Ict in health for nuhra

ICT for Health Research Priorities

National Unified Health Research Agenda (NUHRA)

The country’s template for health research and development efforts

Consolidation of the research priorities of the four core agencies of the PNHRS namely, DOH, DOST-PCHRD, CHED, and UP Manila National Institutes of Health

NUHRA Research Priorities 2011-2016

1. Drug Discovery and Development 2. Diagnostics 3. Hospital Equipment and Biomedical

Devices 4. ICT in Health 5. Genomics and Molecular

Technology 6. Functional Food

ICT in Health

Development of user-friendly ICT solutions to accelerate the gathering and processing of health and related information for policymaking, and to deliver quality healthcare services

ICT in Health Objectives

To support collection, analysis and transmission of health-related data in a cost-effective manner.

To promote the concept of “telemedicine” from the separate but related dimensions of “device and service”

Priority Technologies

Public health surveillance/health intelligence systems

Telehealth services and systems

Interface for ICT-enabled medical devices

Priority TechnologiesPublic health surveillance/health

intelligence systems

- collection, transmission, handling and processing of health-related information to make it cost-effective and more relevant for public health decision-making

Priority TechnologiesTelehealth services and systems - delivery of health-related services via telecommunications technology

Priority Technologies

Interface for ICT-enabled medical devices

- can work in partnership with the hospital equipment group

Enablers

Standards for health data exchange and interoperability

Policy on health infrastructure

framework

2011-2016 Projects

Public health surveillance/health intelligence systems

e-TABLET e-HATID e-HaMBinGG

2013 2014 2016

(Ateneo de Manila University )

Field tested in 365 cities/municipalities nationwide

2011-2016 Projects

Public health surveillance/health intelligence systems

Determination of Metro Manila and Rizal Province Cancer Incidence 2008-2013 Through Population-based Cancer Registries (2013-present)

2011-2016 Projects

Public health surveillance/health intelligence systems

Three Use Cases of Big Data in Universal Health Care: Social Determinants of Health, Service Delivery Networks, and Fraud Detection. (approved 2016 )

2011-2016 Projects Telehealth services/systems

- Medical Teleparasitology for Laboratory Diagnosis of Parasitic Infections in the Philippines (UP-NIH)

- Medical Teledermatology Alert and response System for Leprosy Control (Metahelix/Novartis)

2011-2016 Projects

Telehealth services and systems - RxBox project (UP Manila)

Field tested in 153 sites, with future expansion to 1,000 more sites

2011-2016 Projects

Interface for ICT-enabled medical devices

RxBox project – UP Diliman/ ASTI

component

Ventilator project – UP Manila

Enablers / Policies issued Standards - Interoperability Standards

Health infrastructure - Philippine Health Information Exchange - Joint AO on Privacy Guidelines Telehealth Bill

Where to next…2016-2022

- Personalized Medicine vs Remote Patient Monitoring vs Privacy

- Interoperability

- eHealth ecosystem

- Analytics (PHIE)