About PCN-TIS

The Poison Control Network (PCN) is developing an information system, Toxicology Information System (TIS), which aims to interoperate the operations of thirteen (13) poison control centers in the Philippines in order to improve the quality, monitoring, outcome, safety, and/or effectiveness of poison control and treatment of poisoning cases. The system is accessible to authorized persons 24/7 with appropriate data sharing functionalities (care team, public dashboard, and research portal) while maintaining patient data privacy and security. ​​
The PCN is a consortium of the 13 government poison control centers of the Philippines:
  • Baguio General Hospital and Medical Center Poison Control Unit
  • Jose B. Lingad Memorial Regional Hospital Poison Control Unit
  • Eastern Avenue Medical Center Toxicology Referral and Training Center
  • Rizal Medical Center Poison Control Unit
  • Batangas Medical Center Poison Control Center
  • Bicol Medical Center Poison Control Unit
  • Western Visayas Sanitarium Poison Control Unit
  • Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital Biomarine and Toxicology Unit
  • Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center Poison Control Center
  • Eastern Visayas Regional Medical Center Poison Control Center
  • Zamboanga City Medical Center Poison Control Center
  • Northern Mindanao Medical Center Poison Control Center
  • Southern Philippines Medical Center Poison Control and Treatment Institute
The system will also serve as the centralized source of toxicology patient data of the 13 poison control centers for research purposes and a pesticide surveillance system so that the health (in terms of pesticide/chemical poisoning) of farmers and factory workers are monitored.

The principal investigators are  Dr. Cherie Grace Quingking, a toxicologist, public health researcher, hospital manager and clinical epidemiologist at Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH), Dr. Romulo de Castro, PCHRD Balik-scientist and director of University of San Agustin Center for Informatics, and Dr. Armie Gutierrez, a practicing clinical toxicologist and faculty of pharmacology in University of San Agustin.

PCN-TIS Data Governance

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