Health Information Management System Data Utilization in Strategic Management Decision Making in Hospitals: Systemic Review

A health information system is a structured effort to systematically collect, store, and share data essential to the effectiveness of a health system, encompassing various health-related functionalities. Gathering, organizing, and analyzing data is crucial to identify the health needs of a population, providing hospital management with insights to allocate resources effectively across the health workforce, essential medications, governance, and service provision. However, although hospitals typically rely on their staff to handle data, these key administrative responsibilities often lack support for using data to make informed decisions, leading to poor service delivery and unnecessary patient referrals. This desktop review explored how hospital management employs the Health Information Management System for strategic decision-making and identified challenges and barriers to leveraging this data. The review sourced materials from three databases, two journal websites, and Google Scholar, using search terms like “Health Management Information System,” “Strategic management,” “Decision-making,” “health data,” and “barriers to data use.” The analysis followed the Preferred Reporting Items for Meta-analysis and Systematic Review,