Author(s)

Abd El Kader Moumouni^1*, Dede Regina Ajavon², Komlan Agbeko Doleagbenou³, Dabou Abiba Tamou Tabe⁴, Kodjo Mensah Hobli Ahanogbe³, Massaga Dagbe⁵, Akoete Simon Gbessena¹, Komi Amagnga⁶, Desama-Esso Banawe⁶, Tchilabalo Bamazi Amona⁶

¹Department of Surgery CHU Kara, Kara, Togo.
²Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics CHR Tomde, Kara, Togo.
³Department of Surgery CHU Sylnanus Olympio, Lomé, Togo.
⁴Radilogy Department CHR Tomde, Kara, Togo.
⁵Radilogy Department CHU Kara, Kara, Togo.
⁶Department of Network and Computer Maintenance CHU Kara, Kara, Togo.

The HIS is recognised as an essential tool for optimising the management of a health establishment in particular and the health system in general. But it is still very little implemented in hospitals in the South. Open source HIS software, available on the Internet, can be a solution for starting a (HIS) project in these hospitals. A search on the Internet for open source HIS software allowed us to choose MedBoard, the second most popular open source software out of 381, to start an HIS project called PERFORMANCE at the Kara University Hospital in northern Togo. A questionnaire allowed us to assess the level of knowledge of health actors on hospital information systems. The results of this evaluation allowed us to strengthen our proposal. The analysis of the current computer park of the CHU Kara does not allow whatever the functionalities of MedBoard to implement PERFORMANCE at the CHU Kara. Logistics are needed to make PERFORMANCE work. The real difficulty to start and perpetuate HIS project is linked to the human factor.

Free Software, Hospital Information System, Performance Chu Kara

El Kader Moumouni, A. , Regina Ajavon, D. , Agbeko Doleagbenou, K. , Abiba Tamou Tabe, D. , Mensah Hobli Ahanogbe, K. , Dagbe, M. , Simon Gbessena, A. , Amagnga, K. , Banawe, D. and Bamazi Amona, T. (2022) Hospital Information Systems Shortage in Sub-Saharan African Hospitals: Opportunities and Challenges. E-Health Telecommunication Systems and Networks, 11, 1-13. doi: 10.4236/etsn.2022.111001.