March 26, 2015 11:25 am | by Henri Joshua Igna, RN | Posted in Features
The Philippines is said to be the social media capital of the world, a title that we did not give ourselves, but by digital experts around the globe, despite our generally slow internet connection. In a news last year, Makati and Pasig city were even tagged as two of the selfie capitals of the world. […]
February 25, 2015 1:58 am | by Henri Joshua Igna, RN | Posted in Features, News
In the past months, health care professionals who are involved in health informatics or even in social media may have witnessed the slow but steady unfolding of a trending hashtag. Every Saturday, at about 9 o’clock in the evening, twitter feeds of those involved in health informatics are slowly being populated by the initially strange […]
February 19, 2015 3:31 pm | by Henri Joshua Igna, RN | Posted in Features
What is the difference between TELECONSULTATION and TELEREFERRAL?
February 18, 2015 2:04 pm | by Henri Joshua Igna, RN | Posted in Features
During the past weeks, “telemedicine” has been the focus of a lot of our news and updates. Just a month ago, lone district of Biliran representative Rogelio J. Espina proposed the House Bill 4199, also called “the Telehealth Act of 2014″, which was heard at the house of representatives committee on health last January 28, […]
January 21, 2015 2:32 pm | by Henri Joshua Igna, RN | Posted in Features
During the Measuring and Achieving Universal Health Coverage with Information and Communications Technology conference last December 2-3, 2014, the iCTen, 10 priority action points in achieving UHC with ICT, were created with the collaboration of participants from up to 25 countries. The 10 action points suggested to AeHIN members and participating countries at the conference […]