Tracking and monitoring the health workforce: a new human resources information system (HRIS) in Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health workforce planning is important in ensuring that the recruitment, training and deployment of health workers are conducted in the most efficient way possible. However, in many developing countries, human resources for health data are limited, inconsistent, out-dated, or unavailable. Consequently, policy-makers are unable to use reliable data to make informed decisions about the health workforce. Computerized human resources information systems (HRIS) enable countries to collect, maintain, and analyze health workforce data.

Methods

The purpose of this article is twofold. First, we describe Uganda's transition from a paper filing system to an electronic HRIS capable of providing information about country-specific health workforce questions. We examine the ongo

SUBMITTER: Spero JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3049180 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature