MOA with DOST on health care services OK’d
The City Government of Cagayan de Oro, through its healthcare facilities, can now fully provide a better access to life-saving health care services to isolated and disadvantaged communities of the city.
This after the 18th City Council during its 70th regular session presided over by Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy enacted an ordinance authorizing the City Mayor to enter into and sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Region 10, covering the implementation of its project, entitled: “Roll-out of RxBox 1000 Telehealth Devices in selected Rural Centers in the Philippines.”
The project is part of DOST’s assistance to the City through various science-based programs/projects in recognition of its contribution to national government, The Power learned.
Under the MOA, the DOST shall select the healthcare facility/ies in coordination with the Department of Health (DOH) and University of the Philippines National Telehealth Center (UP NTHC) and provide one set of RxBox telehealth device to each selected healthcare facility/ies of the City.
Moreover, it shall also facilitate the conduct of training of healthcare facility users on the installation, use/operation and maintenance of the device, its accessories and software thru UP NTHC, check/verify the progress of project implementation and provide technical support as needed, among others.
Meanwhile for its part, the City, thru the selected healthcare facilities shall provide financial, operational and administrative support in the implementation of the project, establish the guidelines on the use of the device to ensure its efficient and maximum usage and regarding the security, back up, and/or destruction of the clinical and public health data.
Furthermore, it shall likewise designate a team who will be trained as authorized users to operate, manage, maintain and monitor the device, its accessories and software, provide access to DOST-X during project visits and monitoring, be responsible and accountable for the maintenance and safekeeping of the device and ensure that its usage is uploaded to the project’s RxDetect system on a daily basis, among others.
This legislation was reviewed and endorsed by the Committees on health, sanitation and health insurance and on laws and rules chaired by Councilors Maria Lourdes S. Gaane and Ian Mark Q. Nacaya, respectively. (JAO)