Health Data Management Basics
Capture accurate data, apply indicators and registers, run data-quality checks, and read dashboards.
About this course
DHIS2 and OpenMRS are already installed across Africa. The frontier is using them well. Learn to capture accurate data at the point of care, run data-quality checks, and read HMIS dashboards so reporting actually changes decisions. Built for clinicians, data officers, and students who feed the numbers.
What you will learn
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Capture accurate, complete data at the point of care
- Trace a patient visit to a national dashboard indicator
- Run data-quality checks on registers and DHIS2 datasets
- Read HMIS dashboards and separate real signals from artefacts
- Name the core African data systems and say what each is for
- Close the data-use gap in your own facility
Who can apply
Open to all health professionals and students. No prior digital-health experience required, but places are confirmed by application so we can build a cohort that finishes together.
What's inside the course
2 modules · 6 lessons · Delivered in the ADHA learning platform - start as soon as you're approved
01Module 1: From Patient to Number: How Health Data Is Born3 lessons · 170 min
- 1.1Why Health Data Management Matters (and the Data-Use Gap)55 minLocked
- 1.2Accurate Data Capture at the Point of Care55 minLocked
- 1.3Registers, Data Elements, and Indicators60 minLocked
02Module 2: Trustworthy Data: Quality, Dashboards, and Use3 lessons · 170 min
- 2.1Data Quality: Checks You Can Run This Week60 minLocked
- 2.2Reading Dashboards and Telling Signal from Noise55 minLocked
- 2.3Closing the Data-Use Gap: Turning Reporting into an Instrument55 minLocked
Full lessons unlock in the learning platform as soon as you're approved. Apply
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Open to all health professionals and students. No prior digital-health experience required, but places are confirmed by application so we can build a cohort that finishes together.
Sponsorships & scholarships available.