  The ideal of a country's health information system (HIS) is to develop
processes that ensure easy collection of relevant data and enable their
conversion to useful health indicators, which guide decision making and support
health interventions. In many Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs),
actively engaged in health reform efforts, the role of HIS is crucial,
particularly in terms of quality of data and its ability to inspire trust in
decision makers to actively use routine HIS data. Recognizing digital platforms
potential to support those efforts, several interventions have been implemented
in many LMICs. In turn, while the transition from paper registers to digital
platforms carries the promise of improving data quality processes, this promise
has been notoriously complex to materialize in practice. The authors draw upon
more than 15 years of experience implementing HIS in Mozambique to understand
how the potential of digital platforms have been realized with respect to data
quality, what are the gaps and required remedial steps.
