Aha ... at last a point of (semantic) disagreement!! We ARE talking about a district health system .... that DOES involve people, governance, leadership etc .... all the WHO building blocks .... of which the District health Information System is a key one (the main one for us HISPers) ..... As I see it, the DHIS Software is merely a great piece of software to support that district health information system
Maybe we should talk about the DHISS when we talk about the software?? Yours semantically Arthur *Without deviation from the norm, there can be no progress *(Frank Zappa) *Skype* arthur_heywood_za *Tanzania* +255-773-669393 *Nigeria *+234 8168883965 *S. A.* +27837383100 On 2 May 2013 14:37, Jason Pickering <[email protected]> wrote: > I am all for calling "it" what you want, but I do think "system" might be > going a bit too far actually. > > DHIS is simply the software. What it is not, is the "system" which > supports the software, the typical distinction between the "Health > Information System" and the "Health management information > software/system". In some cases, "system" and "software" are > used interchangeably, and often a lot of focus is placed on the software, > while the "system" which the software simply supports, is not provided the > same level of thought, and is often much more complex because it involves > people. > > Regards, > Jason > > > > On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Lars Kristian Roland <[email protected]>wrote: > >> As an example of an abbreviation that has changed meaning, I would >> mention GSM, which I believe first meant Group Speciale Mobile (excuse my >> french) and later Global System for Mobile communication. >> >> I would support Prosper's observation that District may not cover the >> distributed system that DHIS2 has become. >> >> MobiLars >> On 2013 5 2 15:12, "Knut Staring" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> There is indeed a long history, as Jason points out, and the "district" >>> focus took its inspiration from the WHO Alma Ata Declaration from 1978 and >>> its focus on Primary Health Care and "Health For All" >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Ata_Declaration >>> >>> Furthermore, the very first versions of DHIS came out of close >>> collaboration with three pilot districts in Cape Town: >>> http://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/english/research/networks/hisp/hisp-history.html >>> http://folk.uio.no/patrickr/refdoc/BraaHedberg02.pdf >>> >>> http://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/english/research/networks/hisp/integrated-health-information-architecture.html >>> >>> However, by this stage, it seems to me that the acronym DHIS has also >>> acquired quite an identity of its own, a bit like e.g. IBM, a name much >>> like others, which could be used without necessarily going into "what it >>> stands for". >>> >>> Knut >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Jason Pickering < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Proper, >>>> >>>> Remember, with open source software, you are free to call it what you >>>> want! I know of a private company who has now forked DHIS2 and are calling >>>> it something entirely different, for their own reasons. In other countries, >>>> DHIS2 has been branded differently, according to their own acronyms. >>>> >>>> I would however, not expect a change on this, given the long history. :) >>>> >>>> My two cents, >>>> Jason >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Prosper BT <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Dear team, >>>>> >>>>> Quite often end users especially below and above the district level >>>>> have asked Why 'District' and we have struggled to explain this by first >>>>> telling history. In passing someone suggested renaming District to >>>>> Decentralized and Software to System. >>>>> >>>>> What it if in respect of maintaining the acronym it becomes >>>>> "Decentralized Health Information System - DHIS? >>>>> >>>>> 'Don't kill the messenger' >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Prosper Behumbiize, MPH >>>>> Phone: +256 414 320076 >>>>> Cell: +256 752 751776 >>>>> +256 702 762707 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Knut Staring >>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo >>> +4791880522 >>> http://dhis2.org >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> Post to : [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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