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Table 3 Facilitators and barriers to use of select Electronic Health Information Systems

From: Assessment of select electronic health information systems that support immunization data capture – Kenya, 2017

Facilitators of EHIS use:

 - Ability to easily access and retrieve individual patient data

 - Ability to easily manage aggregate data within the EHS

 - Health care worker involvement in development of EHIS

 - Ability to receive feedback from EHIS users

 - Availability of technical support on the EHIS for users of the EHIS

 - Frequent refresher trainings for users of the EHIS

 - An EHIS champion to promote use of the EHIS

 - Ability to backup data (backup server and internet provider)

Barriers to EHIS use:

 - Power outages

 - Slow internet connectivity

 - Staff shortages

 - Knowledge gaps among users

 - Time needed for data entry

 - Double entry of data on paper and in the EHIS

 - Inability to update/include previously given vaccines

 - Inability to generate reports required by the National Vaccines and Immunization Program