Department of Health

Receiving Officer 08:43 AM, Oct 23, 2023

October 23, 2023

Dear Ruth Prudence,

Thank you for your request dated Oct 21, 2023 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch, for Guidelines/ Standards/ Assessment Tool for the Implementation of Electronic Medical Records.

We received your request on Oct 21, 2023 and will respond on or before Nov 10, 2023 01:58:13 PM, in accordance with the Executive Order's implementing rules and regulations.

Should you have any questions regarding your request, kindly contact me using the reply function on the eFOI portal at https://pcoomaster09072018102500-dot-efoi-ph.appspot.com/requests/aglzfmVmb2ktcGhyHQsSB0NvbnRlbnQiEERPSC04MDQ4NDM1MDY5ODYM, for request with ticket number #DOH-804843506986.

Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Receiving Officer
FOI Officer

Maker 02:19 PM, Oct 23, 2023

Good day! 

Please be informed that we have endorsed your request to KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY SERVICES- eHealth Systems Division (ESD) for action. 

Kindly await for their response. 

Thank you.

Maker 02:25 PM, Nov 09, 2023

November 9, 2023

Dear Ruth Prudence Ruetas,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Oct 21, 2023 01:58:13 PM under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your Request

You asked for Guidelines/ Standards/ Assessment Tool for the Implementation of Electronic Medical Records.

Response to Request

Your FOI request is approved.

 Please refer to the following link for the requested guidelines and legal bases for the implementation of Electronic Medical Records for public hospitals in the Philippines:

1.      Implementation of the National eHealth Electronic Health Records System Validation

https://ehealth.doh.gov.ph/nehehrsv/index.php/legal-basis

2.      Local Health Systems Maturity Levels (LHS ML) Monitoring Toolkit for Province/City-Wide Health Systems Characteristic on Info1: Information Management System (IMS)

(Key Result Area 2.2: Functional EMR System among Health Facilities within the P/CWHS

 Key Result Area 3.1: Validated EMR System that Links the Members of the PCPN to Secondary and Tertiary Care Providers within P/CWHS)

Link: https://bit.ly/EMRIssuances


3.      Implementation of the 2023 Hospital Scorecard Rating Scale:

(Indicator 8. Percentage of Hospital Areas that Regularly Process Paperless EMR)

Link: https://bit.ly/EMRIssuances

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https://bit.ly/DOHFOIFeedbackForm

Thank you

 
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Thank you.

Respectfully,

FOI Decision Maker
FOI Receiving Officer