eHealth projects in the Philippines used in the community health projects

NAME TYPE KEY INFORMATION

Buddy Works Telemedicine and Implemented in 2004 by the University of
eLearning the Philippines Manila-Nacional Telehealth
Center (UPM_NTHC) through the
eGovernment Fund of the Commission on
Information and Communications
Technology (CICT)

Allowed RHU physicians in GIDAs to send

tele-referrals to medical specialists at the
Philippine General Hospital (PGH) via short
message service (SMS) and e-mail
CHITS Electronic Developed in 2004 by Dr. Herman Tolentino
(Community medical record of the UPM College of Medicine-Medical
Health Information Informatics Unit (MIU) Project initially began
Tracking System) in Pasay health centers and has been
implemented in 48 health centers since then

Program is divided into different modules

based on existing DOH programs (EPI,
NTP, etc) and is a free and Open Source
Software (FOSS)

A demo of CHITS can be accessed online

https//demo 2010 chit.ph (username user,
password user) (UPM, NTHC 2010)
eFHSIS (Field Health An online version of the FHSIS developed
Health Service Information by the DOH where you can upload FHSIS
Information system and data
System) electronic
reporting
eIMCI Integrated eLearning Developed in2009 by the Ateneo innovation
Management of Center
Childhood Illness
An electronic version of IMCI accessible in
mobile devices
NTHC eLearning eLearning Funded by the United States Agency for
videos International Development (USAID) and
developed by UPM-NTHC

Created learning videos on tuberculosis,

stroke, bird flu, and child poisoning
eHealth projects in the Philippines used in the community health projects
NAME TYPE KEY INFORMATION
RxBox Telemedicine Funded by the DOST-PCHRD and
developed through the collaborative efforts
of the University of the Philippines Manila-
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Institute (UPM-EEEI) University of the
Philippines Manila-Nacional Institute of
Physics (UPM-NIP) and UPM-NTHC

It is a mobile computer connected with

medical devices such as ECG, pulse
oximeter and electronic blood pressure and
heart rate monitors that is intended for
mobile deployment to rural health centers

It is also able to store and send patient

information and allow video and chat
conferencing with a medical specialist
SEGRHIS Electronic An electronic medical record created for
(Segworks Rural medical record rural health units
Health
InformationSystem) Developed Segworks a local software
company based in Davao
SHINE (Secure Electronic An electronic medical record developed by
Health Information medical record Smart Communications
Network and SMS
Exchange) reporting A demo can be accessed online
https//shine.ph
SPASMS SMS alert system Add-on to WAH (Wireless Access for
(Synchronized Health) SPASMS is an SMS reminder
Patient Alert via system for patients who are due for follow-
SMS) up
eHealth projects in the Philippines used in the community health projects
NAME TYPE KEY INFORMATION
SPEED Disaster A project of the World Health Organization
(Surveillance in management and (WHO) and the Department of Health-Health
Post Extreme SMS reporting Emergency Management Staff (DOH-
Emergencies and HEMS)
Disasters)
Allows community health nurses to submit
daily reports to prevalent diseases
immediately after disasters via SMS, e-mail
and other information and communication
technologies

SPEED also sends immediate notification

alerts (INAs) to community health nurses for
possible outbreaks based on available data
WAH (Wireless Health Implemented in 2010 in the Tarlac province
Access for Health) information through the Public-private Partnership
system and (PPP)of Qualcomm, UPM-NTHC, USAID,
electronic Smart, DOH-IMS, Center for Health
medical record Development (CHD) Region III, RTI
International, National Epidemiological
Center (NEC), Tarlac State University and
the local government

WAH augmented the existing CHITS by

connecting health centers through
broadband Internet access

WAH website: sites google com/site/wahphil