iHRIS Qualify

The HRIS team in Uganda had a very successful two weeks upgrading iHRIS Qualify and Manage to the recently released version 3.1. iHRIS Qualify was upgraded at the four professional councils, and data entrants were trained in how to use the new features. iHRIS Manage 3.1 was installed for the central Ministry of Health. Data [...]

The Namibia Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) has made great strides in adopting the Human Resources Information Management System (HRIMS). As of August 2008 there are a number of reports already available for easy access, including: o ... [More] Staff member personal and appointment details; o Alphabetic list of appointed personnel; o Personnel within a specific age group; o Personnel to receive [...] [Less]

The blog talk-share-learn recently posted a roundup of international development projects that are using mobile phones to deliver information and services. This list highlights what a powerful tool the mobile phone is and how many ways it can be used ... [More] in low-resource settings. Here are some of the applications used for health care: An Indian software [...] [Less]

Three new technical briefs from the Capacity Project expand the breadth and depth of information available to HR practitioners. “An Overview of Human Resources for Health (HRH) Projection Models” provides a rapid review of health workforce projection ... [More] approaches and includes a list of references for further research. “Building the Bridge from Human Resources Data to [...] [Less]

The Where We Are Working section of this website has been updated with four new stories about our HRIS strengthening work. Read about how we are: Customizing Open Source software in Kenya Working with faith-based organizations in Tanzania Developing a training management module for Zanzibar Building an HRIS from the ground up in Southern Sudan

The Capacity Project recently published a technical brief on Data-Driven Decision-Making (DDDM) entitled, “Building the Bridge from Human Resources Data to Effective Decisions: Ten Pillars of Successful Data-Driven Decision-Making.” The brief was ... [More] written by Ummuro Adano, Senior HR Management Systems Adviser for the Capacity Project. Ummuro provides technical assistance in the areas of HR management and [...] [Less]

Dykki Settle, Director of Health Informatics for the Capacity Project, recently attended two conferences devoted to the topic of health information systems. He spoke with the HRH Global Resource Center about these meetings and shared his insights ... [More] about this rapidly evolving and increasingly important field. Read the full interview at the HRH Global Resource Center. [Less]

Capacity Project human resources information systems (HRIS) team leader Dykki Settle recently presented the iHRIS software at two international conferences dedicated to health information systems (HIS): the World Health Organization’s “Framework for ... [More] Interoperability for Public Health Tools Meeting” in Geneva, Switzerland, and the joint Health Informatics Association of South Africa and OpenMRS regional conference in [...] [Less]

The Department of Planning and Policy at the Zanzibar Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoHSW) is taking a leadership role in coordinating donor and government efforts toward adoption of new systems. Following Capacity Project’s installation of ... [More] the iHRIS Manage software application earlier this year, the Department of Planning and Policy has been working [...] [Less]

The Capacity Project has published a new technical brief on data quality: Data Quality Considerations in Human Resource Information Systems Strengthening. The brief was written by Samwel Wakibi, our HRIS advisor for Kenya, Uganda and Southern Sudan ... [More] and our expert on data quality. Data quality issues have been central to the program experience of the Capacity [...] [Less]