News & Updates

In Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), findings from the Ministry of Health’s application of the Rapid Retention Survey Toolkit and iHRIS Retain, with technical support from Capacity Plus and the World Health Organization, have informed the new national recruitment and retention policy for the health workforce. Announced this month, the policy stipulates that all new graduates in medicine, nursing, midwifery, pharmacy, and dentistry, as well...

HingX (Health Ingenuity eXchange) is a terrific site for discovering health IT resources. It provides a place to search for reusable tools and documents, as well as for the community to share their personal experiences using the tools. Find use cases, implementation guidelines, design specifications, and software modules all in one place. We are pleased that the iHRIS software, e-courses, and toolkit are available on the site, among the nearly...

We were excited to see that the October 2012 issue of CIO Magazine features an article on the FUNZOKenya project and how it is using the iHRIS Suite to address health workforce challenges in Kenya. The FUNZOKenya project supports increased access to training opportunities for health workers through greater use of information and communication technologies. The project is using the iHRIS Suite to track information about health workers, including...

On the Capacity Plus blog, our colleague Amanda Puckett writes about her recent visit to Nigeria, with a special highlight on the iHRIS activities going on there: Nigeria's Health Workforce: Aso! The Nigeria Nursing and Midwifery Council is implementing iHRIS Qualify, and the system will soon be expanded to the Medical Laboratory and Sciences Council.Amanda also interviewed Kingsley Chima Anwuacha, an HRIS data entry supervisor at the Nigeria...

We invite you to try iHRIS Retain, our latest free and open source tool. It estimates the costs of plans to attract health workers to serve in a rural region—and to keep them there. The web-based tool guides users step by step through the process to capture relevant financial and health workforce data. iHRIS Retain then calculates the total costs—generating reports for each retention strategy and type of health worker, as well as for different...

The nurses knew something was wrong. They were working the nightshift on Tuesday, August 28, when one of the male staff members quietly moved a young girl from the room where she was being treated to another room within the hospital. She had been brought in earlier that day after being kidnapped and assaulted by two boda boda (motorcycle taxi) operators. The men had raped her in turns, tied her up, and left her. She was eventually found by her...

The World Health Organization's Human Resources for Health Toolkit brings together existing user-friendly tools to help countries with developing, implementing, and monitoring their HRH plans. We are proud that the iHRIS Suite is a part of the tookit. The full toolkit is provided as a website and on CD-ROM by WHO.

The entire iHRIS team extends our congratulations to the 13 newly certified iHRIS Administrators in Tanzania who passed the iHRIS Administrator Level 1 exam. Dr. Juma Lungo, owner and founder of Zalongwa Technologies Ltd., organized an administration of the exam as part of the Tanzania Software Freedom Day Conference, held on September 15, 2012.The conference was held at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and it was co-sponsored by the...

iHRIS Retain is the newest addition to the iHRIS platform of tools and technologies for supporting the health workforce. This tool helps managers of health workers cost retention strategies at the district, regional, or national level. Try iHRIS Retain now.Attracting and retaining health workers to serve in rural or remote areas is an ongoing challenge. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends a combination of retention interventions...

We are pleased to announce the release of iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify 4.1.4. Key components of the iHRIS platform of health workforce information tools and technologies, iHRIS Manage maintains health worker deployment, performance, and attrition information, and iHRIS Qualify tracks training, certification, and licensure.We would also like to invite you to join our new iHRIS discussion group, where you will find ongoing discussion of iHRIS by...