IntraHealth ' s Free iHRIS Software Valued at Over $1.8 Million

February 28, 2020iHRIS—IntraHealth International ' s free, open source software now used by 28 countries to track and manage health workforce data—hasa value of $1.8–$2.4 million, according to the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The cost of replacing iHRIS if it were to suddenly disappear would be $10.8 million, they found.iHRIS can be used as a tool to foster discussion in other development sectors.In December 2019, USAID introduced the Software Global Goods Valuation Framework and related spreadsheet. These tools enable donors, software development organizations, governments, and others to estimate the cumulative development cost for software global goods. To launch the new framework, USAID and BCG evaluated iHRIS and valued it at a minimum of $1.8 million. When they looked at annual investments to keep these systems going and growing, they found that iHRIS needs an annual investment of $1.25 million.IntraHealth’sdigital health solutions are free for anyone to access and use any time. But the cost of creating new software for international development can be high. It relies on a mix of direct support and project-based funds, along with staff time to design, write, and test software code. It can be difficult to know the hard value of building or replacing these systems.This estimation is based on two key outputs:The original cost of developing software global goodThe ongoing costs o...

Source: IntraHealth International - February 28, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: kseaton Tags: Global Digital Health Human Resources Management Health Workforce & Systems Management and Performance Source Type: news