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Digital Documenter

Manila

  • Organization: Jhpiego
  • Location: Manila
  • Grade: Level not specified - Level not specified
  • Occupational Groups:
    • Information Technology and Computer Science
    • Documentation and Information Management
  • Closing Date: Closed

Digital Documenter

Posted Date 2 hours ago(5/26/2023 1:37 AM)
Job ID
2023-5197
Location
PH-Manila
Category
Consultancy
Employment Status
Full-Time

Overview

The Philippines is one of the most technically savvy nations in Southeast Asia and was once considered the 11th most technically advanced country in the region in 2015. The 2017 NDHS reported that the top source for family planning information is sourced from the internet. However, the Philippines lags in turning these advantages into modernizing the health care system in the Philippines access to real-time information for decision making is a big challenge. In 2015, the Department of Health (DOH) together with other national agencies started the eHealth program, a national program “guided by the Philippine eGovernment Master Plan of linking government data centers and databases to create a secure network for government information systems, and harmonize information technology systems, programs and projects in the public sector through the Medium-Term Information and Communication Technology Harmonization Initiative (MITHI)”. Since 2015, there are very few public and private health facilities prioritize and allocated resources to institutionalize any form of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to record patients’ personal history. This reality can be attributed to the following: (1) Internet connection in the rural areas where the Rural Health Units (RHUs) are located is often slow and with limited area coverage. At present, the health data of a patient remains in the health facilities where services were rendered and no possibility of sharing thru online exchange to other facilities; (2) Lack of funding for training of encoders and IT personnel managing the EMR at the municipal/provincial/regional levels; and (3) Low technical know-how of retirement age health professionals.

 

But modernizing the health system should not only be limited to recording and archiving of patient health information but should include equally important issues of privacy, survival and protection. There are no known EMR-based that include a Gender-based Violence (GBV) referral system in place for the detection, reporting, recording and referral of GBV cases in any health facilities in the country. This is although abused women would be more likely to see a health professional to seek treatment for concussions and injuries than talk with a law enforcer to file a complaint against their perpetrator.

 

In practice, when GBV cases are reported to or by health professionals, service providers routinely collect anecdotal information to obtain pertinent information. This information is normally collected using pens and paper forms. Once the information is completed, the GBV victim-survivor is to the next service provider until reaching the last person involved in data collection that involves a long ordeal of repeated narratives, often in a place where there is no privacy, and made the GBV victim-survivor emotionally and physically exhausted.

 

The EMR-based and expanded digital platform is envisioned to become an integral component of gender-responsive and respectful care for handling cases involving GBV victim-survivors. The digital platform will improve the efficiency and reliability of communication among service providers, promote the improvement of GBV referrals, and ensure gender-responsive and respectful care while safeguarding the right to privacy of every GBV victim-survivors.

Responsibilities

Jhpiego is seeking qualified individuals who could document the innovation and gathering of feedback from the end-users and implementers of the project to produce the following results:

  1. Slide deck for the presentation of the innovation and its results;
  2. Three- to five-minute documentary/feature video with voice-over on the use of the innovation and its promise of solution; and
  3. Ready proposal for future funding of the innovation.

Required Qualifications

 

  • Proven track record of producing multimedia collaterals (print and digital) with access to needed software for the development of the outputs;
  • Impeccable written and oral communication skills in the English and Filipino languages;
  • Being able to communicate in Waray or Bisaya is an advantage; and
  • Willing to travel to three project areas in Samar and Northern Samar.

 

Jhpiego, a Johns Hopkins University affiliate, is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, other legally protected characteristics or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria.

Jhpiego promotes Affirmative Action for minorities, women, individuals who are disabled, and veterans.

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