About
Work
Michael Hussin B. Muin, MD is a Medical Doctor and a Healthcare IT Professional in the Philippines. He is currently the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of The Medical City group of hospitals and clinics.
He received his medical degree from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. After 3 years of general practice, he took on the job of Project Manager and Medical Director for Asia-Pacific Operations for Sacramento-based Ehealthline, Inc., where he handled healthcare information system implementations in the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia. He later taught Clinical Anatomy and Medical Informatics at College of Medicine of the Lyceum-Northwestern University. He also worked as the technology consultant of a healthcare non-governmental organization that implemented web-based medical applications for e-learning and health research.
In 2004 to 2006, he completed his 2-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Medical Informatics at the US National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. His researches included information retrieval systems, human-computer interaction, interactive web-based medical applications, handheld computers and mobile phone technologies including SMS and MMS.
In 2007 to early 2010, he served as Medical Informatics Consultant for the Information Management Department (IMD) of St. Luke’s Medical Center. His work involved long-term strategic planning for 2 major hospitals and project management of different clinical applications including the direction, design and development of the new integrated hospital information system, the implementation and development of ancillary systems, and the integration of clinical applications using HL7 and open source technologies.
As the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of The Medical City, he leads and directs development of administrative and clinical applications including clinical system integrations, improved collaborative systems, clinical data repositories, patient registries and the hospital electronic medical record (EMR).
He spends his free working time on improving his site, Pinoy.MD, which is a website for Filipino doctors, and on planning and creating another health-related site.
Here’s a list of Healthcare IT projects he’s worked on in the past years.
Blog
This blog explores the Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) profession in the Philippines and details the experiences, complexities and challenges of practicing Medical Informatics in a developing country. Topics will include Hospital Information Systems, Electronic Medical Records, Clinical Application Development and Implementation, Project Management, Leadership and all other materials.
Contact Details
- Email: mikemuin @ gmail . com
Disclaimer
This is a personal blog. The views expressed on this blog are the personal opinions and thoughts of Dr. Mike Muin. They do not represent the views of any of his employers, clients or organizations, whether from the past, present or future.
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Last updated: March 3, 2011
