Developing a district health information system in South Africa: A social process or technical solution?

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 84, Issue , 2001, Pages 773-777

  Williamson, Louisa ^a   Stoops, Norah ^a   Heywood, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

computers; district health information system; evaluation; human resources; organisational change; primary health care; software; sustainability; training

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTERS; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MEDICAL COMPUTING; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION; DEVELOPED APPLICATIONS; EVALUATION; HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE; PRIMARY HEALTHCARE; TECHNICAL INFRASTRUCTURE;

INFORMATION USE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOFTWARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84860360539     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-60750-928-8-773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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