Development of an Electronic-Based Integrated System for Nigeria Health Management Information Systems

Abstract

The District Health Information System 2 is a flexible, standard Java-based, free, and open-source online software technology that was proposed in this study as a way to merge four current standalone and different Health Information Systems (DHIS2). This Integrated National Health Information System (i-NHIS) was built using the DHIS2 application software, which runs on a web server, supports Java Servlets, and can be accessed via web browsers over the Internet. By combining numerous fragmented, incomprehensible, worthless, and poorly standardized HISs, the outcomes provide advanced knowledge about national healthcare services. It is made up of a variety of data kinds and detailed information that is used to make decisions, measure, and monitor healthcare delivery processes in Nigeria for overall improvement. The proposed i-NHIS provides more trustworthy, accurate, full, and timely information as well as decision-making tools, hence improving the quality of Nigerian healthcare delivery and services.