Texting, VoIP help enhance RP's healthcare system, todays news..

MANILA, Philippines - Although public and private sectors are using information and communications technology (ICT) at differing levels, both agree that innovative developments could serve as a tool for bridging the Philippines’ yawning health gap.
At the CyberPress Forum held recently at the iAcademy auditorium in Makati City, industry experts said ICT is transforming the way healthcare is provided in the country for both underfunded public health facilities and state-of-the-art private medical centers and hospitals.
Dr. Alvin Marcelo, director of the National Telehealth Center in UP Manila, said “telemedicine" modalities such as text messaging, multimedia messaging system (MMS), voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) can help serve far-flung areas where the availability of doctors and health professionals is scarce.
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source: gmanews.tv