Senior eHealth Fellow needed to work with the Botswana Ministry of Health
BACKGROUND
The Ministry of Health (MOH) in Botswana uses iHRIS Manage, a Human Resource Information System (HRIS). iHRIS Manage is an open-source HRIS which manages health worker data from both the public and private health sectors in Botswana. The Ministry is beginning an
eHealth Fellows program
SCOPE OF WORK:
The scope of work is to provide technical support to the eHealth Fellows Program in:
• installation of Ubuntu and the iHRIS software.
• customization of the iHRIS software
• documentation of the iHRIS customizations for MOH Botswana
• assistance in building of reports
EXPECTATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:
1. The applicant should be available for up to ten hours of on-line support per week during the period of the eHealth fellowship program referenced above (6 months duration)
2. Proven experience in installation and customization of the iHRIS Manage software
3. Coordinate with Botswana Ministry of Health iHRIS Administrator and CapacityPlus staff to prioritize eHealth Fellows projects
4. Write missing documentation needed by the MOH in support of its iHRIS eHealth Fellows program.
Position is open until filled. Interested candidates should forward a cover letter and CV to: bbuchanan@intrahealth.org
The Ministry of Health in Botswana uses iHRIS Manage, a Human Resource Information System (HRIS). iHRIS Manage is an open-source HRIS which manages health worker data from both the public and private health sectors in Botswana. The applicant will be expected to work on several projects in the following areas:
1. Assist in data management and cleaning for iHRIS Manage
2. Provide assistance in building custom reports in iHRIS Manage
3. Provide assistance in automation of routine tasks (PHP scripts) in iHRIS Manage
4. Provide assistance in interfacing iHRIS Manage with other parts of the Health Information System (HIS)
5. Provide new functionality to iHRIS Manage
Particular projects will be based on the applicant’s areas of expertise and interest, and determined in conjunction with the iHRIS Administrator at the MOH as well as the CapacityPlus project.
Expectations:
1. Successful completion of the “iHRIS Administrators – Level I” course
2. Provide appropriate documentation of all work
3. Participation in the global iHRIS Developers community
Requirements:
1. Ability to be at the MOH head quarters on a regular basis
2. Familiarity with the technologies Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP are highly desirable.
Interested candidates should forward a cover letter and CV to: bbuchanan@intrahealth.org
In May of 2010, the West Africa Health Organization (WAHO) presented its findings from a pilot test of the CapacityPlus open source iHRIS Manage software in Ghana. The Director of HRH for the Mali MOH was in attendance, and by the time the completely translated French version was available in November of the same year, expressed strong interest in adopting the software to better plan and manage Mali’s health workforce. With financial support from CapacityPlus and WAHO, the Ministry commenced implementation of iHRIS in April, 2011. Mali’s MOH customized the Francophone version of the iHRIS software, IT officers were trained and further language translation was conducted to suit local usage. By June, 2011 a data collection tool was designed and a pilot phase of national deployment began. By November, 2011 the Ministry began to pilot test the software in the Sikasso district of the Sikasso region. Data from over 700 health workers were captured by the application that was installed on a mini-box, reports were identified and custom reports were designed and configured so that iHRIS will be better able to address Mali’s HRH issues. Data from the pilot test has been successfully installed on a test site installed on a laptop for the Director and this will enable him to better explore the use of iHRIS to produce reports for managing the health workforce. In less than two years, the Mali Director of HRH went from hearing about a system to having the first routine HRH data in the country available on his laptop – the beginning of things to come.
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