Information management in Iranian Maternal Mortality Surveillance System
Background: Maternal mortality is preventable by proper information management and is the main target of the Maternal Mortality Surveillance System (MMSS). Aim: This study aimed to determine the status of information management in the Iranian Maternal Mortality Surveillance System (IMMSS). Methods...
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| description | Background: Maternal mortality is preventable by proper information management and is the main target of the
Maternal Mortality Surveillance System (MMSS). Aim: This study aimed to determine the status of information management in the Iranian Maternal Mortality
Surveillance System (IMMSS). Methods: The population of this descriptive and analytical study, which was conducted in 2016, included 96
administrative staff of health and treatment deputies of universities of medical sciences and the Ministry of
Health in Iran. Data were gathered by a five-part questionnaire with confirmed validity and reliability. A total of
76 questionnaires were completed, and data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 19, by descriptive and
inferential statistics. The relationship between variables “organizational unit” and the four studied axes was
studied using Kendall’s correlation coefficient test.
Results: The status of information management in IMMSS was desirable. Data gathering and storage axis and
data processing and compilation axis achieved the highest (2.7±0.46) and the lowest (2.4±0.49) mean scores,
respectively. The data-gathering method, control of a sample of women deaths in reproductive age in the
universities of medical sciences, use of international classification of disease, and use of this system information
by management teams to set resources allocation achieved the lowest mean scores in studied axes. Treatment
deputy staff had a more positive attitude toward the status of information management of IMMSS than the health
deputy staff (p=0.004).
Conclusion: Although the status of information management in IMMSS was desirable, it could be improved by
modification of the data-gathering method; creating communication links between different data resources; a
periodic sample control of women deaths in reproductive age in the universities of medical sciences; and
implementing ICD-MM and integration of its rules on a unified system of death |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8a15d52d1be5495b8b62f618742668ba2022-12-22T00:17:17ZengElectronic PhysicianElectronic Physician2008-58422008-58422017-07-01974914492310.19082/4914Information management in Iranian Maternal Mortality Surveillance SystemFarahnaz SadoughiAfsaneh KarimiLeila ErfanniaBackground: Maternal mortality is preventable by proper information management and is the main target of the Maternal Mortality Surveillance System (MMSS). Aim: This study aimed to determine the status of information management in the Iranian Maternal Mortality Surveillance System (IMMSS). Methods: The population of this descriptive and analytical study, which was conducted in 2016, included 96 administrative staff of health and treatment deputies of universities of medical sciences and the Ministry of Health in Iran. Data were gathered by a five-part questionnaire with confirmed validity and reliability. A total of 76 questionnaires were completed, and data were analyzed using SPSS software, version 19, by descriptive and inferential statistics. The relationship between variables “organizational unit” and the four studied axes was studied using Kendall’s correlation coefficient test. Results: The status of information management in IMMSS was desirable. Data gathering and storage axis and data processing and compilation axis achieved the highest (2.7±0.46) and the lowest (2.4±0.49) mean scores, respectively. The data-gathering method, control of a sample of women deaths in reproductive age in the universities of medical sciences, use of international classification of disease, and use of this system information by management teams to set resources allocation achieved the lowest mean scores in studied axes. Treatment deputy staff had a more positive attitude toward the status of information management of IMMSS than the health deputy staff (p=0.004). Conclusion: Although the status of information management in IMMSS was desirable, it could be improved by modification of the data-gathering method; creating communication links between different data resources; a periodic sample control of women deaths in reproductive age in the universities of medical sciences; and implementing ICD-MM and integration of its rules on a unified system of deathhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5587013/Information managementMaternal mortalityPublic health surveillanceData collectionQuality assurance |
| spellingShingle | Farahnaz Sadoughi Afsaneh Karimi Leila Erfannia Information management in Iranian Maternal Mortality Surveillance System Electronic Physician Information management Maternal mortality Public health surveillance Data collection Quality assurance |
| title | Information management in Iranian Maternal Mortality Surveillance System |
| title_full | Information management in Iranian Maternal Mortality Surveillance System |
| title_fullStr | Information management in Iranian Maternal Mortality Surveillance System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information management in Iranian Maternal Mortality Surveillance System |
| title_short | Information management in Iranian Maternal Mortality Surveillance System |
| title_sort | information management in iranian maternal mortality surveillance system |
| topic | Information management Maternal mortality Public health surveillance Data collection Quality assurance |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5587013/ |
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