THE City Government of Bacolod is planning to launch the Integrated Clinic Information System (iClinicSys) for the health centers in various villages in the city.
Councilor Cindy Rojas, chairperson of the City Council committee on health, said Tuesday, January 28, that this year, the city will improve all the health centers in the barangays.
She said she already talked with City Health Officer Ma. Carmela Gensoli and they agreed to launch the iClinicSys to the village’s health centers.
Bacolod City has a total of 29 village health centers. Of 29, 20 are in rural barangays and nine in urban villages.
Rojas said the iClinicSys is an electronic medical record and health information system that supports the function of a primary health care facilities including Rural Health Units (RHUs), Health Centers (HCs) and Barangay Health Station (BHS).
She said it aims to automate service delivery processes to efficiently and effectively monitor patient care in the health facility.
“It generates electronic medical record of patients that allow health care provider to track patient’s data,” she added.
Rojas noted that in Bacolod City, only the health center of Taculing Village is operating with the iClinicSys.
On Monday, Rojas along with the City Health Office held a meeting with the barangay officials at the Bacolod Government Center and discussed their plan to launch the iClinicSys within this year.
“The iClinicSys is a big help to our barangay health workers and nurses to easily locate the records of their patients,” she said.
She added the barangay has a budget for the health program so they can afford to buy desktop and internet connection so they can operate with iClinicSys.
Rojas disclosed that the City Engineers Office was also tasked to implement the improvements in various health centers such as repair of the building and its equipment. (MAP)