I have been working lately, and here’s what I’ve been working on. I’ve been revamping the website for iHRIS: Free and Open Health Workforce Information Software. This is a project to create open source human resources information systems that governments in the developing world can use to manage their health workers. We just launched the new website along with a major new release of the software. Check it out. There’s a blog, a Twitter feed, all the goodies.

We created print and electronic forms of the Toolkit. The print version comes in a snazzy three-hole binder so that you can photocopy tools, attach notes, etc. The electronic version, distributed on our website as well as on flash drives and CD-ROMs, also includes the Windows version of our iHRIS Suite of HR information system solutions, as well as all of the software documentation.

So far, the Toolkit has been getting good reviews from our donor, USAID, and it has been distributed to WHO’s Health Workforce Observatory list. Next week, it will debut at the HRIS Strengthening workshop our team is holding in Arusha, Tanzania. I’m proud of the Toolkit, which I produced in collaboration with a great team of folks. I know it wouldn’t have been possible to put together something like this and coordinate all the inputs and editing without the focus I’ve given to it over the past 6 months.

Although I am still working on some minor projects for our HRIS strengthening project, namely expanding our knowledge base and improving our software documentation, I don’t have another big project on the horizon yet to replace this one. I am sure the right project will present itself at the right time, but for now I am grateful for the downtime.

Please check out the HRIS Strengthening Implementation Toolkit on our HRIS Strengthening website.