Health Health Information Consultations MOH Management Training Selective members of the Health HRH registers enabled participating staff to Sector Information/ICT HRH Policy develop and establish basic Taskforce conducted a study and Plan of database for general health visit to Auckland NZ in July Action information suitable to the 2011 to observe and discuss the local context. A Health HIS improvement project for information session was Samoa with the NZ ICT Health also conducted to collect the Board and selective IT Vendors MOH necessary data to establish a in NZ together with selective NZ Ongoing PATIS/CHNIS health sector information health care service providers. A Information taskforce with its role report was submitted to Cabinet System focusing on the through the Director General of NHS Record improvement of the Health Health and received approval. Section Information System. One of the recommendations in Community the report is for a TA to be Nurses brought on board to conduct a TBAs register scoping exercise for the whole health sector information system requirements as well as HRH related trainings identifying specifications. equipped staff to develop the HRH Country Profile for The HRH Taskforce was only Samoa and HRH Database established during preparation for the Health sector as well work for the interim database. as the discussion of the The taskforce was inactive ever progress of the HRH Policy as we await the and POA Implementation. establishment of the HRH An output of this discussion information system. However, is the establishment of a the HRH information system or HRH Taskforce for the database, is now included in the Health sector. scoping exercise and
Health Health Information Management Training enabled participating staff to develop and establish basic database for general health information suitable to the local context. A Health information session was also conducted to collect the necessary data to establish a health sector information taskforce with its role focusing on the improvement of the Health Information System. HRH related trainings equipped staff to develop the HRH Country Profile for Samoa and HRH Database for the Health sector as well as the discussion of the progress of the HRH Policy and POA Implementation. An output of this discussion is the establishment of a HRH Taskforce for the Health sector. Selective members of the Health Sector Information/ICT Taskforce conducted a study visit to Auckland NZ in July 2011 to observe and discuss the HIS improvement project for Samoa with the NZ ICT Health Board and selective IT Vendors in NZ together with selective NZ health care service providers. A report was submitted to Cabinet through the Director General of Health and received approval. One of the recommendations in the report is for a TA to be brought on board to conduct a scoping exercise for the whole health sector information system requirements as well as identifying specifications. The HRH Taskforce was only established during preparation work for the interim database. The taskforce was inactive ever as we await the establishment of the HRH information system. However, the HRH information system or database, is now included in the scoping exercise and Ongoing Consultations HRH registers HRH Policy and Plan of Action PATIS/CHNIS Information System NHS Record Section Community Nurses TBAs register MOH MOH
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