Project Wiki: openIMIS Analytics & Dashboard Module

1. Executive Summary: Why This Module Exists

Managing a health insurance scheme produces thousands of data points every day, claims filed, payments processed, and patients treated. Without a dashboard, this data is just "noise" hidden in a database.

The openIMIS Dashboard Module is the "brain" that turns that raw data into Health Intelligence. It is required to transform a reactive administrative system into a proactive decision-making tool. It answers the critical question: "Is our health scheme working effectively right now?"

2. Strategic Importance

This module is not just a display screen; it is a strategic asset for three key reasons:

Operational Transparency: It removes guesswork. Managers can see exactly where claims are stuck, which hospitals are underperforming, and where money is being spent in real-time.
Fraud & Anomaly Detection: By visualizing trends, outliers (like a sudden spike in costs at one specific clinic) become immediately visible, allowing for quick investigation.
Policy Impact: It helps policymakers understand if they are actually protecting the vulnerable. Are remote regions getting coverage? Are the poor being served? The dashboard provides the evidence needed to adjust policies.

3. Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The module is designed to track specific "Health Vital Signs" across different departments. It aggregates data into the following business intelligence domains:

🌍 1. Geographic Reach (Where are we serving?)

Heatmaps: Instantly visualize which regions are utilizing the scheme and which are being neglected.
Network Gaps: Identify areas with many patients but few accredited facilities.

vir 2. Epidemiological Trends (What are we treating?)

Disease Outbreaks: Track spikes in specific diagnoses (e.g., malaria or flu) in real-time.
Cost Drivers: Identify which top 5 diseases are consuming the majority of the budget.

⚙️ 3. Operational Efficiency (How fast are we?)

The Claims Funnel: A visualization of the entire claim journey. It highlights bottlenecks—for example, if 50% of claims are getting stuck at the "Medical Review" stage, you know exactly where to fix the process.
Turnaround Time: Measures how long it takes to pay a provider. Faster payments mean happier doctors and better service for patients.

🛡️ 4. Financial & Social Protection (Are we sustainable?)

Rejection Analysis: Understand why claims are being rejected to improve training for hospital staff.
Financial Health: Real-time tracking of claimed amounts vs. approved amounts to ensure the scheme stays within budget.

4. The Power of Customization

One of the strongest features of this module is its flexibility. It is built as a "Reference Module," which means it serves as a foundation for building a dashboard tailored to your specific needs.

Role-Based Views: You can create different dashboards for different users. A Finance Manager might see a dashboard full of currency metrics and loss ratios, while a Medical Officer sees a dashboard focused on disease trends and hospital quality scores.
Modular Widgets: Think of it like a set of Lego blocks. You don't have to use every chart. You can pick and choose specific specific widgets (e.g., just the "Claims Funnel" and "Regional Map") to create a simplified view for senior leadership.
Configurable Thresholds: You can set your own "alarm bells." For example, you can configure the dashboard to flag any claim over $10,000 as a "High Value Claim" automatically.

5. Summary

In short, the openIMIS Dashboard Module moves the organization from Data Entry to Data Action. It ensures that the massive amount of data being collected is actually used to improve healthcare access, speed up operations, and protect the scheme's financial future.

Backend (Python/Django): https://github.com/sunilparajuli/openimis-be-dashboard_py Contains the logic for calculating KPIs, data aggregation, and GraphQL queries.
Frontend (JavaScript/React): https://github.com/sunilparajuli/openimis-fe-dashboard_js Contains the visual components (charts, maps, widgets) that display the data.

Contributors : https://openimis.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OP/pages/3723985388 https://openimis.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/OP/pages/3472949249