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The e-Health Africa Conference 2012: Integrating m-health into e-Health Strategy Implementation is one of the first multi-stakeholder events focusing on e-Health in Africa that will take place on the continent. The conference will identify best practices and lessons-learned from those who are in the process of developing, or have already developed national e-Health strategies. In addition, the conference places a special emphasis on m-health...

Code-Bounty/eHealth Fellow – eMail Alerts BackgroundCapacity Plus, the USAID global flagship project for Human Resources for Health, has been globally supporting human resources information system (HRIS) strengthening. One important goal of this work is to increase the routine use of the iHRIS system for HR management activities. This fellowship will add the ability to easily create a per-user and per-role email alerting system for routine HR...

Code Bounty: eHealth Fellow – Report Dashboard BackgroundCapacity Plus, the USAID global flagship project for Human Resources for Health, has been globally supporting human resources information system (HRIS) strengthening. One important goal of this work is to increase the use of data for decision and policy-making. Adding the ability to easily create a per-user and per-role report and indicator dashboard is key to delivering pertinent...

To bring the benefits of access to health worker information to the Ugandan public, the Ministry of Health, working closely with IntraHealth, organized a launch event earlier this month for the national human resources for health information system (HRHIS) in Uganda. The event highlighted the different functionalities of the system and the role HRHIS plays in the health system in Uganda. The event also marked a commitment by the Ministry of...

BackgroundCapacity Plus, the USAID global flagship project for Human Resources for Health, has been globally supporting human resources information system (HRIS) strengthening. One important goal of this work is to increase the use of data for decision and policy-making, and adding the ability to easily visualize geographic data within iHRIS fits within this goal. Scope of Work• Allow for geo-coding of geographic data either by a single Latitude...

Senior eHealth Fellow needed to work with the Botswana Ministry of Health BACKGROUNDThe Ministry of Health (MOH) in Botswana uses iHRIS Manage, a Human Resource Information System (HRIS). iHRIS Manage is an open-source HRIS which manages health worker data from both the public and private health sectors in Botswana. The Ministry is beginning an eHealth Fellows program SCOPE OF WORK:The scope of work is to provide technical support to the eHealth...

The Ministry of Health in Botswana uses iHRIS Manage, a Human Resource Information System (HRIS). iHRIS Manage is an open-source HRIS which manages health worker data from both the public and private health sectors in Botswana. The applicant will be expected to work on several projects in the following areas:1. Assist in data management and cleaning for iHRIS Manage2. Provide assistance in building custom reports in iHRIS Manage3. Provide...

The Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners’ Council (UMDPC) recently launched a new mobile directory, which provides information Ugandans can use to seek health services from qualified health workers at qualified facilities. By combining health workforce data with mobile phone technology, the system also allows council staff and health facility managers to easily verify health professionals’ credentials and cut down on unqualified practitioners...

SCOPE OF WORK iHRIS English to Arabic Translations 1. Background and Objectives Capacity Plus, the USAID global flagship project for human resources for health, has beenglobally supporting human resources information system (HRIS) strengthening. In order to establish an effective regional HRIS presence in Arabic speaking countries where we have not implemented iHRIS or supported an existing HRIS, our documentation requirestranslation.The...

We are pleased to announce the release of iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify 4.0.21A part of the iHRIS Suite of software, iHRIS Manage maintains health worker deployment, performance, and attrition information while iHRIS Qualify tracks training, certification, and licensure. Final Feature ReleaseIn order to concentrate our development efforts on the 4.1 series of iHRIS, this will be our final feature release for iHRIS in the 4.0 Series. The only new...