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[Alvin Marcelo <alvin.marcelo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bob,

If I were still CIO then these decisions are easier done...but alas no...

Right now it is a spreadsheet with the ministry...

I will get the URL and send it over...

alvin



Alvin B. Marcelo, MD, FPCS, CGEIT



On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Bob Jolliffe <bobjolliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Alvin
>
> I'll let someone else respond to your first question re gps, which seems
> like a good idea and also seems to be more related to functionality of
> dhis2 as a facility registry rather than as a routine reporting system,
> which I guess leads us to your second question ..
>
> If you really want to maintain your master list as a google spreadsheet
> then I am quite sure that it would be fairly trivial to have a script (or
> app?) parse that sheet periodically and perform updates to dhis2.  Does the
> sheet exist yet and can I look?  If so send me a link and I'll let you know
> what I think.  Though, given that your dhis2 is your prime repository for
> facility level data I am not sure if it is the best approach.
>
> I would rather suggest using dhis2 as your facility registry.  This is
> less complex, more robust and more likely to remain accurate and relevant
> over time.  This is the reason we have participated in the openhie facility
> registry group since its outset - to ensure that dhis2 complies with and
> contributes to any and all emerging standards for facility registry
> management (fred, csd etc).
>
> Regards
> Bob
>
> On 11 March 2014 07:43, Alvin Marcelo <alvin.marcelo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I would like to ask two questions:
>>
>> 1. if the mobile device is capable, can the DHIS2 mobile app capture gps
>> coordinates?
>>
>> 2. the Philippines has a national health facility registry already. Is it
>> possible to auto-sync the org units table of a DHIS2 implementation to this
>> NHFR? Lets presume the NHFR is a googlespreadsheet that is read-only (for
>> now)...
>>
>> The use case is for community health teams to go around the remote areas,
>> open a form, capture data and gps, and sync it against an existing org unit
>> in dhis2...
>>
>> Thanks all...
>>
>>
>> alvin
>>
>>
>>
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