Release Notes for Offline iHRIS Bug Fix

OFFLINE iHRIS version 3.0.1 Release date: 2008-07-07

CONTENTS

1. Contact Information

2. About This Software

3. Fixes in This Release

4. Requirements and Installation

5. Getting Started

6. Known Issues

7. About the Capacity Project

8. License

1. CONTACT INFORMATION

HRIS Strengthening team of the Capacity Project

Web: www.capacityproject.org/hris/

Email: hris@capacityproject.org

Voice: 1-919-313-9100

IntraHealth International

6340 Quadrangle Drive, Suite 200

Chapel Hill NC 27517 USA

2. ABOUT THIS SOFTWARE

The Capacity Project develops in the iHRIS Suite core solutions addressing specific issues in human resources for health (HRH) leadership.The iHRIS Suite is free and Open Source software distributed under the GPL.

iHRIS Manage is a human resources management tool that enables an organization to design and manage a comprehensive human resources strategy. iHRIS Manage helps an organization manage its workforce more effectively and efficiently, while reducing costs and data errors. Using the system, the HR professional can create a hierarchy of positions for an organization based on standard titles, job classifications and job descriptions, even spread over diverse geographic locations, offices and facilities. HR staff can solicit job applications for open positions, assign employees to fill positions and maintain a searchable database of all employees, their identifying information and their qualifications. Managers can track each employee's history with the organization, including their position and salary histories, and record the reason for departure when the employee leaves. iHRIS Manage is primarily intended to be used to manage health care workers employed by a country's Ministry of Health, a hospital or other large health care organization, or a private provider of health care services. However, it may be readily adapted to other types of organizations and workforces.

iHRIS Qualify is a health worker training, licensing and certification tracking system. The system enables a licensing or certification authority for a health worker cadre, such as nurses or physicians, to track data on the complete cadre in a country from pre-service training through attrition. The database captures information about health professionals from the time they enter pre-service training through registration, certification and licensure, and it is updated every time a professional's license or certification is renewed. This system is also capable of tracking continuing medical education attained by health workers, capturing data about foreign-trained workers applying to work within the country and recording out migration verification requests.

3. NEW IN THIS RELEASE

This release is a bug fix for Offline iHRIS 3.0. The following fixes have been made:

- The software previously crashed when generating reports; this has been corrected.

- Double-clicking the desktop icon now correctly launches the software.

- Some branding issues have been corrected.

4. REQUIREMENTS AND INSTALLATION

Offline iHRIS requires Windows XP. Double-click the self-executing installer and follow the installation instructions to install and setup Offline iHRIS. If you already have an existing installation, remove it through the Add/Remove Programs on the Control Panel and delete the directory c:\ihris before installing the new version.

Offline iHRIS must be installed in the directory c:\ihris.

5. GETTING STARTED

Offline iHRIS provides access to the standalone, single-user version of iHRIS Manage and iHRIS Qualify. Select the program you want to run from the main menu. Each program includes sample data intended for demonstration purposes. To use the software to enter or import your own data, you should first erase the sample data from the database.

Before starting, read the User's Manual, which can be accessed by clicking the Help button on any screen. The manual section "Before Installing the System" provides helpful worksheets for collecting the data needed to enter in the system.

If you have questions or need support, please visit the iHRIS Website by clicking that button on any screen and use the Contact Us form to send us your question.

6. KNOWN ISSUES

Offline iHRIS 3.0.1 has the following known issues:

- To return to the main menu after selecting to run either iHRIS Qualify or iHRIS Manage, you must close the web browser and restart Offline iHRIS.

- You must install Offline iHRIS to the directory c:\ihris.

- Selecting the Print option for a report currently produces an error.

- The Magic Data browser, accessible via the Show Magic Data link, is a debugging module that does not work in this software. It is not necessary for running the software.

These issues will be corrected in Version 3.1, scheduled to be released in July 2008.

7. ABOUT THE CAPACITY PROJECT

The Capacity Project is developing free, Open Source HRIS solutions, distributed under the GPL, to supply health sector leaders and managers with the information they need to assess HR problems, plan effective interventions and evaluate those interventions. We don't provide just software but rather a program of technical assistance and expertise to ensure that the technology is transferred effectively and serves the ability of decision makers to use data to lead and manage. Our participatory approach results in systems that are appropriate for the context in which they are used and sustainable after we leave.

The Capacity Project helps developing countries strengthen human resources for health to better respond to the challenges of implementing and sustaining quality health programs. The Project is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by IntraHealth International and partners IMA World Health, JHPIEGO, Liverpool Associates in Tropical Health (LATH), Management Sciences for Health (MSH), PATH and Training Resources Group, Inc. (TRG). Find out more at www.capacityproject.org

Development of this software was made possible by the support of the American people through USAID. The contents are the responsibility of the user and do not reflect the views of USAID, the United States Government or IntraHealth International.

8. LICENSE

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section, "GNU Free Documentation License," of the User's Manual.