| KwasiOwusu-Asamoah
Start of Studies: October 2007
Country: Ghana
Supervisor: Ian Murray and Dr. Janet Harrison
E-mail: K.Owusu-Asamoah@lboro.ac.uk
Title: Modelling an Information Management
System for the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana.
Health insurance (HI) has in the recent past emerged
as an alternative means of financing healthcare in developing countries.
By spreading the costs amongst a group of individuals, usually through
the payment of a premium to gain member ship of a scheme, the cost of
healthcare to each individual member is reduced, with the added bonus
of not having to pay at the point of service.
Depending on the structure it takes, a HI scheme combines the efforts
of different organizations including hospitals, non governmental organizations
and local authorities in providing the service.
To function efficiently, most organizations are dependent on the fast,
accurate and efficient movement of information between different organizational
levels and partner organizations.
The aim of the study is to investigate and analyze the management of information
within the different organizations in the recently introduced HI scheme
in Ghana, and to develop a conceptual information management system model
to support the strategic and functional objectives amongst the inter-related
organizations in the scheme.
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