News & Updates

IntraHealth invests in iHRIS and a full spectrum of digital solutions to support universal health access. Learn more about our progress through our news and updates.

iHRIS Software Development Update

The Development Roadmaps and Feature Lists for iHRIS Manage, Qualify and Plan have been updated to reflect our development plans for the coming year. A software download page and a page of resources for developers have also been added. Check the iHRIS Software Suite section of the website for all of the new information and resources. If you have any suggestions for improving the website, please let us know in the comments or by contacting us...

Measuring and Monitoring the Health Workforce Using Open Source Tools

On April 5, 2008, Dr. Pamela McQuide and Dykki Settle presented their paper "Measuring and Monitoring the Health Workforce using Open Source Tools" at the 2008 Berkeley Conference on the Global Health Workforce: From Evidence and Research to Public and Health Care Industry Policy in Berkeley, California. The other authors of the paper were Rita Matte, Registrar, Nursing Council of Uganda, and Julie Stevens, Graduate Student Intern, University of...

Kenya Workshop Reports HR Information System Progress

On June 4 the Capacity Project and Ministry of Health (MOH) facilitated a Technical Working Group (TWG) workshop to review progress and next steps on Kenya’s human resources information system (HRIS). The TWG coordinates the functions of the HRIS and consists of members of a larger HRIS stakeholder leadership group (SLG). The meeting began with an update from local software developers who recently customized the Project’s HRIS software to meet...

Known critical issue with Offline iHRIS

There is a known critical problem with running reports on Offline iHRIS Manage and Qualify. Generating reports may cause the software to stop responding. We are working on a fix and will post the corrected version as soon as it is available. We announced the release of Offline iHRIS 3.0.0 on June 17. When the fix is ready, it will be posted on the software download page and announced on our mailing list and our blog. You can help us improve our...

Zanzibar Customizes and Expands HR Management Information System

This spring, Capacity Project staff installed a customized version of iHRIS Manage 3.0 —a human resources management system—at the Zanzibar Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW). Customizations addressed requests made by stakeholders who had used a learning version of the software. After reviewing the customized software, MOHSW officials requested further modifications, such as adding age and gender information to all staff reports. They...

Announcing the Release of Offline iHRIS Manage and Qualify 3.0

We are pleased to announce the release of the offline version of iHRIS Manage 3.0 and iHRIS Qualify 3.0. A self-installing executable is now available for download from the Launchpad hosting site . Offline iHRIS can be installed and run on any computer running Windows XP. It installs a single-user version of both iHRIS Qualify and iHRIS Manage on the computer. The offline version is intended to be used in locations where Internet access is...

Download iHRIS Manage and Qualify 3.0.0a

The latest releases of iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify are now available for downloading from the Software Downloads page. Version 3.0.0a is the latest stable release of the software and includes a few important bug fixes. You can get Manage or Qualify separately, or download them together. Be sure to download and install the full package of the software you choose. The full package has all of the supporting software you will need, including iHRIS...

Tanzania Faith-Based Health Network to Expand Access to HR Data via Capacity Project Software

The Capacity Project participated in a series of meetings with various staff and partner organizations affiliated with the Christian Social Services Commission (CSSC) of Tanzania and the Tanzania Ministry of Health, exploring ways to enhance health information data-sharing and collaboration. The meetings included a demonstration of the Capacity Project’s freely available, Open Source iHRIS software suite. Highly productive on many fronts, the...

Expansion of Capacity Project’s iHRIS Software Underway in Uganda

The Department of Human Resources Management at the Uganda MOH recently requested the Capacity Project’s assistance in implementing iHRIS Manage , the Project’s free Open Source software that tracks health workers throughout their employment. The MOH will use the software to monitor the number of health workers by cadre and district and to search for open positions. The MOH’s director of planning requested that the Project install iHRIS Manage as...

Strengthening of HR Information System Progresses in Southern Sudan

Capacity Project HRIS staff recently traveled to Southern Sudan and met with the newly appointed MOH undersecretary and HR director general to brief them on the status of implementing a national HRIS. They discussed how information should flow from health facilities to the states and then on to the central HRIS located in the MOH. A team of local Project and MOH staff recently finished collecting data on qualified health workers from all health...