China Health Information System: Review and Assessment
12, 2006
By
Center for Health Statistics Information, Ministry of Health
Coordinated by Department of Health, Hubei province Department of Health, Shaanxi province Department of Health, Guangxi Autonomous Region
Contact authors Rao, Keqin Wu, Xiaoling Gu, Tao
Health Information System Assessment: country report
Acknowledgement
The assessment team gratefully acknowledges the following institutes that have been especially important in enabling the team to assess national HIS: National Bureau of Statistics, Ministry o f Labor & Social security , Population and Family planning Commission, department s of Disease Control, Planning and Financing, Sanitary Inspection, Policy and Regulation, Rural Health Administration, Health Administration, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Pharmaceutical Administration, Maternal and Child Health Care, and CHSI from Ministry of Health, National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Health Economics, National Institute of Hospital Administration, Beijing University, Beijing Xiehe Hospital, CSHI from Shanghai, Beijing, Sichuan, Guangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei and Shanxi provincial bureaus. The assessment team also wants to thank some international organizations, including WHO Beijing office, UNICEF Beijing office, UNDP Beijing office. We cannot achieve our goals without their input. The assessment team is especially grateful to HMN specialists, Sally Stansfeild, Carla Abouzahr, Nina Anderson, and other staff. Their suggestions and comments are very helpful to assessment process and final report.
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Health Information System Assessment: country report
Contents
Acknowledgement Acronyms and Abbreviations Background Framework of the assessment Assessment Results Context and Resources 1.1 Legal and Regulatory Framework 1.2 HIS institutions, human resources and financing 1.3 HIS infrastructure 2. Essential