Term: Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS)

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2023-07-20

Definition:

The Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS) is an integrated information system that supports the collection and dissemination of information related to public health initiatives (e.g., immunizations, communicable disease control, health inspections, epidemiology) in Manitoba. The system is maintained by Manitoba Health. Currently, the Manitoba Population Research Data Repository holds PHIMS data related to:

• the Manitoba Immunization Registry - PHIMS (all types of immunizations);
  
• COVID-19 Vaccinations, Appointments and Screening; and
  
• COVID-19 Surveillance - Cases and Contacts

• Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS) Data Description that contains a brief summary of the data contained in PHIMS and links to more detailed information about these datasets;
  
  
• MCHP Metadata Repository - Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS) - [Internal Access Only] - for technical and programming information related to the datasets available from PHIMS including Overviews, Data Model, Data Quality, Data Dictionary, Documents and Reports, and Blog.

Related terms 

• COVID-19 Surveillance Data - Cases and Contacts Data
• COVID-19 Vaccinations, Appointments and Screening Data
• Manitoba Immunization Registry - Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS) Data

Links 

• MCHP Data Repository - Public Health Information Management System (PHIMS) Data Description