GIS-enabled Health Management Information System
Q. Which of the following is/are true regarding GIS - HMIS?
1) The Health and Family Welfare Ministry recently launched a new scheme GPS-enabled HMIS (Health Management Information System).
2) Health Management Information System (HMIS) is a completely new system developed for better monitoring of health programmes.- Published on 30 Mar 16a. Only 1
b. Only 2
c. Both 1 and 2
d. Neither 1 nor 2
ANSWER: Neither 1 nor 2
- Health Management Information System (HMIS) is a web-based monitoring system that has been put in place by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) to monitor its health programmes and provide key inputs for policy formulation and interventions. It was launched during October, 2008.
- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched new initiative - GIS-enabled HMIS application.
- The initiative will not only monitor the performance and quality of the health services being provided under the NHM, but will also provide effective healthcare to the rural population throughout the country.
- The GIS-enabled HMIS services will provide comprehensive data on a GIS platform on 1.6 lakh Government Health facilities spread across the country.
- The project has been developed with the objective of enabling the effective usage of the HMIS application, enhancing analytical capabilities of States/UTs and providing a geographical display of HMIS data using GIS.
- The application also has scope of incorporating map layers of roads and water bodies which will provide comprehensive information regarding health facilities and disease vulnerable areas of the country.
- At present, the application is available in login domain of HMIS portal. It is planned to put it in public domain in near future.
- Moreover, the mapping provides data only on public health facilities presently, which shall soon be expanded to cover private facilities also.
