Table 2 Inputs and outputs for designing a health information system during an emergency
Inputs from key stakeholders | |
I1 | What are the priorities for the use of the patient data? |
I2 | What patient data are needed to meet these priorities? |
I3 | What challenges may restrict data collection? |
I4 | What is the patient flow at the site? |
I5 | What is the clinical workflow at the site? |
I6 | Who needs access to which data, where, and how often? |
I7 | Which activities may interfere with the HIS? |
I8 | What resources (equipment, money, personnel, infrastructure, time) are available for building and using the system? |
Outputs to guide design of the health information system | |
O1 | Which data and where to collect them |
O2 | Platform for data collection |
O3 | Design decisions for data collection tools |
O4 | Who collects the patient data |
O5 | How data are communicated to the necessary people |
O6 | How data errors are minimized |
O7 | How the patient records are digitized and processed |
O8 | How and where the patient records are stored and secured |