News: iHRIS Manage

The University of Dar es Salaam’s first eLearning newsletter features an article about the university’s support of Tanzania’s iHRIS Manage system, and highlights several benefits.A team of faculty and students from the Computer Science Department is partnering with the IntraHealth-led Tanzania Human Resource Capacity Project to support and customize iHRIS Manage for Tanzania. As part of this work, they have adapted the system to meet needs in...

We are pleased to announce the release of iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify 4.0.12.This 4.0.12 release introduces several new features to make implementation and administration of iHRIS easier, including: A new mechanism to add extra field validations via ‘hooks.’ For example, this is now used to validate dates entered into the disciplinary action module and the workplace incident module. An easy way to remap the id of a form safely – this is useful...

Since the iHRIS software is Open Source and available for free download, we don’t always know who is downloading or adopting it. For that reason, we get really excited when we hear about an individual or organization actively implementing it on their own.Just recently, we received a hint this was happening via Launchpad, the site that hosts the iHRIS software code. From a few back and forth questions and answers, we learned that Rhett Davis, an...

We are pleased to announce the release of iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify 4.0.5.New enhancements in the 4.0.5 versions include: The ability to generate and archive standardized documents such as a License Certificate or Employment/Hire Letter Speed improvements and better handling of geography in report generation A Dependents Module, which was coded-in-country at a Tanzania developer training and enables iHRIS Manage to track information on...

The Tanzania Human Resource Capacity Project (THRCP), a Capacity Project Associate Award, recently received a formal request from the Mission Mikocheni Hospital (MMH) for technical assistance to implement iHRIS Manage. The MMH, located in Dar es Salaam, is a nonprofit NGO, whose goal is to offer medical services to anyone regardless of color, belief, social status, gender, or ethnic background. The hospital employees 260 staff and operates 150...

We are pleased to announce the release of iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify 4.0.3.New enhancements in the 4.0.3 versions include: The ability to search records by recent changes Improved translation tools Increased interoperability with other health information systems software, such as District Health Information Systems (DHIS), through: A pluggable authentication module (system administrators, please read the important documentation at http://open...

A few months ago, we produced a Flash-based 'touch,' or guided, demo for iHRIS Manage. The demo starts with informational slides that advance automatically. At any time, a viewer can choose to explore iHRIS Manage further, and touch/click through three common scenarios at his/her own pace. The guided demo can now be accessed on our website and clicked through with a mouse. It can also be downloaded and uploaded to a computer with a touch screen...

Uganda is committed to strengthening its health workforce information and using that information to make informed decisions. The new Uganda Capacity Project (UCP), an IntraHealth-led Capacity Project Associate Award, has outlined ambitious goals to support this effort. One goal in the next five years is to ensure all the country’s 85 districts each have a human resources management system. This builds off of the efforts of the Capacity Project...

We are pleased to announce the release of iHRIS Qualify and iHRIS Manage 4.0.2.This is a major upgrade for iHRIS Qualify, as it is migrating to the more sophisticated data structure that was introduced with iHRIS Manage 4.0. It is a minor release for iHRIS Manage.New enhancements in the 4.0.2 versions of both products allow users to: Upload resumes and photos Support decentralized data management Easily read data from other databases Include a...

Forward momentum of iHRIS Manage implementation has continued in Rwanda. Rwanda’s in-country HRIS Specialist, Solange Tuyisenge, was excited to report that all districts now have online access to iHRIS Manage. She noted that this development has not come without challenges, as the ICT infrastructure is not sufficient in many district hospitals. Some of these hospitals have irregular internet connectivity, which is problematic for routine system...