Global initiatives are also recognizing the has had increasing collaboration with value of iHRIS. The UN’s One Million other multilaterals and USG agencies Community Health Workers’ Campaign has investing in HRIS. iHRIS has been adapted reached out to CapacityPlus to explore the in Rwanda and Guatemala and Nigeria to use of iHRIS to support tracking progress in meet country-specific HRIS requirements the Campaign. The MEPI Coordinating developed under the leadership of the Center is also interested in adapting iHRIS HIRG, WHO, and CDC. to track MEPI graduates. PEPFAR’s Health Information Systems Technical Working Group has engaged In March 2010, WHO’s Department of CapacityPlus to contribute to PEPFAR’s Human Resources for Health, the Global Open Health Information Exchange Health Workforce Alliance, and the Health (OpenHIE) with a national-level Provider Metrics Network jointly called for the Registry based on iHRIS technology. The establishment of a Health Workforce Provider Registry is designed to serve as a Information Reference Group (HIRG) to canonical source of provider information for promote a coordinated, harmonized, and eHealth and mHealth system. The first standardized approach to strengthening the installation of the OpenHIE was deployed in global evidence base on HRH. USAID’s the Rwamagana district of Rwanda in engagement has been through the September 2012 to support the sharing of participation of CapacityPlus and its medical records for maternal and child experience with iHRIS. health. The OpenHIE and Provider Registry are now being adapted for application in other countries. Prepared by Dykki Settle, Director, Health Workforce Informatics CapacityPlus/IntraHealth
Global initiatives are also recognizing the value of iHRIS. The UN’s One Million Community Health Workers’ Campaign has reached out to CapacityPlus to explore the use of iHRIS to support tracking progress in the Campaign. The MEPI Coordinating Center is also interested in adapting iHRIS to track MEPI graduates. In March 2010, WHO’s Department of Human Resources for Health, the Global Health Workforce Alliance, and the Health Metrics Network jointly called for the establishment of a Health Workforce Information Reference Group (HIRG) to promote a coordinated, harmonized, and standardized approach to strengthening the global evidence base on HRH. USAID’s engagement has been through the participation of CapacityPlus and its experience with iHRIS. has had increasing collaboration with other multilaterals and USG agencies investing in HRIS. iHRIS has been adapted in Rwanda and Guatemala and Nigeria to meet country-specific HRIS requirements developed under the leadership of the HIRG, WHO, and CDC. PEPFAR’s Health Information Systems Technical Working Group has engaged CapacityPlus to contribute to PEPFAR’s Open Health Information Exchange (OpenHIE) with a national-level Provider Registry based on iHRIS technology. The Provider Registry is designed to serve as a canonical source of provider information for eHealth and mHealth system. The first installation of the OpenHIE was deployed in the Rwamagana district of Rwanda in September 2012 to support the sharing of medical records for maternal and child health. The OpenHIE and Provider Registry are now being adapted for application in other countries. Prepared by Dykki Settle, Director, Health Workforce Informatics CapacityPlus/IntraHealth
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