Powerful, feature-rich data collection

DHIS allows for the collection of routine health data and meta-data in a structured manner across technology platforms (i.e. paper-based data collection tools, electronic systems or mobile systems), using an organisational hierarchy down to point-of-service level or below.
At a health-program level it supports user-defineable data sets and data elements, allowing for a standard method of identifying raw data, while the Organisation Unit pinpoints the data's origin.  Data is entered into structured forms, and can be validated using a user-definable rules-based system designed to monitor historic trends and can cater for statistical outliers or anomalies, in order to reduce erroneous capture of raw data.

      Aggregation, analysis and reporting

Indicators are user-definable constructs allowing for creation of usable information for reporting purposes, giving users, healthcare workers, program managers or development partners the data they need to make informed decisions.
The DHIS database engine can integrate and aggregate data across levels of the Organisational Unit hierarchy, and its warehousing components include ETL (Extract / Transform / Load) data transformation.  Data-mart warehousing allows for analysis from the level of a single service delivery point right up to a national level.  DHIS Reporting capabilities include data quality metrics generation, charting and powerful pivot-table capabilities.

The DHIS is a free and open-source software-based highly configurable data collection, aggregation, management and analysis tool that uses a datasource hierarchy to capture and report on health data from its source, up to and including well-structured, decision-supporting information.  It is currently used in more than 30 countries around the world as a routine health management information system and data warehouse.

Available in both desktop (MS Access®/Windows®) and web-based (Java™/HTML5) flavours, DHIS offers healthcare workers and decision makers electronic access to advanced health data, information capture and reporting features.

NORAD (the Norwegian Agency for Development) provided funding for the first phase (1996-98), which included a range of successful processes and tools in the pilot districts that were later rolled out to the whole of the Western Cape.

1996:Mitchells Plain baseline survey

1996-98: Four pilot sites - Mitchells Plain, Khayelitsha, Blaauwberg & later South Peninsula

1997-98: Development of Essential Data Sets for PHC at National and Provincial levels...

HISP adopts a broad based, developmental approach to capacity building and support of communities, healthcare workers and decision makers for improving health information systems.
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DHIS (District Health Information Software) is a free and open-source health management information system (HMIS) and data warehouse.

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“The District Health Information System - 20 years of innovation, from paper to the web”

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