EVALUASI SISTEM INFORMASI KESEHATAN PUSKESMAS KOTA MATSUM DI MEDAN MENGGUNAKAN PENDEKATAN INSTRUMEN HEALTH METRICS NETWORK

Abstract

The implementation of a Health Information System (HIS) will produce an overview of the development of health service status in a health facility. This description can be seen by carrying out HIS evaluation activities. The HIS evaluation seeks to improve and strengthen the health available at the puskesmas, the results of these efforts are expected to be an important step to improve the quality of public health services. This study aims to determine the HIS description in Matsum City Health Center. The study was conducted by evaluating the HIS performance at the Puskesmas. The study was conducted at the City Matsum Health Center Medan, North Sumatra in July 2018. The subjects in this study were the Head of the Sub-Section of the Administration of the City of Matsum Health Center which was taken based on purposive sampling. The data used in the form of primary data taken by conducting direct interviews and observation. Check the validity of the data using the triangulation method. The HIS City Health Center Matsum performance evaluation was conducted using a version of HMN version 4.0 by assessing various components of HIS. The results of evalution that have been conducted at the city Health Center in Matsum, from the six HIS components according to the HMN instrument, none of the components were included in the “not adequate” category with the highedst score on the Dissemination and Use Components while the lowest score was in the Data Management Component. The conclusion of this study is that the HMN-based Health Information System at Matsum City Health Center has been running quite well but still needs to be improved especially regarding data processing.