New HR Management Tool
Human resources management (HRM) is the integrated use of systems, policies, and practices that provide the range of functions needed to plan, produce, deploy, manage, and sustain the health workforce. HRM focuses on people: how they fit within a health system; how they are hired, trained, paid, and supported; and how they can be most effective.
A new tool is designed to guide policy-makers, managers, and human resources practitioners toward better understanding and responding to the HRM challenges facing their health systems.
The Human Resources Management Assessment Approach promotes the collection and analysis of information on defined HRM challenges and informs the development of policy, strategy, systems, and process interventions to respond to challenges in four key areas of HRM: health workforce planning and implementation, work environment and conditions, human resources information systems, and performance management. The approach aligns with and supports the use of the HRH Action Framework as a means of assessing and analyzing HRM issues in a comprehensive manner.
News and Views
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The Uganda Medical and Dental Practitioners Council aims to protect the health of Ugandans by requiring doctors and dentists to register and obtain an annual practicing license. Unfortunately, some of these health workers are not properly registered or do not hold a valid license. Worse, “quacks” are known to pose as medical practitioners and offer health services without the appropriate training. The council’s registrar shares how a new mobile directory is helping curtail these practices. Read more »
Addressing Shortages of Health Workers in Remote Areas
How can policy-makers formulate appropriate responses to address shortages of health workers in remote and rural areas? A new publication produced through close collaboration among the WHO, the World Bank, and CapacityPlus proposes an innovative methodology—the discrete choice experiment—for measuring the strength of health workers’ preferences related to different job characteristics that can influence their decision to accept and remain in rural posts. Read more »
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The WHO included iHRIS—the open source health workforce information software supported by CapacityPlus—in its new compendium of innovative health technologies. The compendium includes more than 30 eHealth solutions and medical devices selected for their suitability for use in low-resource settings. Read more »
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Events
CUGH Annual Meeting
March 14–16, Washington, DC
AAMC Physician Workforce Research Conference
May 2–3, Alexandria, VA
ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress
May 18–23, Melbourne
SAVE THE DATE
Third Global Forum on HRH
November 10-13, Recife
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