HR Information Systems

West Africa’s Regional Approach to Strengthening Health Workforce Information

April 2012 by Kayode Odusote, Carol Bales, Sarah Dwyer, and Dykki Settle

CapacityPlus Technical Brief #2 (Interactive Version)

The West African Health Organization is implementing a regional approach to strengthening health workforce information systems, leveraging resources from CapacityPlus, other USAID-funded projects, donors, and global organizations. This technical brief provides an overview of this approach, highlights lessons learned, and provides recommendations for other regions and countries to adopt the approach.

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TAGS: Ghana, HR Information Systems, iHRIS, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo

Using Routine Human Resources Information Systems to Manage, Measure, and Monitor the Health Workforce

December 2011 by Dykki Settle, Carl Leitner, Carol Bales, and George Blair

Using Routine HRIS

This paper examines the effectiveness of USAID’s and IntraHealth International’s approach to using routine HRIS to strengthen the health workforce in low-resource settings. It appears as a chapter in a book containing all the papers presented at the International Conference on Research in Human Resources for Health, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 9-11, 2010. The book, O trabalho em saude: Abordagens quantitativas e qualitativas (eds. Célia Regina Pierantoni, Mario Roberto Dal Poz, and Tania França), is available at http://www.obsnetims.org.br/adm/arq/livro/2141551.pdf (7 MB).

TAGS: Data for Decision-Making, Health Workforce Policy and Planning, HR Information Systems

Kayode Odusote: A West African Perspective on Open Source

November 2011 by Sarah Dwyer and Carol Bales

Kayode Odusote Interview

In this video clip, Professor Kayode Odusote talks about how he’s helping West African countries with their health workforce information systems, and why CapacityPlus’s open source iHRIS software suits their needs.

TAGS: Health Workers, HR Information Systems, Open Source, Policy and Planning

iHRIS Retain: A Tool to Cost Retention Strategies

October 2011 by CapacityPlus

iHRIS Retain Overview

An overview of iHRIS Retain, a user-friendly tool to cost retention strategies to be implemented at the district, regional, or national level.

TAGS: Costing, Financing, HR Information Systems, iHRIS, Planning, Retention

Sistemas de información de recursos humanos para la salud

June 2011 by CapacityPlus

Issue Brief #2 (Spanish)

¿Cómo pueden los países recolectar y utilizar información sobre la fuerza laboral de salud para incrementar el acceso a servicios de salud?

TAGS: Data for Decision-Making, HR Information Systems, ICT, Open Source

Amélioration des systèmes de santé grâce à l’open source

August 2011 by Sarah Dwyer

Échos 7

French translation of Improving Health Systems with the Power of Open Source. Dr. Alvin Marcelo, associate professor of surgery and medical informatics at the University of the Philippines Manila, talks about his plan to use a set of applications to produce aggregated information that can help health-sector leaders address gaps and improve health outcomes.

TAGS: Capacity-Building, HR Information Systems, ICT, Open Source, Philippines

Suivi du personnel de santé au Botswana

June 2011 by Sarah Dwyer

Échos 6

French translation of Tracking All Health Workers in Botswana. Kabelo Bitsang, iHRIS administrator at the Botswana Ministry of Health, explains how the Ministry is using CapacityPlus’s free, open source software to track and manage the country’s health workforce.

TAGS: Botswana, HR Information Systems, Open Source, Policy and Planning

Un cadre d’action solide pour appuyer les effectifs sanitaires au niveau national

February 2011 by Sarah Dwyer

Échos 3

French translation of Country Action for the Health Workforce: A Powerful Framework. Mary Roroi of the National Department of Health in Papua New Guinea and Dr. Zulfiqar Khan of the World Health Organization in Pakistan discuss how they’re applying the HRH Action Framework to strengthen the health workforce.

TAGS: Health Workers, HR Information Systems, HRH Action Framework, Policy and Planning

Improving Health Systems with the Power of Open Source

August 2011 by Sarah Dwyer

CapacityPlus Voices #7

Dr. Alvin Marcelo, associate professor of surgery and medical informatics at the University of the Philippines Manila, talks about his plan to use a set of applications to produce aggregated information that can help health-sector leaders address gaps and improve health outcomes. Also available in French.