:
#midwifes
@health centre X
for month of May

Interoperability

iHRIS: Human
Resource records

Extending the reach through
mobiles
• User friendly & ’close’ data entry individual level/aggregate
data
• Tracking clients in programs
– sending reminders, e.g. for ANC visits & vaccination
• Feedback – simple reports, text & calls
• Communication – ‘social media’ for both health staff and
community (support, chat,
• Integration with DHIS data warehouse & backbone
infrastructure
• Support wide range of technologies

SMS

Java

Browser

Android

PC/laptop/tablet

All devises integrated in

SMS

e
or
M

bl
i
x
e
f

e

Lightweight
Browser

PC/laptop
Android
app or
browser

Tablet

erprise architecture: 3 Levels (each serving the level abo
Level 1:
Information
Needs, Users, Usage
Across Organisations

“Business level”

Institutional use of information

Level 2:

Software applications
& Information
Systems

“Application level”

Patient
records

Open
MRS

DHIS

Data warehouse
Aggregate data

iHRIS

Applications supporting use
of information

Level 3: “Data

Data & indicator dictionary /standards
Facility register
exchange level”
OpenHIE
Provider register
“Technical level” Health Information Exchange

Interoperability &
ADX
standards, technical
Data Standards and infrastructure supporting the applicatio
infrastructure

Indonesia Data Warehouse &
Dashboard
National level:
Electronic data
sources

BKKBN
(Family
Planning
Board)

BPJS
(Social
Security
Provider)

SITT (TB)

Dashboard

DHIS2
Data warehouse

SIHA
(HIV)

E-Sismal
(Malaria)

NCD

NIHR&D

Logistics

Integrated National HTM
Dashboard

National TB Dashboard

National Malaria Dashboard

TB + rate 2014
By Province

By District

TB +Ve cases by
facilities

Location of Hospital and
Puskesmas

Yogyakarta Hospital and
Puskesmas

Yogyakarta Dashboard

NATIONAL

PROVINCE: All programs
receive reports aggregated by
district –from district programs

KOMDATA
District

AID
MC
IDS
S
H
R
Vaccin
Other
Malari
e
s
a

TB

Data flow
AID
MC
TB
S
H
Vaccin
Other
e
s

IDS
R
Malari
a

Puskesmas – Health facility

DISTRICT:
Each program
manage own data
-Limited
coordination
across programs

PUSKESMAS:
Each Program
Reports to Program in
District

Datafow – Districts with few patient records (Malang)

Pilotitis in Uganda: mHealth mapping
Map of mHealth pilots in Uganda (Sean Blaschke , Unicef Uganda)

Shared Facility
codes

Integrating data
sources

Mapping
Facility codes

Sam
e
code

EPI

Diff
cod eren
es t

Indonesia

Komdat
/HMIS
Nutrition

TB

Facility
Codes
Register
Dashboard

MCH
Malaria

MAPPING

DHIS : Data
warehouse
Statistical
data

Family
Planning

BPJS
Human Resource
records

HIV/
AIDS

LMIS

Integration
- District system

DHIS2

AID
TB
Vaccin S
e MC
IDS
R
H
Malari
a
Other
s

DHIS2

AID
MC
TB
S
H
Vaccin
Other
e
s

PROVINCE/NATIONAL:
Integrated data warehouse
& dashboard used by all

DISTRICT:
Integrated data
warehouse &
dashboard

IDS
R
Malari
a

Puskesmas – Health facility

PUSKESMAS:
Programs use DHIS2,
both data use and
reporting

Integration
- District system
AID
TB
Vaccin S
e MC
IDS
R
H
Malari
a
Other
s

DHIS2

Data access
& use

DHIS2

AID
MC
TB
S
H
Vaccin
Other
e
s

PROVINCE/NATIONAL:
Integrated data warehouse
& dashboard used by all

DISTRICT:
Integrated data
warehouse &
dashboard

IDS
R
Malari
a

Puskesmas – Health facility

PUSKESMAS:
Programs use DHIS2,
both data use and
reporting

OpenHIE Architecture Design

OpenHIE / DHIS Architecture
- Evolving through use

Facility Registry
Data Dictionary

DHIS
2
HMIS
Commun
ity

Dashboard projects in Indonesia
Pusdatin – University of Oslo – UGM
•National data warehouse & dashboard project
• Integration national programs: data by Puskesmas
• Creation of health program-based dashboards (TB,
HIV/AIDS, Malaria, ..)
• Creation of integrated dashboards: indicators
across programs TB-HIV/AIDS, ..
•Yogyakarta province data warehouse
• Province & district based dashboards
• Applying & aligning national data warehouse with
province data warehouse

Initial plans: HSS – Pusdatin – Oslo –UGM
Selection on 5 provinces for DHIS2 implementation
•Provinces where HSS district located
•Identification of data sources and reporting flows in
districts and province
•Applying & aligning national data warehouse with
province and district data
• Including selected district & province specific data
• Electronic data: (semi) automate data transfer
• Manual data capture
•Design and develop of district and province dashboards

Initial plans (2) : HSS – Pusdatin – Oslo –UGM
Capacity building
•Train & develop national expert DHIS2 team –Pusdatin
&UGM
•Train all HSS staff
•Training of Trainers (TOT): Key people from provinces
& districts
•Training & data review and data use in districts
•Continuous hands-on training and support

Challenge:
Capture data from Puskesmas in Districts
Data only by districts at national leve –need to be
captured in the dstricts
•Malaria: Only Excel
•Morbidity data; districts and Puskesmas have different
systems – sending to districts
• Different methods and systems between districts
•MCH data: e.g. excel sent to district
•Vaccination: Jogja has system, different in other
provinces

E-SISMAL to Komdat 2 –
Integrated Data Warehouse
(dhis2 at Pusdatin)
Komdat 2
Approved data by
E-SISMAL Malaria
2
department

DHIS2

E-SISMAL Excel
file at District
Level by
Puskesmas

Data check and
Approval at National /
Province Level
Malaria based
dashboard

DHIS2 : Data
warehouse
Statistical
data

BACK TO THE GLOBAL: Way Forward
Challenge:
•‘Success’ = large number of countries,
organisations, systems & use cases
•Disease surveillance, malaria, TB,
HIV/AIDS, registers, tracker, etc.
•Large number of new requirements
•Central development team becoming
bottleneck !

‘Technical Solution’: DHIS2 - app platform
• How to respond to large amounts of new
requirements?
Enable users & local groups to make
their own apps!
• Web api
• SDK for Android (Software Development
Kit)
• App store for distribution of apps

‘Organisational solution’:
Build strong HISP – DHIS2 community!!
Build network of DHIS2 projects,
countries &universities
• Organise country HISP nodes (Sri Lanka!)
&
• Regional hubs – centres of excellence
• Focus on research and education
•Masters & PhD program critical

From vertical reporting systems
… towards a common data
platformProgress:
More and more
programmes & countries
moving towards single
country platform (e.g. DHIS
2)
Partners working on joint
investment & core functional
requirements
But .. much more
required:
−to establish sound
governance at country level
−To integrate public health
surveillance into routine
systems
−To build adequate capacity

W H O / I n t e r n a t io n a l s t a n d a r d s fo r D H I S 2

Clickheret o g o t o t h e W H O st a n d a r d s w e b p o r t a l, w it h d e t a ile d
in f o r m a t io n a n d in st a lla t io n in st r u c t io n s f o r u sin g t h e se t e m p la t e s a n d t o o ls.

S t a n d a r d t o o ls a n d t e m p la t e s
I n d ic a to rs

R e f e re n c e f a c ility
in d ic a to rs

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Im p o rt

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i n d i ca t o r s .

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I n st a l l

H o s p it a l m o rta lity
m o d u le

M o d u l e fo r co l l e ct i o n o f h o s p i t a l m o r t a l i t y d a t a u s i n g t h e IC D -1 0 s t a r t-u p m o r t a l i t y l i s t.
I n cl u d e s d a t a e n t r y t e m p l a t e a n d b a s i c o u t p u t s .

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H I V d a ta c o lle c tio n
f o rm s

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M a la ria d a ta c o lle c tio n
f o rm s

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d a t a v a l i d a t i o n r u l e s.

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d i s a g g r e g a t i o n s) a n d d a t a v a l i d a t i o n r u l e s , e .g . T B , E P I, M C H e tc.

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o u t p u t s a n d i n d i ca t o r s .

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a n a l y t i ca l o u t p u t s a n d i n d i ca t o r s .

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O t h e r d a s h b o a rd s

D a s h b o a r d s a n d d a t a co l l e ct i o n t e m p l a t e s fo r a d d i t i o n a l p r o g r a m m e s / a r e a s , e .g . T B ,
E P I, M C H e t c

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D a t a d ic tio n a ry a p p

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D a s h b o a rd s

S y ste m

W H O r e co m m e n d e d i n d i ca t o r s fo r r o u t i n e fa ci l i t y d a t a .

M a s t e r F a c ilit y L is t

G u i d a n ce o n e st a b l i sh i n g a n a t i o n a l m a s t e r fa ci l i t y l i s t .

2016Q1

Status WHO DHIS 2
standards/tools
2016Q2
2016Q3
2016Q4

Data Quality Tool
Data Dictionary
Standards Repository
HIV module
EPI module

RMNCAH
module

TB module
NTD module(s)
Malaria module
Cause of death (ICD-SMoL)
TB patient tracker
TB-MDR patient tracker
Not started/early

In progress

Done/nearly done