iHRIS Manage

After two weeks participating in the Uganda Capacity Program’s HRIS internship program, the six interns were asked to write about their experiences. Their responses were very positive. Here are some excerpts from what they shared: “I have been able ... [More] to interface with the Ubuntu platform, install SSH (a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged) [...] [Less]

Carl Leitner will be traveling to Portland, Oregon next week to present at OSCON (Open Source Convention) on July 21st. In addition to his presentation, Carl will be meeting with members of the Open Source Working Group of American Medical ... [More] Informatics Association (AMIA). In his work at IntraHealth, Carl regularly oversees Human Resources Information Systems [...] [Less]

The International Conference on Research in Human Resources for Health was recently held on June 9-11, 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The conference program was developed around three themes: Human resources for health information systems and ... [More] allocation models Health labor market supply-demand dynamics Human resources for health analysis and planning methodologies. The CapacityPlus HRIS team was excited about [...] [Less]

The Uganda Capacity Program (UCP), a five-year Capacity Project Associate Award, recently launched a new internship program to help carry out its HRIS initiatives and to build Open Source development capacity in Uganda. UCP’s HRIS initiatives include ... [More] supporting the country’s national implementation of the iHRIS software. iHRIS Qualify, licensure and certification software, is used by the [...] [Less]

Carl Leitner, iHRIS developer, is preparing for a presentation at the upcoming Open Source Convention (OSCON), which will be held on July 19-23, 2010 in Portland, Oregon. Carl will present on HRIS in Low-Resource Settings on July 21 at 5:20 pm. In ... [More] his presentation, he will review the technical, political, and social obstacles to strengthening health [...] [Less]

Since the iHRIS software is Open Source and available for free download, we don’t always know who is downloading or adopting it. For that reason, we get really excited when we hear about an individual or organization actively implementing it on their own. Just recently, we received a hint this was happening via Launchpad, the site that [...]

The CapacityPlus HRIS team realized the need to improve communications with the countries in which we work and the teams associated with them. Meeting mintues, travel, project changes and news needed to be shared with more than the Chapel Hill office ... [More] team. How to share with field staff? Stakeholders? Other interested parties? We created listservs. [...] [Less]

We are pleased to announce the release of iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify 4.0.5. New enhancements in the 4.0.5 versions include: The ability to generate and archive standardized documents such as a License Certificate or Employment/Hire Letter Speed ... [More] improvements and better handling of geography in report generation A Dependents Module, which was coded-in-country at a Tanzania developer training and [...] [Less]

CapacityPlus just launched a new website! Check it out here: www.capacityplus.org Placing health workers at the center of every effort, CapacityPlus helps partner countries achieve significant progress in addressing the health worker crisis. The new ... [More] website features: News and stories from the project Tools, resources, and publications in our Knowledge Library Links to health workforce news from around the globe A [...] [Less]

CapacityPlus software developer, Carl Leitner, recently traveled to Kenya to advance HR information system (HRIS) strengthening initiatives, including furthering regional support of the iHRIS software, fostering collaboration with other health ... [More] information systems (HIS) implementers in the region, and gathering feedback for future HRIS-related trainings. In Nairobi, Carl met with representatives from the Capacity Kenya project, a [...] [Less]