From CHITS

Welcome to the official web site of the Community Health Information Tracking System (CHITS).

CHITS is an award-winning electronic health record designed for local health centers in the Philippines. It was developed by Dr. Herman Tolentino (UP Medical Informatics Unit) and maintained by the UP Manila - National Telehealth Center as its e-records flagship project.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION

CHITS FAQ

SPECIAL PROJECTS

CHITS-DSS: Decision Support System with DLSU

QUICK LINKS

      • Download the code at Google.com
      • Demo (login as user1/user1)
      • Screencasts/Movie
      • Readiness Checklist (for health centers)
      • Frequently Asked Questions
      • Typical intranet setup

AWARDS

Being free and/or open source software, CHITS was able to open up several opportunities for health systems development in the country. One, it has made it possible for government institutions to train their health workers on electronic health records at low cost. Without having to pay for software licenses, health workers now had the chance to learn the principles of health information management with no fear of breaking any proprietary agreements.

Two, CHITS prepared the setting for the development of standards-based applications that can inter-operate syntactically and semantically. Once the standards-based software is deployed, subsequent software which intend to connect with it (eg., laboratory information systems, pharmacy information systems) will need to be standards-based as well. Such a standards-oriented development will encourage more solutions developers to confidently innovate without fear of creating isolated software.

Three, the opportunities of collecting routine data and harnessing them for mathematical projections open up an exciting area of study on predicting outbreaks and on assuring sufficient drug delivery. Both epidemiology and resource management will benefit from a live feed informing higher level systems to respond in a timely manner to data as they routinely flow from the frontline facilities.

Lastly, majority of human populations around the world still reside in rural areas. Effective, efficient information systems are crucial to ensuring the delivery of quality health services to these remote areas despite their apparent isolation from civilization.

UPDATES
      2009-11-04: Gerona and Moncada RHUs finish their CHITS training with flying colors! (Nov 4-5)
      2009-11-03: Tarlac CHITS Training of trainers Nov 3-7
      2009-01-05: Nominated to the WSA Awards
      2008-11-18: Presentation to Makati City
      2008-11-18: Training of trainers in Zamboanga City
      2008-11-18: MOU signing with Baguio City
      2008-07-18: Upcoming training and deployment in Real, Quezon and San Fernando, La Union.
      2008-07-04: Mendez, Cavite and Orion, Batanes have been added to the list of CHITS users.
      2008-04-20: Chits.ph undergoing site revisions. Click here for changelog