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iHRIS: Open Source Health Workforce Information Systems

iHRIS: Open Source Health Workforce Information Systems. Name Event Location - Date. The need for strong health workforce information systems. Why is HRIS important? . Good Health Worker Data is Needed for….

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iHRIS: Open Source Health Workforce Information Systems

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  1. iHRIS: Open Source Health Workforce Information Systems Name Event Location - Date

  2. The need for strong health workforce information systems Why is HRIS important?

  3. Good Health Worker Data is Needed for… • Education and Training – to make sound decisions about education and training, quantity and type • Registration – to ensure qualified supply • Deployment – to meet needs • Management – of personnel; tracking movements • Planning – right person, right place, right skills, right time

  4. The Big Picture… Professional Councils Public Service HRIS Ministry of Health (plus other relevant Ministries: Education, Public Service, etc) FBO Assoc NGO Assoc For Profit Assoc Training Institutions HMIS National Health Workforce Registry HRIS HRIS HRIS Local Government FBO NGO FP FBO NGO FP FBO NGO FP Facilities & Service Providers

  5. National/Local, Public/Private National Private Sector Professional Councils Public Service HRIS Ministry of Health FBO Assoc NGO Assoc For Profit Assoc Training Institutions HMIS National Health Workforce Registry HRIS HRIS HRIS Local Government FBO … FBO NGO FP FBO NGO FP Facilities & Service Providers Local

  6. Open source health workforce information software All About

  7. iHRIS Manage is for health service delivery iHRIS Qualify is for health professional councils iHRIS Plan is for workforce planning and modeling iHRIS Retain helps plan and cost retention interventions iHRIS Train tracks pre-service and in-service training

  8. Local Innovation!

  9. Eighteen countries actively using iHRIS + one in the pipeline

  10. All 19 iHRIS Countries (Details) Total: 1,106,932

  11. iHRIS global community ihris@googlegroups.com • Seven implementers • IntraHealth • Abt • Baylor • FSD • IMA • JSI • MSH • All supporting over over a million health worker records • 150 active participants in open source community • Nearly 300 issues raised, addressed and resolved in one year of operation • Six donors • USAID • CDC • Canada • DFID • WHO • World Bank

  12. iHRIS Implementation Toolkit • Country ownership & stakeholder leadership • Assessment tools and procedures • Data quality • Capacity-building • technical • data demand and use • Sustainability and continuous improvement strategies

  13. If there is time and interest… Examples of iHRIS Use

  14. Countries are now using iHRIS to… • improve governance and accountability • improve the efficiency of health worker support systems • save money and other resources • help increase the quantity and quality of the health workforce • increase awareness of gender discrimination and related issues

  15. Some specific examples… • Save money – 187 ghost doctors identified at $1100 a month each is $2,468,400 a year back into health services • Address deployment issues – one country discovered that 60% of their facilities didn’t have OB/GYN specialists. They are now: • Recruiting more specialists • Offering incentives for rural and hard-to-reach facilities • Training Medical Officers in EMOC.

  16. If there is time and interest… New Projects building on iHRIS

  17. MEPI Graduate Tracker MOH/ Medical Councils Medical School Grants Policies Curriculum Alumni Giving Workforce Planning Physician Quality Emergency Response

  18. District by District Counting National HRH Analytics Platform Integration with m-/e- Health Systems Community Health Worker Registry Phase 1 Planned Functionalities Promote systematic integration of CHWs into wider health workforce and national health system • District-level counting exercise of CHWs using iHRIS • Build Capacity: Improve capacity of HRH managers to manage CHWs • National CHW tracking platform for workforce analytics (e.g., # of CHWs, contact info, payment status, training status, etc.) • Promote Global Standards: Use WHO Minimum Data Elements as backbone http://1millionhealthworkers.org/operations-room-map/ Medic Mobile Demo Dashboard • Real-time monitoring of health workforce via mobile phone applications • Enhance Interoperability: Aggregate data from mobile systems + existing country e-Health architectures

  19. Provider Registry A Provider Registryis the central authority for unique identities of & basic information on all health workers within the country.

  20. PEPFAR HRIS Assessment Framework

  21. For more information visit www.ihris.orgor contact: iHRIS@intrahealth.org -- +1.919.313.9100 Thank you very much!

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