Celebrating Filipino ingenuity and inventiveness in the healthcare sector, the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) confers the 2nd Galing Likha-Kalusugan (GLK) Awards to three outstanding innovative health program. These programs are the Surveillance in Post Extreme Emergencies and Disasters (SPEED), Mother Bles Birthing Clinics and PhilHealth Link.
In an awarding ceremony held on September 4 at the Hotel Intercontinental in Makati City, these programs were honored for their invaluable contributions in making healthcare more accessible, available and affordable to Filipinos. The event was attended by top health experts in the country led by Dr. Eduardo Banzon, President and Chief Executive Officer of PhilHealth.
The Galing Likha-Kalusugan (GLK) Award is a distinction given to public and private organizations that best exemplify the highest level of innovation in the countrys health marketplace. GLK prides itself to be the first and only award that specifically honors ground-breaking and promising health programs and initiatives that have significantly solved a particular problem plaguing the countrys healthcare system. As such, GLK hopes to be the stamp for excellence and innovation in the field of healthcare delivery, finance, facilitation, regulation, and promotion. In addition, it hopes to promote and encourage creative and fresh approaches in uplifting our countrymens health.
GLK is a joint initiative of PIDS and the Center for Health Market Innovation (CHMI), an international organization devoted to identifying and replicating innovative health programs around the world. Now on its second year, the CHMI in the Philippines identified and documented 80 innovative health programs. And through a meticulous screening process conducted by the PIDS and several esteemed health experts, ten (10) of these programs were shortlisted for the award. Of these programs, three (3) emerged truly outstanding in concept, implementation, and impact and were honored and recognized as the top recipients of the first Galing Likha-Kalusugan Awards.
SPEED is an early warning disease surveillance system for post-disaster situation launched by Department of Health and World Health Organization in 2010. The aim of the system is to determine early and potential disease outbreaks and monitor disease trends. It contributes immensely in reducing preventable deaths and diseases by enabling timely and appropriate response by local government officials.Using web-based software technology which can receive data via SMS, the system enables online data validation and automatic generation of necessary reports. Thus, it makes the transmission of syndromic diseases information from barangay or evacuation centers to all levels of the health system country in a short period of time.
Mother Bles Birthing Clinics (MBBC) are networks of PhilHealth accredited birthing health facility started in Leyte Province. The program aims to provide poor pregnant women with accessible and affordable maternal and infant health care services. Ninety-five (95) percent of clients of MBBC are PhilHealth indigent members, and the remaining 5 percent are either non-PhilHealth or paying clients. The business model of Mother Bles Clinics harnesses the comparative advantages of the following sectors through private-public partnership: KaKaK Foundation Inc., private practicing midwives, municipal and provincial government.
PhilHealth LINK is a call center for PHilHealth members, a collaborative enterprise supported by provincial local government units who want to maximize reimbursement from PhilHealth so that LGU health facilities can have a steady revenue stream. This project was launched by PhilHealth Region VIII in 2010. PhilHealth LINK is particularly useful for households whose premiums are subsidized by local government units under the Sponsored Program, and who may not be fully aware of the benefits they are entitled to and how these may be availed of.
With the success of the second GLK Awards, PIDS vows to continue its search and recognition of innovative health programs in the country. In line with the global thrust for universal healthcare and the promotion and encouragement of creative and fresh approaches and solutions to the countrys healthcare problems, the PIDS and its partner, the CHMI, thereby hopes to create a healthier and better nation.
In an awarding ceremony held on September 4 at the Hotel Intercontinental in Makati City, these programs were honored for their invaluable contributions in making healthcare more accessible, available and affordable to Filipinos. The event was attended by top health experts in the country led by Dr. Eduardo Banzon, President and Chief Executive Officer of PhilHealth.
The Galing Likha-Kalusugan (GLK) Award is a distinction given to public and private organizations that best exemplify the highest level of innovation in the countrys health marketplace. GLK prides itself to be the first and only award that specifically honors ground-breaking and promising health programs and initiatives that have significantly solved a particular problem plaguing the countrys healthcare system. As such, GLK hopes to be the stamp for excellence and innovation in the field of healthcare delivery, finance, facilitation, regulation, and promotion. In addition, it hopes to promote and encourage creative and fresh approaches in uplifting our countrymens health.
GLK is a joint initiative of PIDS and the Center for Health Market Innovation (CHMI), an international organization devoted to identifying and replicating innovative health programs around the world. Now on its second year, the CHMI in the Philippines identified and documented 80 innovative health programs. And through a meticulous screening process conducted by the PIDS and several esteemed health experts, ten (10) of these programs were shortlisted for the award. Of these programs, three (3) emerged truly outstanding in concept, implementation, and impact and were honored and recognized as the top recipients of the first Galing Likha-Kalusugan Awards.
SPEED is an early warning disease surveillance system for post-disaster situation launched by Department of Health and World Health Organization in 2010. The aim of the system is to determine early and potential disease outbreaks and monitor disease trends. It contributes immensely in reducing preventable deaths and diseases by enabling timely and appropriate response by local government officials.Using web-based software technology which can receive data via SMS, the system enables online data validation and automatic generation of necessary reports. Thus, it makes the transmission of syndromic diseases information from barangay or evacuation centers to all levels of the health system country in a short period of time.
Mother Bles Birthing Clinics (MBBC) are networks of PhilHealth accredited birthing health facility started in Leyte Province. The program aims to provide poor pregnant women with accessible and affordable maternal and infant health care services. Ninety-five (95) percent of clients of MBBC are PhilHealth indigent members, and the remaining 5 percent are either non-PhilHealth or paying clients. The business model of Mother Bles Clinics harnesses the comparative advantages of the following sectors through private-public partnership: KaKaK Foundation Inc., private practicing midwives, municipal and provincial government.
PhilHealth LINK is a call center for PHilHealth members, a collaborative enterprise supported by provincial local government units who want to maximize reimbursement from PhilHealth so that LGU health facilities can have a steady revenue stream. This project was launched by PhilHealth Region VIII in 2010. PhilHealth LINK is particularly useful for households whose premiums are subsidized by local government units under the Sponsored Program, and who may not be fully aware of the benefits they are entitled to and how these may be availed of.
With the success of the second GLK Awards, PIDS vows to continue its search and recognition of innovative health programs in the country. In line with the global thrust for universal healthcare and the promotion and encouragement of creative and fresh approaches and solutions to the countrys healthcare problems, the PIDS and its partner, the CHMI, thereby hopes to create a healthier and better nation.
