Understanding and valuing the broader health system benefits of Uganda's national Human Resources for Health Information System investment

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Driessen, Julia ^a   Settle, Dykki ^b   Potenziani, David ^b   Tulenko, Kate ^b   Kabocho, Twaha ^c   Wadembere, Ismail ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b USAID   (Uganda)

^c PWANI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Global health; HRIS; Human resources for health; Human resources information system; Workforce strengthening

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; LICENSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; UGANDA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSERVICE TRAINING; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LICENSURE; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UGANDA;

EID: 84940372729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12960-015-0036-0     Document Type: Article

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