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- ItemDevelopment of an interactive tool to support the evaluation of clinic-based health information systems(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2021-03) Spies, Ruan Arnold; Grobbelaar, Sara S.; Botha, Adele; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Engineering. Dept. of Industrial Engineering.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Primary health care is considered the foundation of the health system and the principal vehicle for achieving good health and well-being for all people. A large number of challenges are faced in delivering high-quality care in South Africa’s primary health care system due to numerous adverse factors, including the historic fragmentation of the health system, inadequate infrastructure and immense resource constraints. To mitigate these adverse factors, clinic-based health information systems (CBHIS) aim to consolidate information relevant to the primary health care environment from various stakeholders across multiple areas of interest.However, CBHIS also face various socio-technical problems which lessen their effectiveness. The evaluation of CBHIS allows for these problems to be identified and mitigated; it also helps in establishing trends of well-functioning aspects which may be disseminated for system improvement.Thus, supporting the evaluation of CBHIS would strengthen the primary health care system.In this study, an interactive tool is developed to support the evaluation of CBHIS. The interactive tool is developed, refined and validated through multiple design cycle iterations, as informed by the Design Science Research framework. Various tool components are established by leveraging insights obtained from the Monitoring and Evaluation as well as Information Systems domain. These components are refined through conducting a theoretical case study of the Stock Visibility System and critically evaluated by multiple subject-matter experts to ensure the rigour of the development process and relevance to support evaluation.The components are consolidated and implemented on a computer as the final interactive tool to support the evaluation of CBHIS. The interactive tool comprises three outputs which present a tangible set of interrelated evaluation concepts in a simple, structured and useful manner, namely,a concept inventory, responsive concept map and an evaluation support document. The interactive tool is demonstrated to illustrate its applicability and capacity to support the evaluation of CBHIS.