Dear Erwin and Eugene, Few things I think important to clarify here as I am at the origin of the request to add the DOH code into OSM and also directly working on the National Health Facility Registry (NHFR) with the DOH.
The reason for the initial request is two folds: 1. Improve the value of OSM dataset when it comes to health facilities as, for the moment, it is very difficult to link the OSM data to any other health facility level related data either because the name of the facility is not reported or the spelling is different from the official one; 2. Demonstrate the added value for the DOH to start working with OSM to complete their current gap in terms of health facility location. Starting with the second point, by not involving the DOH in the project NOAH is unfortunately generating some duplication of efforts as you might be locating again health facilities for which the DOH already have a precise location, through the hospital licensing process for example, instead of concentrating efforts your efforts on the remaining gaps. When it comes to the first point, it is important to know that the NHFR is the standard, or list of references, when it comes to health facilities in the country. This is for example why it is being used for the joint DOST-DOH eHealth program. In addition to that: - the NHFR is more comprehensive than PhilHealth dataset because it also covers Barangay Health Stations; - Not only PhilHealth accreditation number but also DOH SPEED codes and licensing numbers are in the process of being included into the NHFR. By using the DOH code you are directly having access to the other ones. I hope the above will encourage the OSM community to include the DOH code in its database as data is being collected. Actually, and if possible, I would encourage you to also follow the spelling reported in the NHFR when it comes to the health facility name as this is the official one. Best regards, Steeve Steeve Ebener, Ph.D. CEO Gaia GeoSystems P.O. Box 795 – P.C. 114, Muscat - Oman cell: +968 952 57 526 email: [email protected] web: www.gaia-geosystems.org Twitter: @GaiaGeosystems LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steeveebener One Planet, One System Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. Thank you Message: 1 Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 10:01:55 +0800 From: Erwin Olario <[email protected]> To: Eugene Alvin Villar <[email protected]> Cc: osm-ph <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [talk-ph] Project NOAH asking everyone to map in OSM Message-ID: <CAPmGdL9JAvcbBBJGSBL12B=z8cghglzb2jqeme06-9mynux...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" *Should* is actually not a question for us to answer. If, or when, PHIC or anyone for that matter, decides they want to contribute to OSM by adding those IDs, they are well within their rights to do so. I thought the more important question is what tagging convention the community is going to put forward and/or decide to adhere to. *Erwin Olario* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ? email: erwin@ <[email protected]>*n**GNU**it**y**.**net*<http://ngnuity.net/> | [email protected] ? mobile: (PHL): +63 908 817 2013 | (USA): +1 347 746 9461 ? OpenPGP key: 3A93D56B | 5D42 7CCB 8827 9046 1ACB 0B94 63A4 81CE 3A93 D56B _______________________________________________ talk-ph mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ph
