A framework for designing an MIS for health delivery system in rural India

Abstract

A framework for designing an information system for planning and monitoring of rural health services is proposed in the Indian context. For effective monitoring the framework emphasises selection of a set of programmed and non-programme indicators on inputs, activities, efficiency and impact and their integration at the district level. For planning, a village level data base is proposed which will integrate environmental data with health programme data. Illustrative examples are provided for key features of the MIS and tinally those elements of the isolation system which are either too complex or too voIuminous to be handled manually are ident~ed and the possib~iity of using ~mputers for such analysis is explored.