To deliver better services at all levels of a health
care system, information exchange is crucial. The patient,
the doctors, and the organization need to have access to the
patient data. Access to the right information and at the
right time is crucial to improved patient care in any health
facility. Patient history and radiological data must be
available whenever and wherever they are needed hence
this requires the integration of information from several
systems within a healthcare setup. The main purpose of
integrating health information systems is more like
modification of business practices in an organization,
which implies employing faster or simple working methods
to enable more efficient and effective organization. The
study's main objective was to assess the status of the design
framework of the RIS and HMIS in the selected public
hospitals in Uasin Gishu County. These hospitals are
beneficiaries of the Managed Equipment Service Project
by the Kenyan Government through the Ministry of
Health. The selected hospitals are Ziwa Subcounty
Hospital, Burn Forest Subcounty Hospital, Moi Teaching,
and Referral Hospital. The study aimed at developing a
framework for integration RIS and HMIS. The study
carried out an all-inclusive participatory investigation into
ways of integrating RIS and HMIS in the selected public
hospitals in Uasin Gishu County by administering
questionnaires. Data from the questionnaires was analyzed
using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS v 20) and
the findings show that both RIS and HMIS used in selected
hospital exist as independent systems that do not exchange
data. The study recommended an evaluation of both RIS
and HMIS used in the selected public hospitals in Uasin
Gishu County.