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The Government shall establish an intensive accountability framework through the following method of monitoring (i) Health Information System (HIS): (a) The Government shall facilitate and co-ordinate the establishment, implementation and maintenance of health information systems at different levels; (b) The Government shall, for the purpose of creating, maintaining or adopting database within the state health information system, prescribe categories or kinds of data for submission, data collection, indicators, manner, and formats in which and by whom the data must be compiled or collated and must be submitted to the national as well as state department in a technically and institutionally sound manner; (c) Every public or private health establishment, which provides health care or any health services, and every THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY 7,2010 997 other relevant agency must establish and maintain a health information system as part of the national and state health information system envisaged herein ; (d) All the data, in the form it is collected as well as after analysis through the health information system, in disaggregated as well as aggregated forms, must be fully accessible to all members of the general public and the Government must also take proactive measures to publish and disseminate it to people so as to enhance their effective participation on the health related decisions : Provided that all the routine health reports prepared and submitted at every level, along with the forms filled towards that, shall be shared with the PRIs at all times : Provided also that State Government may by rules prohibit disclosures of certain category of data/information which is not of public interest; (e) The Government may by rules lay down specific provisions for convergence and integration of all health related data; preventing duplication of data collection or other reasons for waste of resources; ensuring maximum access to the data, including through use of web technology electronic data base and to resolve other related technology issues; cost-effectiveness of the health information systems including through appropriate software; and for effective dissemination of the health information. (ii) Government Monitoring : Government shall have a monitoring system to monitor, - (a) annual financial audits of the health systems at State and districts levels by the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) as well as by a chartered accountant and any special audit that may be deemed fit by the Government, by agencies like the Indian Public Auditors, with the help and under the supervision of one or more research and resource institutions in the State, that shall be contracted for this purpose ; (b) system of mandatory audits of medical records by every health care establishment and institution, public or private ; (c) system of mandatory audits into maternal and child deaths as well as any other unusual death, by every health establishment and institution, public or private ; (d) mandatory requirement for all the health care institutions and establishments to prominently display information regarding the Indian Public Health Standards (IPHS) in various respects; the charter of users’ rights; charter of citizens grants received by 998 THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY. MAY 7, 2010 Objectives of the monitoring system the institutions; medicines and vaccines in stock; services provided to the users, user charges to be paid (if any), as envisaged in the Right to Information Act; and the monitoring of performance of the institutions and establishments on such parameters; (e) engage autonomous institutions with professional expertise and functional and administrative autonomy to conduct independent surveys to periodically assess the progress made on key health parameters; effectiveness of various health initiatives; status in health equity and access to quality health services including costs of health care and impact of health care costs on poverty; track public expenditure on health care; and the Government, as advised by the respective health boards which shall lay down regulations for their functioning. (iii) Community based monitoring : - The monitoring methods under clauses (i) and (ii) shall involve the communities as active co facilitators articulating their needs, helping in identification of key indicators and creation of tools for monitoring, providing feedback, as well as validating the data-collected by these methods.