Author Archives: Melissa J. Pedreña, RN

Telemedicine: Providing Specialized Care to Remote Communities

July 25, 2011 3:50 pm | by Melissa J. Pedreña, RN | Posted in News

The geographical nature of the Philippines with 7,107 islands and over 1,400 municipalities makes health care delivery in the country challenging. While the deployment of Doctors-to-the-Barrios (DttB) to Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas (GIDA) have helped ease this problem, a fraction of medical cases that DttBs attend to in their health units still require the […]

Doctors to the Barrios Equipped with eHealth & Telemedicine Skills

June 3, 2011 10:42 pm | by Melissa J. Pedreña, RN | Posted in News

90 Doctors-to-the-Barrios (DTTB) and Municipal Health Officers (MHO) from remote rural areas all over the country attended the Certification Course on eHealth & Telemedicine last June 1-2 at Lancaster Hotel Manila . The training was conducted in partnership with UP Manila National Telehealth Center (NTHC) and the Department of Health (DOH). The morning session of […]