Crowdsourcing for healthcare resource allocation

Abstract

Heart diseases, pneumonia, and tuberculosis remain among the leading causes of mortality in the Philippines, diseases that can be easily prevented through proper medical care [3]. However, in the Philippines, there is still inequity in the access to healthcare resources across socioeconomic groups [3], [8]. This paper discusses how crowdsourcing can be utilized in the resource allocation for healthcare support, creating a venue for potential donors to contribute. During platform design phase, certain issues are encountered during the study such as healthcare information security, patient privacy, donation management, crowd motivation, implementation of microdonation, and sustainability. In this study, we design a system, WeSave, taking into consideration each of these issues.