Philippine Medical Informatics Society, Inc.

The Philippine Medical Informatics Society is an acknowledged

proponent of open source development for health. Realizing the
public health is for the public good, it maintains that all health
applications must be open to peer review and analysis. Among the
activities it has offered through its eight years were lectures from
international medical informatics experts, seminars on use of online
bibiliographic databases, handheld devices, electronic health
records, and security of electronic health information.
The PMIS is a strong partner in the Standards for Health Information
in the Philippines project as well as the BuddyWorks Telehealth
Project and the upcoming Philippine National Health Information
Infrastructure. The Society’s bias is for the deployment of health
infromation systems in support of national development and poverty
alleviation through the full implementation of the Primary
Healthcare Approach. Among the beneficiaries of its technical
seminars are community health workers, government midwives, and
private practitioners.