Table 1 Institutional health information system
Data sources and references | Owners of the data | Data production | Program | data collected | Forms of data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Institutional data | MoH, RMS, Private sector, University | Routinely | Individual Service and Source Records | Institutional data | Paper based |
National electronic registration system | MoH, RMS, Private sector, University | Routinely | Hakeem | Information gathered from individual cases at the healthcare facility level is compiled and organized at the levels of the healthcare facility, governorate, and nation. | Computerized |
National electronic registration system [19] | MoH | Routinely | Interactive Electronic Reporting System (IERS) | Information gathered from individual cases at the healthcare facility level is compiled and organized at the levels of the healthcare facility, governorate, and nation. | Computerized (tablet based) |
Individual institution | Routinely | Individual, service and resource records | Institutional data | Paper and computer based | |
National registration system [12, 13, 19, 24, 27, 29, 31, 32] | Directorate of NCDs (MoH) | Routinely collected and collated annually | National Renal Disease Registry | Patients are registered upon receiving a confirmed diagnosis at healthcare facilities and specialized hospitals, with their information classified according to three factors: age, sex, and place of residence. | Paper based at Hospital level – Collated and digitized centrally |
National registration system | Directorate of NCDs (MoH) | Routinely collected and collated annually | National Thalassemia Registry | Patients are registered upon receiving a confirmed diagnosis at healthcare facilities and specialized hospitals, with their information classified according to three factors: age, sex, and place of residence. | Paper based at Hospital level – Collated and digitized centrally |
National registration system | Directorate of NCDs (MoH) | Routinely collected and collated annually | National Cancer Registry | Patients are registered upon receiving a confirmed diagnosis at healthcare facilities and specialized hospitals, with their information classified according to three factors: age, sex, and place of residence. | Paper based at Hospital level – Collated and digitized centrally |