<s>
A	O
human	O
resource	O
for	O
health	O
information	O
system	O
(	O
HRHIS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
human	O
resource	O
information	O
system	O
(	O
HRIS	O
)	O
—	O
is	O
a	O
system	O
for	O
collecting	O
,	O
processing	O
,	O
managing	O
and	O
disseminating	O
data	O
and	O
information	O
on	O
human	O
resource	O
for	O
health	O
(	O
HRH	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depending	O
on	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
development	O
of	O
a	O
country	O
's	O
health	O
care	O
system	O
and	O
the	O
organization	O
of	O
its	O
workforce	O
,	O
an	O
HRHIS	B-Application
can	O
be	O
computerized	O
or	O
paper-based	O
,	O
including	O
information	O
on	O
numbers	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
health	O
workers	O
and	O
track	O
their	O
career	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
Tanzania	O
the	O
title	O
Human	O
Resource	O
for	O
Health	O
Information	O
System	O
refers	O
to	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
HRH	O
information	O
management	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Department	B-General_Concept
of	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
Science	I-General_Concept
,	O
University	O
of	O
Dar	O
es	O
Salaam	O
for	O
the	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Health	O
and	O
Social	O
Welfare	O
(	O
Tanzania	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
Japan	O
International	O
Cooperation	O
Agency	O
(	O
JICA	O
)	O
and	O
other	O
development	O
partners.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1	O
{{cite	O
web	O
|url	O
=	O
|title	O
=	O
HISP	O
Tanzania	O
:	O
Human	O
Resource	O
for	O
Health	O
Information	O
Software	O
(	O
HRHIS	B-Application
)	O
|website	O
=	O
Health	O
Information	O
Systems	O
Programme	O
|date	O
=	O
2009	O
|	O
access-date	O
=	O
9	O
March	O
2011	O
|	O
url-status	O
=	O
dead	O
|	O
archive-date	O
=	O
23	O
October	O
2011	O
|	O
archive-url	O
=	O
https://web.archive.org/web/20111023002014/http://www.hisptanzania.or.tz/hris.php	O
JICA	O
’s	O
Cooperation	O
on	O
Human	O
Resources	O
for	O
Health	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Canada	O
,	O
the	O
HRHIS	B-Application
is	O
composed	O
of	O
multiple	O
computerized	O
components	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
National	O
Physician	O
Database	O
and	O
the	O
Registered	O
Nurses	O
Database	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Uganda	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
HRHIS	B-Application
was	O
implemented	O
under	O
the	O
request	O
of	O
the	O
Ugandan	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Health	O
(	O
MOH	O
)	O
,	O
to	O
link	O
and	O
better	O
manage	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
independent	O
sources	O
of	O
health	O
workforce	O
data	O
,	O
including	O
data	O
from	O
censuses	O
and	O
other	O
national	O
surveys	O
,	O
MOH	O
administrative	O
records	O
,	O
district	O
level	O
sources	O
,	O
independent	O
research	O
studies	O
,	O
and	O
health	O
professional	O
council	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Brazil	O
,	O
the	O
national	O
web-based	O
HRHIS	B-Application
(	O
known	O
in	O
Portuguese	O
as	O
sistema	O
de	O
informação	O
e	O
gestão	O
de	O
recursos	O
humanos	O
em	O
saúde	O
)	O
was	O
implemented	O
by	O
the	O
Brazilian	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Health	O
under	O
a	O
process	O
of	O
health	O
systems	O
reform	O
and	O
decentralization	O
,	O
catalyzed	O
by	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
new	O
information	O
technologies	O
at	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
local	O
health	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Botswana	O
developed	O
its	O
HRHIS	B-Application
in	O
1994	O
,	O
and	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Health	O
staff	O
used	O
the	O
data	O
as	O
a	O
basis	O
for	O
coordinated	O
national	O
workforce	O
planning	O
efforts	O
with	O
other	O
agencies	O
and	O
ministries	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Local	O
Government	O
which	O
employs	O
health	O
workers	O
in	O
local	O
regions.Using	O
Human	O
Resource	O
for	O
Health	O
Data	O
:	O
Health	O
policy	O
and	O
program	O
planning	O
examples	O
from	O
four	O
African	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HRHIS	B-Application
was	O
implemented	O
as	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
improve	O
human	O
resources	O
for	O
health	O
(	O
HRH	O
)	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HRHIS	B-Application
software	O
thus	O
became	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
HMIS	O
and	O
was	O
fully	O
integrated	O
with	O
the	O
District	O
Health	O
Information	O
System	O
(	O
DHIS	O
)	O
software	O
through	O
import/export	O
mechanisms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HRHIS	B-Application
was	O
built	O
using	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
source	O
technologies	O
PHP	B-Application
(	O
server	O
scripting	O
language	O
)	O
,	O
PostgreSQL	B-Application
(	O
database	O
management	O
system	O
)	O
running	O
on	O
multi-platform	O
(	O
Windows	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
)	O
architecture	O
,	O
and	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
user-friendly	O
allowing	O
administrators	O
or	O
authorized	O
users	O
to	O
add	O
additional	O
elements	O
as	O
new	O
needs	O
arise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HRHIS	B-Application
provided	O
import/output	O
mechanisms	O
for	O
data	O
at	O
different	O
levels	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
national	O
,	O
regional	O
,	O
district	O
or	O
facility	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
human	O
resource	O
information/data	O
are	O
personal	O
and	O
confidential	O
,	O
the	O
HRHIS	B-Application
system	O
was	O
developed	O
with	O
high	O
security	O
measures	O
for	O
protecting	O
the	O
data	O
entered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Canadian	O
Institute	O
for	O
Health	O
Information	O
maintains	O
several	O
HRH	O
databases	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
national	O
HRHIS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
