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The '''District Health Information Management System (DHIMS)''' is a digital health information platform in Ghana. It collects, manages, and analyses routine health service data across the national [[Health system|healthcare system]]. This [[data]] supports reporting from health facilities to district, regional and national levels, and also informing planning and monitoring, and policy decisions. [{{Cite journal |last1=Ohemeng Gyaase |first1=Patric |last2=Kodua |first2=Bright |date=January 2019 |title=An Extension of the Information Systems Success Model; A Study of District Health Information Management System (DHIMS II) in Ghana |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333759141 |journal=Research Gates |pages=1}}] |
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The '''District Health Information Management System (DHIMS)''' is a digital health information platform in Ghana. It collects, manages, and analyses routine health service data across the national [[Health system|healthcare system]]. This [[data]] supports reporting from health facilities to district, regional and national levels, and also informing planning and monitoring, and policy decisions. [{{Cite journal |last1=Ohemeng Gyaase |first1=Patric |last2=Kodua |first2=Bright |date=January 2019 |title=An Extension of the Information Systems Success Model; A Study of District Health Information Management System (DHIMS II) in Ghana |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333759141 |journal=Research Gates |pages=1}}][{{Cite journal |last=Tungbani |first=Basil |last2=Nhlapo |first2=Mosidi Sarah |date=2025 |title=Accuracy of Cause-of-Death Classification in Ghana: Evidence from the 2023 District Health Information Management System (DHIMS) II |url=https://jhia-online.org/index.php/jhia/article/view/613 |journal=Journal of Health Informatics in Africa |language=en |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=69–82 |doi=10.12856/JHIA-2025-v12-i2-613 |issn=2197-6902}}] |
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DHIMS aims to support evidence-based decision-making by offering timely and accessible health data.Research has shown the system has improved data availability and minimized delays in information transmission within the health sector. [{{Cite web |title=MOH launches system for tracking causes of death statistics {{!}} 12th April, 2017 - Ghana Hospitals |url=https://www.ghanahospitals.org/news/details.php?id=1699&utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=www.ghanahospitals.org}}] Research suggests that while data reporting rates are relatively high, the use of DHIMS data for decision-making,especially at lower health system levels , remains limited.Ongoing challenges include capacity constraints and limited analytical use of data. [{{Cite journal |last1=Odei-Lartey |first1=Eliezer Ofori |last2=Prah |first2=Rebecca Kyerewaa Dwommoh |last3=Anane |first3=Edward Apraku |last4=Danwonno |first4=Harry |last5=Gyaase |first5=Stephaney |last6=Oppong |first6=Felix Boakye |last7=Afenyadu |first7=Godwin |last8=Asante |first8=Kwaku Poku |date=2020-06-06 |title=Utilization of the national cluster of district health information system for health service decision-making at the district, sub-district and community levels in selected districts of the Brong Ahafo region in Ghana |journal=BMC Health Services Research |language=en |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=514 |doi=10.1186/s12913-020-05349-5 |doi-access=free |pmid=32505209 |pmc=7275484 |issn=1472-6963}}] |
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DHIMS aims to support evidence-based decision-making by offering timely and accessible health data.Research has shown the system has improved data availability and minimized delays in information transmission within the health sector. [{{Cite web |title=MOH launches system for tracking causes of death statistics {{!}} 12th April, 2017 - Ghana Hospitals |url=https://www.ghanahospitals.org/news/details.php?id=1699&utm_source=chatgpt.com |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=www.ghanahospitals.org}}] Research suggests that while data reporting rates are relatively high, the use of DHIMS data for decision-making,especially at lower health system levels , remains limited.Ongoing challenges include capacity constraints and limited analytical use of data. [{{Cite journal |last1=Odei-Lartey |first1=Eliezer Ofori |last2=Prah |first2=Rebecca Kyerewaa Dwommoh |last3=Anane |first3=Edward Apraku |last4=Danwonno |first4=Harry |last5=Gyaase |first5=Stephaney |last6=Oppong |first6=Felix Boakye |last7=Afenyadu |first7=Godwin |last8=Asante |first8=Kwaku Poku |date=2020-06-06 |title=Utilization of the national cluster of district health information system for health service decision-making at the district, sub-district and community levels in selected districts of the Brong Ahafo region in Ghana |journal=BMC Health Services Research |language=en |volume=20 |issue=1 |pages=514 |doi=10.1186/s12913-020-05349-5 |doi-access=free |pmid=32505209 |pmc=7275484 |issn=1472-6963}}] |
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Some studies have used data from the DHIMS2 to monitor trends in health Indicators such as marternal health outcomes and patterns of disease over time. [{{Cite journal |last=Ampofo |first=Gifty Dufie |last2=Osarfo |first2=Joseph |last3=Aberese-Ako |first3=Matilda |last4=Asem |first4=Livingstone |last5=Komey |first5=Mildred Naa |last6=Mohammed |first6=Wahjib |last7=Ofosu |first7=Anthony Adofo |last8=Tagbor |first8=Harry |date=2022-10-27 |title=Malaria in pregnancy control and pregnancy outcomes: a decade’s overview using Ghana’s DHIMS II data |url=https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04331-2 |journal=Malaria Journal |language=en |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=303 |doi=10.1186/s12936-022-04331-2 |issn=1475-2875 |pmc=9615308 |pmid=36303165}}] |
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Some studies have used data from the DHIMS2 to monitor trends in health Indicators such as marternal health outcomes and patterns of disease over time. [{{Cite journal |last=Ampofo |first=Gifty Dufie |last2=Osarfo |first2=Joseph |last3=Aberese-Ako |first3=Matilda |last4=Asem |first4=Livingstone |last5=Komey |first5=Mildred Naa |last6=Mohammed |first6=Wahjib |last7=Ofosu |first7=Anthony Adofo |last8=Tagbor |first8=Harry |date=2022-10-27 |title=Malaria in pregnancy control and pregnancy outcomes: a decade’s overview using Ghana’s DHIMS II data |url=https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-022-04331-2 |journal=Malaria Journal |language=en |volume=21 |issue=1 |pages=303 |doi=10.1186/s12936-022-04331-2 |issn=1475-2875 |pmc=9615308 |pmid=36303165}}][{{Cite journal |last=Tungbani |first=Basil |last2=Nhlapo |first2=Mosidi Sarah |date=2025 |title=Accuracy of Cause-of-Death Classification in Ghana: Evidence from the 2023 District Health Information Management System (DHIMS) II |url=https://jhia-online.org/index.php/jhia/article/view/613 |journal=Journal of Health Informatics in Africa |language=en |volume=12 |issue=2 |pages=69–82 |doi=10.12856/JHIA-2025-v12-i2-613 |issn=2197-6902}}] |
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