Identifying priorities for data quality improvement within Haiti's iSante EMR system: Comparing two methods

摘要

Objectives: The aim of this case study was to compare two alternative strategies for prioritizing data elements for data quality assessment (DQA) in a routine health management information system. The study used data from iSante, a multi-site electronic medical record implemented by the Haitian Ministry of Health. We described and compared two prioritization strategies: (1) a Delphi process drawing iterative feedback from clinicians and stakeholders responsible for monitoring and evaluation (ME) of health programs to identify consensus priorities for data on HIV patients; and (2) a process using burden of disease estimates from Haiti to establish priorities for data on primary care patients.