Synthesis: Ehealth Philippines Deliverables

Synthesis
We have heard interesting presentations for the day, on how eHealth can provide solutions
to address the challenges of our health system, primarily, the access to health care services,
and access to real-time information for decision-making, and contribute in the attainment of
our much-so desired Kalusugang Pangkalahatan.
Today, we were given a glimpse of the different initiatives of what the government and
private sector alike are doing in order to push forward the use and adoption of eHealth in the
Philippines.
Morning Session:
eHealth Philippines Deliverables
As we have heard from Dir. Nitz Valdez of DOH, the DOH and DOST are working together to
come up with a comprehensive and working Philippine eHealth Plan, some components of
which are the following:
- A governance structure, which is already in place, headed by the Secretaries of DOH

and DOST
- An operational Philippine Health Information Exchange platform, which would link
health services users and providers
- Internet connectivity down to the barangay level, using TV White space technology,
to complement that which is provided by commercial telcos (we also heard more from
this from Assec. Bettina Quimzon earlier).
- Technology solutions such as RxBox, and different electronic medical records such
as HOMIS and Clinicsys to be deployed even in the farthest barangay
eHealth Initiatives
Some examples of eHealth initiatives in the country were presented such as:
- Digitized Prescriptions
Our local innovator, Dr. Richard Mata, hoped to address nose-bleed

moments of nurses and pharmacists in reading hand-written prescriptions,
and address patient safety, by ensuring that the correct prescription is given
to patients produced in a digital platform. This is a brilliant technology which
we hope the medical practitioners can adopt.
- SMS-based Health Data Collection and Reporting System (HERMESS)

With the Philippines being the text capital of the world, this technology could
very well be used to gather real-time health information, and aid in decision-
making.
- RxBox
Dr. Magtubo gave us a very informative presentation on this important project
of DOST and University of the Philippines which is part of the SMARTER
Philippines Program of DOST and an ICT innovation aimed at attaining
Kalusugang Pangkalahatan. We also saw a very good description of the
capabilities of this device in the video presentation earlier. We are hoping that
this innovation can really be harnessed in our communities, as we see its
potential impact in creating equity in the delivery of healthcare services.
- Technologies from Segworks

Presented an overview of the health situation in the Philippines, as compared
with other countries, and highlighted how important the use of IT is in
healthcare.
Also talked about the hospital information system they developed which has
already been deployed in 7 tertiary and secondary hospitals, can generate
real-time reports, and make hospital operations more efficient.
During open forum, it was pointed out that the two important things in terms of eHealth
initiatives are a) Harmonization and b) Standardization. These would make all eHealth
related efforts create their own intended impacts.
Afternoon Session
Philippine Health Information Exchange and eHealth Research Agenda
- Users and health providers can work together to populate the different health
registries with standardized information in order to be useful thru a health
interoperability layer
- Map projects from the regional level and evaluate how these can be useful at the
regional level, and how these can be scaled up to the national level.
- Research streams can be developed along the lines of health information,
connectivity/transmission, ict-enabled devices
Global Perspectives on Data Privacy and Security
- Presented issues to consider in planning development of information systems
Open Forum highlights:
- Industry groups are looking forward to smaller sessions to introduce gaps and
encourage HEIs to address these gaps
- Very limited access would require less security
- Government can be one participant, but not a controlling participant, in deciding
privacy and access to health information. A joint group decision would be a smart
move
- Follow up sessions would definitely be held to operationalize the eHealth Plan,
including capacity building

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eHealth Philippines Deliverables

- A governance structure, which is already in place, headed by the Secretaries of DOH

Our local innovator, Dr. Richard Mata, hoped to address nose-bleed

- SMS-based Health Data Collection and Reporting System (HERMESS)

- Technologies from Segworks

Philippine Health Information Exchange and eHealth Research Agenda

Global Perspectives on Data Privacy and Security

- Presented issues to consider in planning development of information systems

Open Forum highlights:

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