Smart boosts health info

A more efficient registration system of patients, consultations and medical services rendered is now in place to benefit the province of Iloilo.

Smart Communications Inc., the Department of Health (DoH) and representatives of regional and provincial hospitals and health units in Iloilo recently signed a covenant to implement a system called SHINE (or Secured Health Information Network and Exchange).

The electronic medical records and electronic interfacility health referral system is powered by Smart. It was developed by Smart in consultation with the DoH and the healthcare community.

It may be accessed by all its stakeholders—patients, doctors and other healthcare professionals, medical resources like pharmacies and diagnostic laboratories, hospitals and health institutions, and local government units—using GPRS or 3G-enabled mobile phones that can run Java applications and/or computers connected to the Internet.

“To a midwife at a barangay health station, SHINE is a means to keep
patient information updated and accurate, to generate the required DoH reports faster and more efficiently, and to search and locate resources for the patient in the health network via the convenience of a menu in her mobile phone,” said Smart strategic business development group consultant Ramon Duremdes.