{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,3]],"date-time":"2026-02-03T18:56:43Z","timestamp":1770145003511,"version":"3.49.0"},"reference-count":20,"publisher":"SAGE Publications","issue":"3","license":[{"start":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,1]],"date-time":"2022-07-01T00:00:00Z","timestamp":1656633600000},"content-version":"unspecified","delay-in-days":0,"URL":"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/4.0\/"}],"funder":[{"name":"SNNPR Regional Health Bureau"}],"content-domain":{"domain":["journals.sagepub.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":["Health Informatics J"],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]},"abstract":"<jats:p> Facility based retrospective study was conducted in three regions in southern Ethiopia to assess quality of medical records. A total of 2,145 medical records were reviewed from 73 public health facilities. Minimum standards of medical records were considered to assess completeness and legibility of records. The completeness of medical records were judged systematically according to national HMIS formats. From total of 2,145 medical cards reviewed, only 394 (18.4%) records had all complete and readable data. Gaps observed include 29.0% missed at least one of identification data, 14.3% lack chief compliant, 20.1% lack diagnosis, 12.5% lack medication and 60.3% records had no date and\/or signature. Moreover, 9.5% cards had at least one non-readable component. Records at health centers were 56.8% less likely to be quality record as compared to records in hospitals. Even though completeness of every single record is must, only less than one fifth of records met quality of national medical record standard. Ministry of health should consider rules and regulation to maintain data quality and switching to electronic record, and finally progress in data quality should be monitored routinely. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1177\/14604582221112853","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,6]],"date-time":"2022-07-06T19:38:54Z","timestamp":1657136334000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Quality of medical records in public health facilities: A case of Southern Ethiopia, resource limited setting"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"28","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0026-9611","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Misganu","family":"Endriyas","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Research and Technology Transfer Directorate, SNNPR Health Bureau, Hawassa, Ethiopia"}]},{"given":"Aknaw","family":"Kawza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Head Office, SNNPR Health Bureau, Hawassa, Ethiopia"}]},{"given":"Abraham","family":"Alano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"SNNPR Policy Study and Research Institute, SNNPR President Office, Hawassa, Ethiopia"}]},{"given":"Fiseha","family":"Lemango","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Planning, Monitoring, Evaluation and Economy Administration Directorate, SNNPR Health Bureau, Hawassa, Ethiopia"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"bibr1-14604582221112853","volume-title":"Guidance on Developing Key Performance Indicators and Minimum Data Sets to Monitor Healthcare Quality","author":"Health Information and Quality Authority","year":"2013"},{"key":"bibr2-14604582221112853","volume-title":"Monitoring the building blocks of health systems: A handbook of indicators and their measurement strategies","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2010"},{"key":"bibr3-14604582221112853","volume-title":"Improving data quality: a guide for developing countries","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2003"},{"key":"bibr4-14604582221112853","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjqs.2009.038976"},{"key":"bibr5-14604582221112853","volume-title":"Performance measurement for health system improvement: Experiences, challenges and prospects","author":"Mossialos E","year":"2008"},{"key":"bibr6-14604582221112853","volume-title":"Toolkit on monitoring health systems strengthening health information systems","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2008"},{"key":"bibr7-14604582221112853","volume-title":"Assessment of health facility data quality: Data quality report of Cambodia","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2012"},{"key":"bibr8-14604582221112853","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1197\/jamia.M1087"},{"issue":"10","key":"bibr9-14604582221112853","first-page":"592","volume":"15","author":"Shahraz S","year":"2012","journal-title":"Arch Iran Med"},{"key":"bibr10-14604582221112853","volume-title":"A framework for designing Health Information Systems","author":"Theo L","year":"2000"},{"key":"bibr11-14604582221112853","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2020-046965"},{"key":"bibr12-14604582221112853","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(18)31668-4"},{"key":"bibr13-14604582221112853","unstructured":"World Health Organization. Data quality review: a toolkit for facility data quality assessment. Module 1. Framework and metrics. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017."},{"key":"bibr14-14604582221112853","volume-title":"National health information system road map","author":"Ministry of Health [Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia]","year":"2012"},{"key":"bibr15-14604582221112853","volume-title":"Assessment of Health Management Information System (HMIS) performance in SNNPR, Ethiopia","author":"Belay H","year":"2013"},{"key":"bibr16-14604582221112853","volume-title":"Sampling manual for facility surveys: for population, maternal health, child health and STD programs in developing countries","author":"Turner AG","year":"2001"},{"key":"bibr17-14604582221112853","volume-title":"Health facility survey: tool to evaluate the quality of care delivered to sick children attending outpatient facilities","author":"World Health Organization","year":"2003"},{"key":"bibr18-14604582221112853","volume-title":"Medical records manual: a guide for developing countries","author":"Watson PJ","year":"2002"},{"key":"bibr19-14604582221112853","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/amiajnl-2012-000823"},{"key":"bibr20-14604582221112853","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjgh-2021-006216"}],"container-title":["Health Informatics Journal"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/14604582221112853","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full-xml\/10.1177\/14604582221112853","content-type":"application\/xml","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.1177\/14604582221112853","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,3]],"date-time":"2025-03-03T23:28:38Z","timestamp":1741044518000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/10.1177\/14604582221112853"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]},"references-count":20,"journal-issue":{"issue":"3","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]}},"alternative-id":["10.1177\/14604582221112853"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/14604582221112853","relation":{},"ISSN":["1460-4582","1741-2811"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1460-4582","type":"print"},{"value":"1741-2811","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2022,7]]},"article-number":"14604582221112853"}}