A Building Block Approach to Implement a Telehealth Clinic and Improve Primary Care Access in the Philippines: A Large-Scale Pilot Project

• Main Authors: Pickering, Annalicia, Rafaqat, Wardah, Balk, Adi, Chen, Milton, Abrogena, Limuel, He, Shuhan, Showstark, Mary, Davis, Alexander, Chen, Aidan, Lee, Jarone
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: digital; equitable access; low-and middle-income countries; Philippines; primary care; telecare; telehealth; telehealth clinic; Health Information Technology; Medicine and Health Sciences; Telemedicine
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asmph-pubs/149; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/asmph-pubs/article/1153/viewcontent/THMT_A_456_O.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

A limited number of healthcare workers and cost constraints encumber primary care access in the Philippines. To test telehealth as a low-cost and effective solution, a large-scale digital health clinic was implemented in the selected urban and rural communities. In collaboration with local authoriti...