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ygtqno pgsheg House passage
ofNational Health Passpbrt SyEtem
BY JovED MARIE N' DELA cRUz
I qloveemarie
HE leadership of the House
Representatives has vowed to pri-
oritize the passage of a measure formationandmedicalrecordkeepingis
seekingto cleatethe country's electlonic yet to be addressed
health system and services.
This develop as the House com-
mitte e on Health created ical
a techn
working group to consolidate sev-
eral measures establishing the Na-
tional Health Passport system and
strengthen the primary health- care
system'
House speaker Alan Peter cayet
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ano said House ,ut , ll"nr.n n" iau assisting Filipinos in record keeping the physician, dentist or authorized
aims to establish the country's elec- andmakingmedicalhistoryavailablJ h".Iii profu"siorr"ls: 2) Medical and
tronic health system and services in cayetano proposed the creation of dental iest results; 3) Diagnosticsr
of the country. a National Healih Passport system, 4) Medicines and medical *:;;;;;
Accordingto cayetano, thelack ofin- which provides each Filipino with a availed off5) Basic medicdl data; 6)
document that reflects each individ- Information on all medical andhealth
ual's full medical history and other related benefits provided by laws; and
"For Filipinos in general, it is not a relevant data. Z) Information resardins the Datient,s
usualpractice tokeep such documen- '"i;;ffj";JrTil:;
"In the event ofemergencies, this will *"ai."i-rj"ir" **",
tation-whether of previous check- also be a handy tool that'can be essentiat trr" p."rio?i
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ups, diagnostic tesf results, medi- in saving lives," he said. "rr;:'-'"'*"
As stated in HB g, all Filipino citi-
cation, teatments, and-piocedures Partiulariy, the health passport zens shallbe entitledto ahealthpass-
done, among others," the speaker shall be a *oiil" ,u.ord booklei of port to be used when a patient avails
said the patient containing, among other of medical and dental^checkups or
He-added that the qovernment r}ings,the following: I Patient:smed- treatment provided in government
-
should give emphasis and prior ity in
or
iial Jnd dental hlstlryas recorded,by p.""i" *"ai.a i"stitulions.
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