USec Ted Herbosa 's slides in 1st Philippine eHealth Summit (February 4, 2014)

1. A Primer on the Philippine
eHealth Strategic Framework and
Plan
National eHealth Governance
DOH-DOST

2. Background
Information technology has become affordable
and pervasive. Case in point: the mobile
phone in your pocket
Yet, despite this, IT has not been effectively
used in the health sector. There will be
tremendous benefits if key healthcare
processes can be computerized.

3. Background
In order to create an enabling environment for
the use of IT in healthcare, DOH and DOST
with the guidance of WHO, crafted the
Philippine eHealth Strategic Framework and
Plan (PeHSFP).
The PeHSFP is our roadmap to how we will
use IT for healthcare in the country.

4. Brief History
DOH and DOST are jointly managing the Philippine
eHealth Strategic Framework and Plan.
July 2013: a joint national eHealth governance structure
was formed
Sept 2013: DOH and DOST participated in a writeshop on
the WHO-ITU National eHealth Strategy Toolkit.
PeHSFP maps to the framework of the Toolkit.

5. WHO-ITU National eHealth Strategy Toolkit
Development Framework

6. Leadership and Governance
WHO-ITU Toolkit Recommendation

7. Leadership and Governance - DOH-DOST
National eHealth Steering Committee
Sec Ona
Sec Montejo
PCEO Padilla
USec Herbosa
USec Casambre
CIO PhilHealth
Exec. Director Montoya
Chairperson Licuanan
Health Data Standards
Experts Group
Philippine Health
Information
Network
Health Data Security and
Privacy Experts Group
National eHealth TWG
Dir Valdez DOH
Dir Villorente DOST-ASTI
Dir Opena DOST-PCHRD
Ms Aragona DOH
Ms Tan DOH
Mr Crisostomo PHIC
Mr Bernolia PHIC
Dr Alcantara PHIC

8. Strategy/Investment and
Legislation, Policy and Compliance

9. Strategy/Investment and
Legislation, Policy and Compliance - DOH-DOST
DOH will adopt an
internationally-accepted
IT Governance
Framework.

10. Capacity-building for the Workforce
The IT Governance Framework clarifies the
capacity-building roadmap for eHealth
governance and management.

11. DOH will adopt
internationally accepted
certification programs
for capacity-building in
eHealth.

12. Infrastructure
on DOST’s iGovPhil

13. Standards and Interoperability

14. Standards and Interoperability - DOH-DOST
DOH and
DOST (with
support from
MITHI) will
build the
Philippine
Health
Information
Exchange.

15. Services and Applications
MITHI will support the foundational eHealth
systems in 2014- 2015.

16. Services and Applications DOH-DOST
Philippine Health Information Exchange
Standards
Client
registry
Facility
registry
Terminology
services
Interoperability Layer
Platform/mediator
Info systems
Provider
registry
Electronic
Medical
Records for
RHUs
Hospital
Information
Systems
RxBOX
NCD
Registries
National
Health Data
Warehouse
* these are only the MITHI funded projects. There are
other projects that are ongoing at DOH.

17. Next Steps
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Broader engagement of stakeholders through the Phil
Health Information Network
Inclusion of private sector and academe into eHealth
governance
Priority deployment of the client, provider, and facility
registries (via the Phil Health Information Exchange)
Fast track capacity-building following the eHealth
roadmap