Welcome to the Philippine Medical Informatics Society website

The Philippine Medical Informatics Society (PMIS) was incorporated in 1996 with the mission of promoting the use of information technology in medicine. Since then, it has organized and participated in various activities in medical informatics. Among these were lectures by international medical informatics experts, seminars on use of online bibiliographic databases, handheld devices, electronic health records, and security of electronic health information.

The PMIS was a collaborating partner in the Standards for Health Information in the Philippines (SHIP99) project, the BuddyWorks Telehealth Project and a co-convenor of the Philippine National Health Information Infrastructure.

PMIS is the official organization representing the Philippines at the Asia Pacific Association for Medical Informatics (APAMI) and subsequently, the International Medical Informatics Assoication (IMIA).

If you are a health professional intent on maximizing the value of information technology in your practice, PMIS is the professional group for you.

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The Philippine Medical Informatics Society (PMIS) 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 information 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.