Attitude and Practice of Healthcare Workers Towards the use of Health Management Information System (HMIS) in Mayo Hospital Lahore, Pakistan: A Cross-sectional Study

Background: Electronic-based HMIS is being installed in the public healthcare settings of Pakistan. To assess the efficiency of this system, the attitude and practice of healthcare workers towards its use should be assessed. Objectives: To determine healthcare workers' attitudes and practices regarding patients' information compilation, analysis, and reporting. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in Mayo Hospital Lahore, Pakistan which included 131 healthcare workers from the departments of Medicine and Surgery. The data were collected from 1 June to 15 July 2024. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data and later entered into STATA version 13 and Fischer's exact binary logistics regression analysis test was used to identify factors influencing the attitude and practice of healthcare workers towards the use of HMIS. Results: The data were collected from 71 males and 60 females, and the overall levels of good attitude and good practice obtained are 48.09% and 42.75%, respectively. 'Attitude' is found to be influenced by the sex of the health worker while 'Practice' is influenced by the level of education and staff specialty. Conclusion: For effective and robust implementation of HMIS, further training sessions should be conducted for healthcare workers to enhance their knowledge and skills in the use of this system. Moreover, further studies should be conducted to explore the reasons behind the poor attitude and practice of healthcare workers towards the use of HMIS.