News & Updates

Capacity Plus is spotlighting the money-saving power of iHRIS free and open source software. Capacity Plus supports development of the core iHRIS software and, along with other IntraHealth-led projects, partners with countries around the world to roll out the software and train staff members to use and maintain it. The iHRIS software has now given 16 countries powerful data-management capabilities that, if purchased from for-profit companies...

This interview is one in a series introducing the people of iHRIS to the global iHRIS community. To nominate someone to be featured, please leave a reply below. Carl Leitner is a core member of the iHRIS team located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He has been instrumental in developing the iHRIS core software as well as in training programmers worldwide to develop and customize iHRIS. He has a PhD in Mathematics.Interview by Adam Gori What is...

You can now create a position on the same form where you assign it to a person so it’s not necessary to create the position first from the “Administer Database” section unless you want to track additional optional fields. This can also be done when promoting a person to a new position. Be cautious however, best practice is to re-use as many positions as possible before creating new ones.If you wish to add this functionality, you can find...

You may notice some changes around here. Our website has been restructured and streamlined.New website features include a getting-started guide for implementers of iHRIS software, and a technical guide for software developers customizing the iHRIS software. So whether you're a first-time visitor, a veteran implementer, or a software developer customizing iHRIS for your own use, we’ve made it easier for you to find what you need.We encourage...

This interview is one in a series introducing the people of iHRIS to the global iHRIS community. To nominate someone to be featured, please leave a reply below. Michael Drane is the Open Source Community Manager for Capacity Plus, an IntraHealth International-led project funded by USAID. He joined the iHRIS team in October of this year to build and strengthen the Global iHRIS Support Community. I talked to Michael about the contributions he hopes...

A new feature for Open Office printed forms/report relationship templates allows you to: Output PDF or Microsoft Word documents Sort the results by any of the data fields Restrict generation of the template if certain fields have not been populated.The documentation for this feature has been updated on the Wiki.

The new iHRIS Facebook page is now live. Check it out here and make sure to "like us" while you're there.

Malik Jaffer is the deputy director of human resources for health and health systems strengthening for the IntraHealth International-led Capacity Plus project. Q: You’ve met a lot of amazing health workers over the past 20 years. Any who really inspired you? A: Absolutely. For example, there’s a team of health workers in Soweto, South Africa, that work in a hospice. When I visited, the facility was full of men and women and a lot of children. I...

By Margarite Nathe Dykki Settle leads the iHRIS team in developing open source health workforce information solutions. Follow @dykki on Twitter .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...

iHRIS Team Leader Dykki Settle will be presenting today as part of the "Innovations in HRH Systems for Health Panel" at the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health in Recife, Brazil. The Global Forum is sponsored by the Global Health Workforce Alliance under the patronage of the Government of Brazil, the World Health Organization, and the Pan American Health Organization. The theme for 2013 is “Rising to the grand challenge of human...