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Metro Manila Health Officers urge DOH for health information standards

Friday, February 11th, 2011

Manila, Philippines – “If the Department of Health would really like to have every LGU to have a system like CHITS. The support should also come from them. Have a uniform standard of reporting from DOH,” expresses Parañaque City Health Officer Dr. Olga Z. Virtusio after the presentation of the Community Health Information Tracking System or CHITS during the regular meeting of the Association of Health Officers in Metro Manila (AHOMM) last February 10, 2011 at the Citystate Tower Hotel in Ermita.

“CHITS is very timely with global information that we at the local level is really working on. This is commendable and highly recommended to improve our health information system,” exalts Dr. Virtusio on the electronic medical record system for health centers. “Most of the local health officers here are more than willing to have this kind of system in place.”

The 17-strong city health officers of Metro Manila were in attendance as the CHITS experience in Pasay City was presented by District Officer Marie Irene R. Sy. “CHITS has been in Pasay since 2004 but slowly but surely, we are now on the verge of a citywide computerization as we have 10 out of 14 health centers that are automated using CHITS,” says Dr. Sy.

Highlights of the presentation were the history, benefits, current and future features of CHITS which drew excitement from city health officers. Inquiries on installation and deployment were answered by CHITS Project Coordinator Noel A. Bañez.

The AHOMM meeting is a quarterly gathering of local health executives from the 16 cities and 1 municipality from Metro Manila which includes Manila, Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Pasay, Pasig, Parañaque, Quezon City, San Juan, Taguig, Valenzuela—and the municipality of Pateros. The meeting highlighted health program updates and initiatives from the DOH’s Center for Health Development – Metro Manila (CHD-MM) headed by Regional Director Dr. Irma L. Asuncion.

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UPM-NThC donates CHITS servers to Manila, Muntinlupa, and Pasay Health Centers

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Mandaluyong City, Philippines – The University of the Philippines Manila – National Telehealth Center (UPM-NThC) recently donated six (6) computer servers installed with the Community Health Information Tracking System or CHITS during simple turnover ceremonies at the Conference Room of the Center for Health Development – Metro Manila (CHD-MM) in Welfareville Compound, Mandaluyong City last February 9, 2011.

The donation of the CHITS servers will prime the selected health centers in Manila (Rosario Reyes and Pedro Gil Health Centers); Muntinlupa (Alabang and Putatan Health Centers); and Pasay (MIA and San Pablo Health Centers) with the automation of health information system using an electronic health record system custom designed for government health facilities.

“Building capacities of health personnel has always been the service of the UP Manila – National Telehealth Center,” expressed Director Portia Fernandez-Marcelo of the UPM-NThC. She echoed the capability-building program that the health personnel from the health centers of Manila, Muntinlupa and Pasay cities underwent in preparation for the implementation of CHITS.

Dr. Irma L. Asuncion, Regional Director of the Department of Health’s CHD-MM recounts, “It took a while before this project was put into a document but we pushed for this because this can mean a lot in upgrading our health information system.” The project of setting-up of CHITS in selected health centers in Metro Manila was entered into an agreement last December 2009 between DOH CHD-MM and the UPM-NThC. The project mainly focused on training among health workers and installation of CHITS in the health centers. The LGU’s role in the project was to provide the workstations needed for the implementation.

“The experience of Pasay City sealed our commitment in this project because we saw the benefits,” continues Dr. Asuncion. “We are hoping that this can linked and be utilized by the CHD from the City Health Office in the future.”

CHITS was pilot-tested in Pasay City in 2004 with 10 out of 14 health centers already running on CHITS. “This year we hope to complete the CHITS-ing of our health centers,” hopes Dr. Cesar F. Encinares of the Pasay City Health Office.

“We are appreciative of the servers given to us and we are happy that we also bought our computer workstations for our health centers in Alabang and Putatan.” expresses Dr. Edilinda G. Patac of Muntinlupa City Health Office. The workstations and the donated server will complete the minimum requirement of 3 computers in a health facility for CHITS to serve its purpose.

Dr. Patac continues, “We also have other computers ready for other health centers aside from Putatan and Alabang. We are also dreaming of a citywide computerization with CHITS.”

“The statistics that we need for our report will be easier.” declares Dr. Marie Lorraine M. Sanchez of Manila City Health Department. CHITS automatically generate the Field Health Service Information System (FHSIS) and PhilHealth-compliant reports required by the DOH and PHIC.

Dr. Sanchez affirms, “We currently have 49 health centers and we are increasing in 60 and with CHITS, this will help a lot in the future for our health workers. We are assuring you of our commitment.

The turnover ceremonies were also attended by representatives from the Local Health Assistance Division (LHAD) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Philippines.

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DOH’s CHD-MM and UPM-NThC set up CHITS in Pasay, Manila, and Muntinlupa

Saturday, October 30th, 2010

Manila, Philippines — The Department of Health’s Center for Health Development – Metro Manila (DOH CHD-MM) and the University of the Philippines Manila – National Telehealth Center (UPM-NThC) forged its partnership with the setting-up of the Community Health Information Tracking System or CHITS to 6 selected health centers in the cities of Pasay, Manila, and Muntinlupa.

The automation of 6 selected health centers utilizing UP Manila’s very own electronic medical record system tailor-fitted for health centers will soon be up in highly-urbanized areas in Metro Manila. The health facilities include San Pablo and MIA in Pasay; Pedro Gil and Rosario Reyes in Manila; and Putatan and Alabang in Muntinlupa.

“We are glad that we will soon be automating our health centers,” elated City Health Officer Dr. Edilinda Patac of Muntinlupa. Putatan and Alabang Health Centers serve an average of 150-200 patients a day. “This will help a lot in our transactions and reports,” said Dr. Marivic Victorio of Putatan Health Center.

The CHITS project went into full swing with the preliminary visits and capability-building program of health workers by familiarizing with the ins and outs of using an electronic medical record system. The CHITS training program which was conducted in batches last August (Pasay), September (Manila), and October (Muntinlupa) was anchored towards harnessing health care delivery through building up the confidence of health workers in using computers and embedding it in their culture as they render quality health care service and report generation for data analysis and decision making.

Participants were asked to appraise their experience on the said activity. “Maganda itong CHITS sa paggawa namin ng reports na mano-mano (CHITS will be useful when we make our reports which is usually done by hand),” expressed nurse Josie Labrador of Pedro Gil Health Center.

“Mahirap sa una pero masasanay din kami kapag nasa health center na namin (Initially, it will be difficult but we will get used to it when it’s implemented in our health center),” said Joan Rivera of Alabang Health Center.

Currently, the CHD-MM and the respective City Health Offices are already procuring the hardware and network installation for the pilot sites. By early quarter of 2011, UPM-NThC will assist in the deployment and technical support when CHITS becomes fully-operational in the selected sites in Manila and Muntinlupa.

Pasay City, which is considered a “CHITS champion city” for having been a pioneer of the electronic medical record system, had two health centers added to their laurels. Now, Pasay has 10 automated health centers which is a step closer towards the first ever citywide automated health centers.

CHITS, an award-winning electronic medical record system committed to comply with present and future standards of the DOH and the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), has been deployed in over 40 health facilities around the country.

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