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not have specific legislation for medical and health ethics, patients' rights,information confidentiality, informed consent, medical malpractice or biomedicalresearch.6.4 HRH informationComputers and personnel data management systems are available in all healthsectors, but human resource information is not produced regularly for managementdecision-making. In MOH, Personnel Directorate maintains a comprehensivedatabase containing all key information about each individual working for the MOH.This personnel database is updated as changes occur. In theory, the details held onthis database and the information held on each employee’s computerized salaryrecord in the Directorate of Finance, are capable of being linked through theemployee code number (used commonly by both systems) and the employee name.Although the personnel database holds comprehensive, computerized records, theability to produce regular reports for senior MOH managers to update them onchanges in the staffing situation is limited. Special programs are needed to producesummary analyses that can be easily read, understood and used by decisionmakers. 35The Information and Research Directorate in MOH maintains regular statistics aboutHRH working in MOH (by categories, place of work, region, healh directorate,governorate, bed/staff ratios, etc.).The HRH statistics which are collected from otherhealth sectors cover the main HRH categories (i.e. physicians, dentists,pharmacists, registered nurses, midwives, associate nurses, assistant nurses) andare collected from hospitals only. These statistics do not cover all HRH working inthe country. The reliability of the HRH statistics reported by the private health sectoris not guaranteed. The HRH statistics is reported in the annual statistical book of theMOH; no analysis is performed on these statistics.The High Health Council has established the Jordan National HRH Observatory thisyear with technical support from WHO/EMRO. This observatory will serve as anational policy forum among key stakeholders to review, and use evidencegenerated by the observatory for HRH planning and policy formation. It will alsoserve as the main reference of updated information and statistics on HRH in Jordan.6.5 HRH researchHRH research is not institutionalized or performed on regular basis. Most of theresearch performed on HRH is initiated either by International donor agencies likeUSAID and WHO or by students and academicians.The Human Resources Project (2004-2006) which was funded by USAID andtechnically supported by Initiatives Inc, conducted three important studies that coverall aspects of HRH in MOH. These studies are:69