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of the Philippines
Republic
Department of Health
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
January 16, 2024
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DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
No. 2034 - 2023-0044-A
FOR ALL__UNDERSECRETARIES, ASSISTANT__SECRETARIES
DIRECTORS OF CENTERS FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT AND
MINISTER OF HEALTH - BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS
REGION _IN MUSLIM MINDANAO, BUREAU_ DIRECTORS,
HEADS OF ATTACHED AGENCIES AND ALL OTHER DOH
UNITS CONCERNED
SUBJECT Amendment to Department Memorandum No 2023-0044 “Guidelines
in Support of the Implementation of the Seal of Good Local
Governance _(SGLG) - Health Compliance _and_ Responsiveness
Assessment Area”
Department Memorandum (DM) No. 2023-0044 dated January 25, 2023 entitled,
“Guidelines in Support of the Implementation of
the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG)
- Health Compliance
following changes:
and Responsiveness Assessment Area” hereby amended is
reflect the to
IV. GUIDELINES
C. The DOH shall protect the integrity of the data and impose discipline in reporting to
ensure that ......
2. In case of clerical and encoding errors, the LGU shall submit an accomplished
Data Change Request (DCR) form as prescribed in Annex A of this policy. All
DCRs shall be reviewed by the assigned DOH Representative/Technical
Officer, validated by the respective CHD/MOH-BARMM LGU HSC
Coordinators, and endorsed to the CHD Regional Director/BARMM Minister
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of Health for signature. is the responsibility of the CHD to review the veracity
of the DCR based on the CHD information system or program records. Only
DCR forms bearing the signature of the concerned CHD Director/ BARMM
Minister of Health and submitted with acceptable means of
verification/supporting documents shall be processed at the National Level.
Annex B provides the process flow for the DCR request process. DCRs denied
by the CHDs shall no longer be accommodated the national level. at
D. For service coverage indicators, the officially published/approved data from the
identified data source of the LGU performance results shall be used in reporting to the
DILG-SGLG secretariat. Likewise, the data reflected in the completely signed data
capture form of the Local Government Unit Health Scorecard (LGU HSC) which will
be used as reference for the governance indicators shall be considered final and official.
In cases where discrepancy in
the published data due to clerical error is identified upon
the review of the CHD, FHSIS, LGU HSC, ITIS, NNC, PHIC or Program Coordinator,
the appeal for data change shall follow the process prescribed in Annex this policy. of
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VI. REPEALING CLAUSE
other provision stipulated the Department Memorandum No. 2023-0044 dated
Any
January 25, 2023 not affected by this amendment still stand in effect.
For strict compliance.
By
Authority of the Secretary of Health
LILIBETH C. DAVID, MD, MPH, MPM, CESO I
Undersecretary for Health
UHC Policy and Strategy Cluster (UHC-PSC)
Annex B. Flow Chart for Data Change Request Process
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Guide Questions:
Js there an error observed in the value reported for the indicator?
Is the error clerical in nature?
If YES
to both questions proceed to Step 1
Step 1 LGU
accomplishes the Data Change Request form (Annex A) and prepares attachments
~ supporting documents:
t The DOH Representative/ MOH BARMM
Step2 LGU
submits to Representative’ MOH BARMM Technical Officer (emait or hard
DOH Technical Officer retums the request the
to
copy) who validates completeness of documents submitted LGU
and provides Technical Assistance ( as
needed)
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Is the DCR completely
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accomplished with supporting
documents?
DOH Representative/ MOH BARMM Technical Officer endorses request with
supporting documents (email/bard copy) to the CHD-LGU HSC Coordinator
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CHD/MOH BARMM reviews request for recommended action and endorses the CHDIMOH BiARN inte Gun oyTheta
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Fequest signed by the CHD Regional Director/BARMM Minister of Health to the DOH [-—> oding’sbmssion will be provi ded
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SGLG TWG. The DCR and its attachments will be emailed to
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DOH SGLG TWG Secretariat coordinates with the concemed DOH offices/Attached DECRsdenied by the CHDs shall no longer be
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accommodated at the national Level
Agencies for processing of requests
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Step 5 DOH Central Office/Antached Agencies - National Program Manager reviews the
Tequest for appropriate action (approval/denial) signed by the Bureau Director/Head of
Office and submits the request to the DOH SGLG TWG Secretariat
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Step 6 DOH SGLG TWG Scerctariat to feedback status of request to
the CHD/MOH BARMM
and BLHSD-HSMED to update LGU HSC Information system as needed.
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_ The LGU local health officer accomplishes the data change request form and attaches the necessary
supporting documents (Means of
Verification) and endorses it to the DOH Representative-MOH BARMM
Technical Officer. In the case of HUCs and ICCs, data change requests shall be submitted to the City DOH
Office.
NX The DOH Representative-MOH BARMM Technical Officer ensures the data change request form is
completely accomplished with the complete supporting documents.
2.1 If incomplete: The DOH Representative/MOH BARMM Technical Officer returns the request form to
the concerned LGU local health officer and provides technical assistance, as needed.
2.2 If complete: The DOH Representative (MOH BARMM Technical Officer endorses the request and
supporting documents to the CHD-LGU HSC Coordinator.
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The CHD/ MOH BARMM reviews the
request for the recommended action and endorses the request signed
by the CHD Regional Director/ BARMM Minister of Health to the DOH SGLG TWG. The request form
bearing the signature of the CHD Director/ BARMM Minister of Health and attachments shall be emailed its
to [email protected] The CHD/MOH BARMM shall also encode the requests received in the template all
(Annex C) using the link to be provided by the DOH SGLG TWG Secretariat.
¢ DCRs denied by the CHDs shall no longer be accommodated at the national level
The DOH SGLG TWG Secretariat coordinates with the concerned DOH offices/ Attached Agencies for
processing of requests
DOH Central Office/Attached Agencies - National Program Manager reviews the request for appropriate
action (approval/denial) signed by the Bureau Director/Head of Office and submits the request to the DOH
SGLG TWG Secretariat.
The DOH SGLG TWG Secretariat shall feedback the status of request to the CHD/MOH BARMM and
BLHSD-HSMED
to
update LGU HSC Information system as needed.