https://www.capacityplus.org/taxonomy/term/553/all en https://www.capacityplus.org/establishing-and-using-data-standards-in-health-workforce-information-systems <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-authoring-information"><div class="field field-type-text field-field-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> Author&#039;s name:&nbsp;</div> Dykki Settle, Michael Webba Lwetabe, Amanda Puckett, and Carl Leitner </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-publication-date"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">May 2014 (All day)</span> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-resource"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-pdf" alt="application/pdf icon" src="https://www.capacityplus.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/application-pdf.png" /><a href="https://www.capacityplus.org/files/resources/establishing-using-data-standards-health-workforce-information-systems.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=640609" title="establishing-using-data-standards-health-workforce-information-systems.pdf">CapacityPlus Technical Brief #13 (PDF)</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-link field-field-link"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="http://www.capacityplus.org/technical-brief-13/">CapacityPlus Technical Brief #13 (Interactive Version)</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Human resources information systems are successful when they support policy and management decisions and when those decisions lead to better health care. However, success depends on the quality of the human resources for health data going into the system. The aim of this technical brief is to convey why data standards matter. The authors review organizational, national, and international data standards that can help ensure data quality, provide country examples, and discuss the key role of multisectoral stakeholder leadership groups in formulating and reaching consensus on standards.</p> Data for Decision-Making Data Standards Health Workforce HR Information Systems Human Resources for Health iHRIS Planning Policy Technical Briefs Policy and Planning Tue, 27 May 2014 14:27:43 +0000 Sarah Dwyer 1246 at https://www.capacityplus.org