A systematic review of the case studies involving Health Management Information System (HMIS) in different countries

This paper reviews some of the case studies involving Health Information Systems (HISs) and their enabling technologies in different countries. The review aids in achieving the objectives of HIS systems of improving the global quality of health care, attaining increased coordination between health care providers and consumers, promoting the use of guidelines and policies, and improving the speed of simultaneous access and distribution of medical records and other resources. This systematic literature review aims to synthesize the best available evidence on the effects of HMIS interventions on patient care, hospital management and other associated economic outcomes. The good news is that information systems have great potential to reduce healthcare costs and improve outcomes. The bad news is that it has become harder than ever for the researchers to explore the role of IS in the delivery of healthcare in its diverse organizational and regulatory settings. Hence, some recommendations for future IS research focusing on the implications of technology-driven advances have been provided in the final section of this paper. The recommendations mainly deal with three important areas: social media, evidence-based medicine, and personalized medicine. Further, with the help of the available case study findings, a conceptual frame work has been proposed in this paper.