INFORMA

TICS
IN THE
PHILIPP
OVERV
IEW
 NURSING INFORMATICS
≡ “a specialty that integrates nursing science,
computer science, and information science to
manage and communicate data, information,
knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice”.
(American Nurses Association, 2008, 65).
Turley, 1996
 INFORMATICS NURSES
≡ are those who have extensive clinical practice,
are considered experts in using the nursing
process, and have additional experience and
education with technology (Healthcare
Information and Management Systems Society
[HIMSS], 2012).
 NI:
PHILIPPI
≡ “Technology is making the world smaller. In the

NES
Philippines, distance barriers have made healthcare
beyond the reach of most Filipinos. But today,
technology helps make health services accessible
wherever and whoever you are.”
National Telehealth Center
 HISTORY
≡ 1999: a study group was formed headed by the
National Institute of Health of the University of the
Philippines Manila. This group identified international
standards for health information and their
adaptability in the Philippines. The document is
referred to as the "Standards of Health Information in
the Philippines, 1999 version" or "SHIP99".

Sumabat, K. R. (2010)
≡2003: Master of Science in Health Informatics was
proposed to be offered by UP-Manila College of
Medicine (major in medical informatics) and the
College of Arts and Science (major in bioinformatics)
and was later approved to be offered starting
academic year 2005-2006.

Sumabat, K. R. (2010)
≡ 2005: the formation of the Master of Science in
Health Informatics (MSHI)
≡ 2008: Nursing Informatics course in the
undergraduate curriculum was defined by the
Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
Memorandum Order 5 Series of 2008, later revised
and included as Health Informatics course in CHED
Memorandum Order 14 Series of 2009, and first
implemented in the summer of 2010.

Sumabat, K. R. (2010)
≡2009: Mr. Kristian R. Sumabat and Ms. Mia
Alcantara-Santiago, both nurses and graduate
students of Master of Science in Health Informatics at
the University of the Philippines, Manila began
drafting plans to create a nursing informatics
organization
≡2010: they began recruiting other nursing
informatics specialists and practitioners to organize a
group which later became as the Philippine Nursing
Informatics ,a sub-specialty organization of PNA for
nursing informatics.
Sumabat, K. R. (2010)
 ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
≡ the contents of the
curriculum was adapted
from international
materials which does not
match the local needs.
≡ Lack of certification and
credentialing programs in
post-graduate levels

Sumabat, K. R. (2010)
≡Not all nurses are technology-oriented
≡Maximizing the potentials of the nurses of
what they learned in NI
≡Not all hospitals are currently engaged to
computer-based data’s prevailed and still not
into EMR (Electronic Medical Record).
≡Inclusion of national budget is crucial process
of the government financial capacity

Alicaway, J.(2013)
E-Health Records– International
(EHRI)
Ξ is composed of clinicians, allied health and
information technology professionals who are all
united with their vision of providing web, mobile
and cloud technologies for safe, efficient and
quality health for all.
HarmoniMD
Ξis a cloud-based hospital information system (HIS)
Ξdesigned for independent physician offices and
clinics, specifically made to enable quick but
efficient recording of patient health information
and medical orders, requesting of laboratory and
pharmacy orders and electronic inputting of
impression and diagnosis.
 NI IMPLEMENTATIONS

Sentro Oftalmologico Jose Rizal | Manila,

Philippines
CONCLUSI
N The Philippines as an archipelago have always faced
problems due to geographical barriers. This had also
been a problem for health care providers in the country
on how to efficiently provide healthcare services to
millions of filipinos. However, the tides have now
changed into betterment as the progressing
implementation of informatics in the field of nursing is
now in existence. Nursing informatics is a promising field
that holds the future of the country’s health care system
into efficiency and gradual stability.
The End
 REFERENCES:
≡ American Nurses Association (ANA). (2008). Nursing informatics: Scope and
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≡ Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. (2012). Nursing
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≡ Sumabat, K.R. (2010). History of Nursing Informatics. Retrieved on September 14,
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history_of_nursing_informatics.pdf.abstract.
≡ Alicaway, J. (2013).Issues in Nursing Informatics. Retrieved on September 14, 2014.
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≡ National Tlehealth Center. (2012). Technology for Healthcare. Retrieved on
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≡ PHOTOS: http://ehrinternational.com/portfolio/sentro-oftalmologico-jose-rizal-
manila-philippines/