FHSIS

• Field Health Service Information System (FHSIS)


  A major component of the network information sources developed by the Department of Health (DOH) to enable it to better manage nationwide health service delivery activities
• FHSIS


  • Intended to address the short term data needs of DOH staff with managerial/ supervisory functions in DOH facilities and in each of the program areas
• What is the FHSIS?

  • It is a network of information
  • It is intended to address the short term needs of DOH and LGU staff with managerial or supervisory functions in facilities and program areas
  • It monitors health service delivery nationwide
• Objectives of FHSIS

  • To provide summary data on health service delivery and selected program accomplishment indicators at the barangay, municipality, district, provincial, regional and national levels
  • To provide data which when combined with data from other sources, can be used for program monitoring and evaluation purposes
  • To provide a standardized, facility-level data base which can be accessed for more in-depth studies
  • To minimize the recording and reporting burden at the service delivery level in order to allow more time for patient care and promotive activities
• Components of FHSIS

  • Recording Tools
  • Individual/Family Treatment Records
  • Target/Client Lists
  • Reporting Forms
  • Output Reports
• Importance of FHSIS

  • Helps local government determine public health priorities
  • Basis for monitoring and evaluating health program implementation
  • Basis for planning, budgeting, logistics, and decision making at all levels
  • Source of data to detect unusual occurrence of a disease
  • Needed to monitor health status of the community
  • Helps midwives in following up clients
  • Documentation of RHM/PHN day to day activities
• Programs of DOH public health services (PHS) covered by FHSIS

  • Maternal and Child (MCH)
  • Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI)
  • Control of Diarrheal Diseases (CDD)
  • Nutrition
  • Family Planning
  • Maternal Care
  • Tuberculosis, Malaria, Schistosomiasis, and Leprosy Control progress
  • Dental Health
  • Environmental Health
• Individual Treatment Record (ITR)


  A basic patient consultation record or a bond paper which bares the following information: date, name, address of patient, height, weight, chief complaint and presenting signs and symptom, the diagnosis (if available), treatment and date of treatment of each family member who consulted in the health center
• Target/Client Lists (TCL)


  Helps nurse/midwife plan and carry out patient care and service delivery, facilitates the monitoring and supervision of service delivery activities, reports services delivered, and provides a clinic-level data for population- based further studies/ research
• TCLs to be maintained in FHSIS version 2008

  • Target Client List for Prenatal Care
  • Target Client List for Post-Partum Care
  • Target Client List of Under 1 Year Old Children
  • Target Client List for Family Planning
  • Target Client List for Sick Children
  • NTP TB Register
  • National Leprosy Control Program Form 2-Central Registration Form
• Summary Table


  A form with 12-month columns filled up on a monthly basis to tally the number of clients in the barangay health facilities in terms of health program accomplishments and morbidity/ diseases
• Components of Summary Table

  • Health Program Accomplishment
  • Morbidity Disease
• Health Program Accomplishment

  The midwife records on this summary table all the data that are found in the TCL
• Morbidity Disease


  The midwife in the BHS accomplish this table on a monthly basis, and it can be the source of ten leading causes of morbidity for the municipality/city and help the nurse and MHO to get the monthly trend disease
• Monthly Consolidation Table (MCT)


  An essential form in the FHSIS where the nurse at the RHU records the reported data per indicator by each PHN or midwife, and serves as the Output Table of the RHU as it already contains listing of BHS per indicator by each barangay health station
• The FHSIS has as its focus the programs of the DOH public health services (PHS)