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MIS for Health Care Human Resource Management: A Case

Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman, P.O. Box 393, Muscat, PC 113, Oman E-mail: ghoshmols{at}omantil.net.om/drghosh{at}mailcity.com.

Human resources (HR) represent a key resource for the health care system in any coun try. Its development and management are considered vital for establishing a sustain able health system infrastructure. A human resources management information system (MIS) is essential for sound planning and management of a health system. This paper briefly discusses the conceptual development of health care human resource manage ment (HRM) in a global context, and then goes on to present a case of a functioning HR MIS in an oil-rich Middle Eastern country. The case is intended to stimulate dis cussion on the scope of such an information system and how it may be developed in a ministry of health.

Journal of Health Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, 41-54 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/097206340000200102


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