Since 2007, IntraHealth’s free, open source iHRIS software has helped countries around the world track and manage their health workforce data.
iHRIS—pronounced “iris”—helps health sectors replace scattershot, paper-based filing systems with electronic records and databases that are easier to share, manage, and update. Officials can keep track of how many health workers are currently providing care, where they’re based, what they’re qualified and licensed to do, and more.
Such powerful data enable countries to better budget for their health sectors and make sure care is available to all people.
And it helps pave the way for new data-reliant solutions such as mHero, a mobile phone-based system created by IntraHealth and UNICEF that draws data from iHRIS to send targeted text messages from ministry of health officials to health workers in Ebola-affected countries.
