| Creators: |
Meidani, Zahra and Moravveji, Alireza and Gohari, Shirin and Ghafarian, Hamideh and Zare, Sahar and Vaseghi, Fateme and Mousavi, Gholambas and Nickfarjam, Ali Mohammad and Holl, Felix |
| Title: |
Development and testing requirements for an integrated maternal and child health information system in IRAN : A design thinking case study |
| Item Type: |
Article or issue of a publication series |
| Projects: |
DigiHealth |
| Journal or Series Title: |
Methods of Information in Medicine |
| Date: |
2022 |
| Divisions: |
Gesundheitsmanagement |
| Abstract (ENG): |
Background: Management of child healthcare can be negatively affected by incomplete recording, low data quality, and lack
of data integration of health management information system (HMIS) to support decision making and public health program
needs. Given the importance of identifying key determinants of child health via capturing and integrating accurate and highquality information, we aim to address this gap through the development and testing requirements for an integrated child health information system.
Subjects and Method: A five-phase design thinking approach including empathizing, defining, ideation, prototyping, and
testing was applied. We employed observation and interviews with the health workers at the primary health care network to
identify end-users challenges and needs using tools in human-centered design and focus group discussion. Then, a potential
solution to the identified problems was developed as an integrated maternal and child health information system (IMCHIS) prototype and tested using Software Quality Requirements and Evaluation Model (SQuaRE) ISO/IEC 25000.
Results: IMCHIS was developed as a web-based system with 74 data elements and seven maternal and child healthcare requirements. The requirements of „child disease“ with weight (0.26), „child nutrition“ with weight (0.20), and „prenatal care“ with
weight (0.16) acquired the maximum weight coefficient. In the testing phase, the highest score with the weight coefficient of
0.48 and 0.73 was attributed to efficiency and functionality characteristics, focusing on software capability to fulfill the tasks that meet users‘ needs.
Conclusion: Implementing a successful child healthcare system integrates both maternal and child healthcare information
systems to track the effect of maternal conditions on child health and support managing performance and optimizing service delivery. The highest quality score of IMCHIS in efficiency and functionality characteristics confirms that it owns the capability to identify key determinants of child health. |
| Forthcoming: |
No |
| Language: |
English |
| Citation: |
Meidani, Zahra and Moravveji, Alireza and Gohari, Shirin and Ghafarian, Hamideh and Zare, Sahar and Vaseghi, Fateme and Mousavi, Gholambas and Nickfarjam, Ali Mohammad and Holl, Felix
(2022)
Development and testing requirements for an integrated maternal and child health information system in IRAN : A design thinking case study.
Methods of Information in Medicine.
ISSN 2511-705X
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