6. Health Information System Specialist at the Medical Information Network for Operational Support (MINOS), MSF, Brussels, Belgium

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international humanitarian aid organisation that provides assistance in more than 80 countries to populations in distress, to victims of natural or manmade disasters and to victims of armed conflicts, without discrimination and irrespective of race, religion, creed, or political affiliation. To develop this work from our headquarters in Brussels The medical department of the Operational Centre Brussels is recruiting a Health Information System Specialist.
The Medical Information Network for Operational Support (MINOS) is the future system for management of MSF-OCB’s medical-operational data. It is a network composed of interconnected databases, accessed via web browsers, that allow for improved data entry, transmission, storage, and analysis. The approach to information management that this project takes is a significant departure from our existing system. It holds great potential for OCB and its implementation is a significant priority for the organization. It is also of significant interest to other sections and organizations (e.g. WHO, CDC, UNHCR, Harvard University, and others), who are watching this project develop with great interest. MINOS addresses problems that are widespread throughout the humanitarian community, and an investigation of the systems in use by other agencies has not turned up anything similar. This post offers an opportunity to play a significant role in an evolution of humanitarian medical data management.
Up to this point, the development of MINOS has been in the hands of an information technology specialist and a public health specialist, the latter will be leaving MSF for two years. This project is at the field testing phase, will shortly be ready for implementation, and it needs continued public health guidance. The system architecture has been laid out, and the routines to run it are being written, but the public health framework on which it is based and which will guide its future development needs further elaboration. As well, the IT specialists will need guidance in the choices they have to make in finishing development. Deadline: not specified (post starting end of June)