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Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Health ›› 2018, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (1): 60-63.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-3755.2018.01.013

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The establishment and application evaluation of health management information system for TB patients in Shantou City

Zhuang-hao CHEN,Jian-xiong LIN,Dong-dong PENG,Rui-ming CHEN,Xiao-ying CHEN,Wen-pei WEN()   

  1. Shantou TB Prevention and Treatment Institution, Shantou 515031,China
  • Received:2018-03-06 Online:2018-03-30 Published:2018-07-24
  • Contact: Wen-pei WEN E-mail:568323856@qq.com

Abstract:

Objective To evaluate the implementation effect of the integrated management platform for TB control managers, supervisors and clinicians, and to provide experience sharing for the health management mode of TB patients.Methods Developed and built a health Management Information System for TB patients (MIS). Analyzed the management rate of TB patients before and after using MIS, Using Delphi to analyze the difference including information delivery methods, reliability, timeliness,accuracy of 8 indicators between the before and after using the MIS in JinPin area and ChaoYang area.Results Before and after the application of MIS, the management rates of TB patients in Jinpin area were 80.5% and 90.7% (χ 2=9.66,P<0.05),the management rates of TB patients in Chaoyang area were 87.7% and 92.76% (χ 2=9.40,P<0.05).The difference is statistically significant. after using MIS,the 8 indicators including information delivery, reliability, timeliness, accuracy are all better to before.Conclusion For the work of TB patient`s health management, MIS plays an important flow, supervision and management, gathering team role, effectively improves the management rates of TB patients and the management level.

Key words: Tuberculosis, Management information systems, Computer communication networks, Outcome and process assessment (health care), Data interpretation, statistics