Dykki Settle

Open Source Health Workforce Information Systems

March 2014 by Dykki Settle, Michael Drane, and Dave Potenziani
TAGS: Dave Potenziani, Dykki Settle, Health Workers, HR Information Systems, iHRIS, Michael Drane, Open Source, Uganda

This post was originally published on the Global Health Workforce Alliance Members’ Platform. CapacityPlus is the featured member in March. We encourage you to join and contribute to the discussion.

The World Health Organization recognizes a key component to achieving universal health coverage is “a sufficient capacity of well-trained, motivated health workers.” For many countries, successfully managing the distribution of their health workforce is reliant upon a human resources information system (HRIS). The better systems are developed with a user-centered approach and focus on data use. Good HRIS turn data into information that can inform the decision-making process. Read more »

Information Is Never More Powerful than When It’s Shared

October 2013 by Margarite Nathe
TAGS: Dykki Settle, Health Workers, iHRIS, Margarite Nathe

This post was originally published on the IntraHealth International blog.

CapacityPlus develops the core iHRIS software and releases updates.

Data, data, data—they’re the fuel that powers any robust national health care system. They can propel a country toward the Shangri-La of universal health coverage—or they can hold one back. IntraHealth’s Dykki Settle answers five questions about how the right information in the right hands could pave the way to health care for all. Read more »

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