Training Course in Building Effective Health Information Systems for Quality Management
1Summary
Hospitals today generate mountains of data — admissions, lab results, patient feedback, billing records — yet many still struggle to turn that data into better decisions. This Training Course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy responds to that gap by teaching participants how information systems function inside a healthcare organisation and how they connect directly to service quality.
Rather than treating information management as an IT-only topic, the course shows healthcare staff how to build a foundational information system for tracking quality, spot the obstacles that block good data use, and set up a database that supports ongoing measurement and improvement of the services provided.
2Objectives and target group
Who Should Attend?
- Managers and department heads in healthcare facilities.
- Staff working in health information management.
- Health supervisors and oversight officers.
- Anyone looking to build their skills in this field.
Knowledge and Benefits:
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Explain why information systems matter for healthcare quality and what problems arise without them.
- Propose practical solutions to the problems that come with adopting information management systems.
- Identify the main information-related challenges healthcare organisations face.
- Continuously evaluate the information used to describe and track services.
- Recognise the stages of measuring healthcare quality and its key indicators.
3Course Content
Module 1: How Health Information Systems Work
- The core functions: gathering, processing, generating, storing, retrieving, and transmitting information.
- Keeping information reliable: continuous evaluation of the data used to describe services.
- Standards for clear, accessible presentation of information, and the rule that personal medical advice must always come from a qualified specialist.
Module 2: Measuring Quality Through Information
- The stages of measuring healthcare quality and its key indicators.
- The core dimensions of quality in health services.
Module 3: Delivering the Training Programme
- Course locations: Egypt, Jordan, Malaysia, Turkey, and across Europe, Australia, and the United States, scheduled to suit participants.
- Training formats: group sessions at academy centres, individual coaching, field/practical training, and theoretical sessions.
- Certification: an accredited certificate from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy on completion, with the course also available at a time and place of the client's choosing.