Evaluation of Paramedic Education Information System Implementation toward Policy Making at the Mataram Health Polytechnic
ABSTRACT
A. Haris, Hari Kusnanto
Background: Health Polytechnic is technical manager unit for professional education in diploma degree which has functions of developing professional education, research, and community service, developing of civitas academica and administrative matters. The paramedic education information system (PEIS) is education management and information system applied in the Mataram Health Polytechnic and there are some boundaries and limitations during the implementation. Poor integration of data and information distribution and lack of trained human resources in managing the PEIS arise information system of activity report for internal and external affair is run separately. The intranet network has not connected yet so that each department and study program has their own information system in activity report. This problem brings negative impact to the information quality of the PEIS in supporting policy making about education management at the Mataram Health Polytechnic.
Objectives: This study aimed to identify the PEIS implementation, the quality of information, and its benefits for policy management at Mataram Health Polytechnic.
Methods: This study used descriptive-qualitative method with case study approach. This method was used to identify problems during the PEIS implementation based on field collecting analysis, and to describe the actual problems at the Mataram Health Polytechnic.
Results: Components of the PEIS were quite representative in policy making at Mataram Health Polytechnic. However, the implementation was not optimal then resulted incomplete and inaccurate information. Beside that, this raised several problems which derived from inattention of human resources to utilize the PEIS. Unclear procedures in data and information management caused system in departments, study program and polytechnic run vertically and separately. The impact was low quality of information that was used in policy making and management.
Conclusion: Policy making and management at the Mataram Health Polytechnic have not used information from the PEIS optimally yet because of the low information quality.
Keywords: Evaluation, Implementation of Paramedic Education and Information System, Information Quality, Policy.