Publications by authors named "Gemechis Melkamu"
Article Synopsis
- - Ethiopia has made significant advances in using the District Health Information System version 2 (DHIS2) for national data reporting, but there hasn't been a thorough evaluation of its maturity level yet.
- - The study aims to analyze the current maturity of DHIS2 implementation in Ethiopia, identify gaps, and provide a roadmap for improvement, focusing on areas like governance, skilled workforce, ICT infrastructure, and data quality.
- - Findings reveal that DHIS2 is currently at the "defined" maturity stage with a score of 2.81, aiming to reach the "managed" stage by 2025, while strengths include a standardized process and a strategic plan, though challenges remain in workforce competency.
Acceptability and use of the electronic community health information system and its determinants among health extension workers in Ethiopia: a retrospective cross-sectional observational study.
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak
December 2023
Background: The electronic community health information system has been increasingly developed and deployed to quantify and support quality health service delivery by community health workers in Ethiopia. However, the success and failure of the electronic community health information system depend on the acceptability and use by its users. This study assessed the acceptability and use of the electronic community health information system and its determinants among health extension workers in Ethiopia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: To achieve national and international strategic goals, countries are advised to assess the maturity status of their health information systems (HIS), including business continuity and interoperability. This work aims to determine the existing maturity status of the Ethiopian HIS, set HIS improvement goals, and inform a path towards an improved national HIS by the end of 2024.
Methods: This assessment was a collaborative and transparent process that was carried out with the engagement of all key stakeholders through consultation.
Background: Prolonged emergency department stays can adversely affect patient outcomes leading to an increased length of hospital admission and higher mortality. Despite this fact, there are few data describing emergency department length of stay and associated factors in Ethiopia.
Objective: To assess length of stay in the emergency department and its associated factors among patients visited adult emergency department of Jimma Medical Center, Jimma town, southwest of Ethiopia.
Background: Sub-Saharan Africa shares a disproportionately large ratio of the global acute disease burden, however epidemiological data specific to the burden of emergency conditions are lacking. This study aimed to determine the morbidity burden of emergency conditions in Jimma city, Southwest Ethiopia.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted using emergency case registries of three years from 2014 to 2017, at Jimma Medical Center and Shenen Gibe Hospital.