1. IntroductionCountries worldwide are challenged by health worker short-ages, skill mix imbalances, and their geographic and sectoralmaldistribution. Among the most economically afflictedcountries, these shortages are worsened by inadequate invest-ment, out-migration, and HIV/AIDS [1], which increases thedemand for services and renders health workers themselvesvulnerable to death and disease [2]. The World Health Orga-nization (WHO) has identified 57 countries where the healthworkforce shortages are at crisis levels [3]. These crisiscountries are characterized by insufficient human resources toachieve standard care benchmarks, such as 80% coverage forboth measles immunizations and skilled attendants at birth.As adequate numbers of healthcare providers can impact thehealth outcomes targeted in the United Nations MillenniumDevelopment Goals (MDGs) [4,5], there is concern whetherhuman resources crisis countries, such as Kenya, can meetthe health-related MDGs by the specified timeframe of 2015[3,6].While the demand for human resources for health (HRH)data and performance monitoring is a priority for the UnitedStates President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)and various global health initiatives [7–10], universal under-standing of the human resources information systems (HRIS)used in monitoring HRH is minimal and baseline informationregarding their scope and capability is practically non-existent[11]. In a global review of HRIS literature, Riley and co-authors(2012) found HRIS among HRH crisis countries are nascent andfrequently lack information critical for addressing workforcepolicy and planning. The authors called for more descrip-tive research of HRIS globally, including the documentationof impact so as to advance the science and evidenced-basedpractice in this area. Responding to this call, and adding to anemerging body of peer-reviewed literature emanating from theKenya Health Workforce Information System (KHWIS) [12–17],this paper provides a qualitative and quantitative review ofKHWIS-generated information with regard to the Governmentof Kenya’s health workforce polices and governance.