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Determinants of a functional refferral system in Kisumu County,Kenya. Patient perspective.
(Global Journal of Health Sciences, 2019)
Purpose: Most referral health facilities are faced with challenges ranging from congestion of patients at these health facilities, strained/ limited resources (both human and material) to deal with the voluminous patients, ...
Status of Health workers Knowledge on Maternal and Neonatal Health related to Service Delivery in Makueni County
(Health Systems Management Journal, 2019-07)
Globally, new born mortality remains unacceptably high. Neonatal mortality
accounts for 60% of infant mortality rate in Kenya. In Makueni County, 1 in 22 children does
not live to his or her first birth day. This ...
Relationship Between Structural Arrangement and Provision of Primary care Quality: A Case of Health Centers in Nakuru County, Kenya
(Health Systems Management Journal, 2019-08)
Introduction: Healthcare is a fundamental need, its availability and comprehensiveness helps in making people’s life better and productive. Delivery of quality care requires an efficient system with adequate capacity of ...
Citizen engagement in social health insurance purchasing, in selected counties in Kenya
(International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2019-10-06)
Background: National hospital insurance fund (NHIF) uses capitation as a strategic purchasing model to provide primary care health services (PCHS). This study sought information on citizen knowledge of PCHS benefit package, ...
Influence of devolved healthcare system on delivery of health services in Meru County, Kenya
(International Academic Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing., 2019-07)
The promulgation of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 birthed devolution. After the General Elections held on 4th of March of 2013, devolution of various public functions including healthcare gained momentum. However, there ...
Influence of patients’ rights charter on health systems responsiveness in selected counties in Kenya: health care provider perspective
(International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health, 2019-10-14)
Background: The role of health care providers in the implementation of responsiveness of health systems is unclear.
Responsiveness of health systems is one of the goals set out by WHO in 2000. Effective leadership and ...
Assessing the influence of process interventions of community health volunteers on use of community based health management information systems in selected counties, Kenya.
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications,, 2018-08)
The World Health Organization (WHO) identified
information as one of the six key pillars of an effective health
system. In this context, the need to strengthen community health
information has been felt globally. African ...
Improving Health Systems: Influence of Technical Capacities of Community Health Volunteers on Use of Community Health Information Systems in Kenya
(International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887), 2018-07)
WHO identified six key pillars of an effective health system
namely: leadership and governance; service delivery; health
workforce; health information systems; medical products,
vaccines and technologies and healthcare ...
Technical Factors Affecting Electronic Medical Record System Information Use: A Case of Kakamega County Referral Hospital Outpatient Department
(IOSR Journal of Nursing and Health Science (IOSR-JNHS), 2018-04)
The recent worldwide focus on healthcare quality improvement, cost containment and enhanced
patient experience has led to increased need for adoption of Electronic Medical Record systems (EMR) (
Waithera L, Muhia J, ...
The Role Leadership Style Plays in the Integration of Health Management Information System
(International Journal of Computer Applications, 2018-07)
This study aimed to establish the role played by leadership style in the integration of health management information systems (IHMIS). An integrated HMIS is a software solution that spans the range of ...