Kenya's Health Workforce Information System: A model of impact on strategic human resources policy, planning and management

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 895-902

  Waters, Keith P ^a   Zuber, Alexandra ^a   Willy, Rankesh M ^b   Kiriinya, Rose N ^c   Waudo, Agnes N ^c   Oluoch, Tom ^d   Kimani, Francis M ^b   Riley, Patricia L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Ministry of Medical Services   (Kenya)

^c Kenya Health Workforce Project   (Kenya)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Global health; Human resources for health (HRH); Human resources information system (HRIS); Medical informatics; Nursing informatics; Workforce surveillance

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL HEALTH; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NURSING INFORMATICS; RESOURCES INFORMATION; WORKFORCE SURVEILLANCE;

AVAILABILITY; DENTISTRY; HEALTH; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; LABORATORIES; NURSING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KENYA; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

EID: 84881378418     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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