Using the WHO "building blocks" framework of a health system [ 13], they outline the elements of this sub-system: service delivery, workforce, information systems, supply systems, finance and leadership and governance.
The PHIT intervention extends QI efforts beyond clinical service delivery in health facilities, targeting integrated health information systems, supply chain, and governance at multiple levels of the health system.
There are many components to this system which can be thought of as the nutrients: financing, information systems, supply mechanisms, human resources, physical infrastructure, appropriate training, governance, and so on.
The benefits that can be obtained by digitalized information are cost efficiency and effectiveness of service time for SMEs, employees and consumers when it responds quickly to changes the information system, supply of raw materials, production facilities and inventory system.
The health-related Millennium Development Goals renewed focus on health system strengthening in medium and low-income countries, with calls for urgent investments in human resources, information systems, infrastructure, supplies, planning, management, supervision, and monitoring [ 28].
These factors can be amplified in information systems by supply chain management (SCM) ontology.
Laboratory information systems (LISs) supply mission-critical capabilities for the vast array of information-processing needs of modern laboratories.
In our conceptual framework, we identified five points of interactions between health sector reforms and country health systems, namely, governance, finance, health workforce, health information systems, and supply management systems.
As the international community continues to work to improve the health of women and children, investments in health information systems and supply chains will be essential to meet the challenges to improve access to contraceptives and reduce unmet need for family planning.
We describe and analyse the health system changes according to the WHO Health System Building Blocks, including health workforce, service delivery, health information systems, equipment and supplies, with leadership and finance combined (10).
