This page focuses on defining a Community Health Information System (CHIS) and the actors who uses these systems.

What is a CHIS?

A Community Health Information System (CHIS) is an information system that supports the routine and emergency health care of a patient population within a defined geographic context.

Who uses a CHIS?

The following actors are important within a CHIS ecosystem:

• Patient
• Patient's relatives/family unit
• Community Health Worker
• Field Supervisor

Functional specifications

Notes:

Community Health management as a solution requires a lot of logistical support ensuring the right person shows up to the right place to generate the right amount of care.

CHIS are spatial in nature because care is delivered across a defined geographic area.

CHIS need to work well offline with information available on a mobile device when the user needs it.

Primarily, CHIS are focused on delivering care in the field where there is minimal physical health infrastructure (i.e. within a patient's home, at a local gathering place, within a school).