Ghost Workers Aren ’t Spooky—They’re Expensive

November 06, 2017The Democratic Republic of the Congo found $2 million in savings when they used data to uncover absent health workers.When a country uses theiHRIS software to manage their human resources for health, they sometimes get a bonus.Because iHRIS can connect with other software, it can provide data connections that offer unexpected benefits for the managers and leaders of a health care system. Sometimes, just connecting data between iHRIS and another system can save money —a lot of money.But it takes some detective work.Oh, not the kind that involves trench coats and fedoras. The kind that takes patience and persistence. Like what the Ministry of Public Health just did in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) last year.In the DRC, over half of health workers do not receive regular government pay of any kind.The country implementediHRIS Manage—with technical assistance fromIntraHealth International, which developed the iHRIS software —in four of the country’s 26 provinces. But in two provinces, Kasaï Central and Kasaï, they did something extra. These provinces sit on the southern border with Angola and make up 10% of the DRC’s population of 80 million.In them, the Ministry of Public Health conducted an in-depth payroll analysis, beyond just installing iHRIS and entering employee records. They deployed six trained four-person teams of ministry and IntraHealth personnel that used a two-stage process to interview health workers in each health zone in p...
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