Department Memorandum No. 2023-0327

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Implementing Guidelines on the Use of the Health Facilities Oversight Board (HFOB) “Sumbungan Board” Website and Portal

Download the issuance: DM No. 2023-0327 dated August 22, 2023

Addressed to DOH central and regional offices, and BARMM Ministry of Health, provides for implementing guidelines on the HFOB website as a simple, effective, and secure platform for online filing of complaints, and as official channel for distributing information, announcements, and other details related to the Anti-Hospital Deposit Law. Includes non-disclosure agreement form for HFOB technical secretariat.

Address further inquiries about this issuance to the HFOB Technical Secretariat.

See also: R.A. No. 10932 and its IRR, A.O. No. 2018-0012

READ: Department Memorandum (DM) No. 2023-0150, "Guidance in the Celebration of World Patient Safety Day 2023," and DM No. 2023-0283, "Supplemental Guidance to the Celebration of World Patient Safety Day 2023"

PUBLIC ADVISORY

HFDB is different from HFSRB
For concerns related to Permit to Construct, License to Operate and Certificate of Accreditation, and for fact-finding and actions on complaints against hospitals and other health facilities, the responsible office under the Department of Health is the Health Facilities and Services Regulatory Bureau (HFSRB). Visit their official website for more information: hfsrb.doh.gov.ph