TIM eMagazine Vol.3 Issue 6
DOH-CALABARZON Regional Director
Eduardo C. Janairo shows the portable
teleclinic in a mobile case that will be
used to diagnose a patient using the
telemedicine system during launching
of the Telemedicine in Service Delivery
Network Program held at the Sofitel
Philippine Plaza Manila on September
11, 2018
DOH-CALABARZON
LAUNCHES
TELEMEDICINE IN
SERVICE DELIVERY
NETWORK
PROGRAM
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N
otwithstanding the challenges and trials, the
Department of Health continuous its mandate of
developing health innovations and assuring quality
health care for all.
Today, in its effort to further improve and
advance service delivery network in the country,
DOH-CALABARZON (Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal,
Quezon) launched the telemedicine program that will
provide a broad range of clinical services in various
specialty areas, as well as continuing medical education and preventive
healthcare to remote health facilities in the region.
“Telemedicine is technology in service delivery network. We will utilize
telecommunication and information technology to provide clinical care
from a distance,” Regional Director Eduardo C. Janairo stated during the
launching program held at the Sofitel Hotel in Pasay City on September 11,
2018.
“The program will overcome geographic barriers in health care delivery
and will significantly improve access to medical services that are not
often consistently available in remote rural communities of the region”, he
emphasized.
The first telemedicine program was initiated by Director Janairo in
MIMAROPA and was instituted at the Dr. Damian Reyes Memorial Hospital
in Boac, Marinduque. It is currently linked with the National Children's
Hospital, East Avenue Medical Center and Batangas Medical Center.
The new telemedicine network setup includes a rural diagnostics
center, physicians office and a doctor on call 24/7 who is equipped with
mobile device like tablet, laptop or smartphone.
Among the telemedicine components that will be installed in
CALABARZON includes medical and diagnostic equipment such as the 12-
lead digital ECG, digital spirometer, spot monitor, trans vaginal ultrasound
probe, digital otoscope, USB telephonic stethoscope, abdominal USB
ultrasound probe, multipurpose camera and scope, a clinical assist and a
portable teleclinic in a mobile case.
Pre-consultation, in-consultation and post-consultation will be done
remotely with the use of the telemedicine program.
According to Janairo, health care must also evolve to meet the
needs of today’s healthcare consumers. “The advances in IT system
and communication enables medical devices to connect which allows
clinicians to evaluate, diagnose and treat patients remotely. Patients
can get access to healthcare faster, which is also an important factor in
improved patient visit because it will be done easily in their respective
areas without the need to travel thereby improving patient outcomes.”
The telemedicine program was organized in partnership with the
Department of Science and Technology, AMD Global Telemedicine, Inc.,
KonsultaMD Global Telehealth, Inc. and Globe Telecom, Inc.
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DOH-CALABARZON Regional Director
Eduardo C. Janairo narrates the telemedicine
experience in MIMAROPA which was first
established at the Dr. Damian Reyes
Memorial Hospital in Marinduque during
his presentation at the launching of the
Telemedicine in Service Delivery Network
Program held at the Sofitel Philippine
Plaza Manila on September 11, 2018
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