https://arunmitra.com/tags/health-information-systems/ Recent content in health information systems on Arun Mitra Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://arunmitra.com/research/mch-data-ecosystem/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://arunmitra.com/research/mch-data-ecosystem/ Background Despite heavy investment in digital health information systems, frontline facilities in resource-constrained settings remain paradoxically data-rich yet information-poor. Health information systems built with an upward gaze for accountability reporting often fail to support the decisions that medical officers, data entry operators, and ANMs need to make locally. This work, part of Arun Mitra’s PhD thesis on participatory data science in ITDA-Rampachodavaram, Andhra Pradesh, asks how the maternal and child health (MCH) data ecosystem at primary health centre (PHC) level is actually structured, used, and constrained.