Question

Describe the relationship of foundational HIS to the research, policy and public health later in the HiS model. In which ways are these two reliant on each other? List at least three ways.

Answer 1

The foundational HIS is in relation with the field of research, policy, and public health. HIS helps the researchers to identify new data, sources, and to evaluate the new information and thereby improving their knowledge and evidence. It helps to present the research results and to discuss and analyze the new findings with other researchers. Thus the way the HIS improves the field of research. HIS regulates and protects the public policy. Policymakers use the HIS to modify the public policy according to the needs. The relationship of foundational HIS to public health is the use of a wide variety of sources such as surveillance, reporting and analyzing of data to know the population health status.

The ways in which they are reliant to one another is

• To improve the research workflow and clinical improvement for the possible outcomes.
• HIS model access health information for the improvement of policy.
• HIS helps to gather data and to predict the risk factors of disease and to initiate prevention programs in the population.