University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center

21/11/2025

TAMANG IMPORMASYON = TAMANG DESISYON 💯✅

Ayon kay National Institutes of Health - National Telehealth Center Director Art Ongkeko, layunin ng Road Safety Connectathon na magkaroon ng isang sistema na ang bawat health worker, sa kanayunan man o sa lungsod, ay maka-access ng tamang impormasyon upang makagawa ng tamang desisyon para sa bawat Pilipino.

📷 Ehcel Hurna

19/11/2025

IN PHOTOS: Road safety is a shared responsibility between the government and the private sector. This was echoed by guest speakers on the third day of the Road Safety Connectathon, held on November 19, 2025, at the Sotogrande Hotel in Katipunan Avenue. UP Manila Chancellor Michael Tee, Department of Health (DOH) Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo, DOH Director of Knowledge Management Information Technology Service Bentley Roxas, and NIH Deputy Director for Strategic Initiatives and Emerging Programs, Dr. John Mark Velasco emphasized that through interoperability and HL7 FHIR, data translates into smart policies, paving the way to safer roads and enabling faster responses to road traffic incidents.

“The use of HL7 FHIR is a game changer as we are investing in a buildable asset that can be reused for public health intervention. Imagine, we do not need to change data for different formats that will later on be reused in treating tuberculosis, HIV, and even tracking the defaulters of immunization, among others," DOH Asst. Secretary Domingo said. "Policies are only as good when stakeholders like you make use of what the policies are offering. The government has recommended the use of HL7 FHIR since 2014. It is only today that we are seeking an uptake, primarily because you take time together to agree and recommend how your systems can best adapt to it."

📷 Ehcel Hurna

18/11/2025

IN PHOTOS: The second day of the Road Safety Connectathon focused on data verification for clinical workflows, emphasizing the validation of critical data elements and ensuring data completeness in creating a standardized patient record. The preliminaries and recap were delivered by Roy Dahildahil of UP Manila’s Medical Informatics Unit, while the sessions on Monitoring, Verification, and Evaluation of Data Exchange were led by Dr. Cristal Ann Laquindanum-Tan, also from the Medical Informatics Unit. A segment on Benefits, strategy, and governance for digital health standards adoption was led by Dr. Michael Fong, followed by a joint planning session.

Organized by the National Telehealth Center of the National Institutes of Health, the five-day workshop on November 17-21, 2025 at the Sotogrande Hotel in Katipunan Avenue, Quezon City, brought together emergency medical specialists, policymakers, academic experts, and representatives from key government agencies to develop standardized data elements, interoperability guidelines, and cloud-based exchange systems anchored on Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources. The workshop’s overarching goal is to establish standardized patient data that can be seamlessly accessed across emergency medical services, hospitals, and national government records. A notable illustration of this vision is enabling a medical record created in Manila to be readily accessible to a healthcare facility in Aparri, Cagayan.

📷 Ehcel Hurna

17/11/2025

IN PHOTOS: The Road Safety Connectathon kicked off today with Day 1 training on the Foundations of Healthcare Interoperability, attended by representatives from various sectors involved in emergency response, healthcare, transport, and public health. Participants were introduced to the SIL-PH Project by NTHC Director Art Ongkeko and learned key interoperability concepts, standards, and FHIR fundamentals from Dr. Iris Thiele Isip-Tan of the UP Manila College of Medicine, Medical Informatics Unit. In the afternoon, sector-focused workshops for decision-makers, healthcare teams, and IT professionals tackled program management, semantic mapping, and data integration points. This training lays the groundwork for the Connectathon later this week, where participants will test and align road safety data workflows to help move toward a more harmonized and interoperable national road safety data ecosystem.

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17/11/2025

IN PHOTOS: Representatives from concerned sectors participated in the Road Safety Connectathon, organized by the National Telehealth Center - National Institutes of Health (NTHC-NIH), on November 17, 2021, at the Sotogrande Hotel, Katipunan Avenue, QC. Research Assistant Professor Arturo Ongkeko, Director of NTHC-NIH, discussed the persistent challenges in the Philippine road safety data system - fragmented reporting across emergency medical services, hospitals, and public health surveillance systems that still largely operate in silos. The connectathon served as a test use case that harmonized over 200 data elements and enabled the development of standardized minimum data sets and interoperability guidelines grounded in a global messaging standard, Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR), working toward seamless data flow between emergency management systems, hospitals, and national surveillance records.

On the same day, Dr. Iris Thiele Isip-Tan, Chief of the Medical Informatics Unit of UP Manila College of Medicine, discussed the importance of understanding the fundamentals of FHIR, core terminology, standards-lifecycle and levels interoperability, and the FHIR Implementation Guides. Parallel workshops were also held on the topics: Program Management for Interoperability, Semantic Mapping for Subject Matter Experts, and Understanding Data Integration Points.

📷 Ehcel Hurna

27/10/2025

𝗙𝗛𝗜𝗥 𝗜𝗚 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗖’𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀

October 14, 2025 – The FHIR IG Colloquium hosted by the Standards and Interoperability Lab (SILab) of the National Telehealth Center (NTHC), through the Strengthening Standards Capability Project (SSCP), marked a significant step in advancing the Philippines' national digital health agenda. The event served as a strategic dialogue between NTHC and CSIRO Sparked (Australia’s first FHIR Accelerator), focusing on the development and implementation of FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) Implementation Guides (IGs).

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10/10/2025

𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚!

[Repost] NEW DEADLINE OF APPLICATION: OCTOBER 17, 2025

The 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮 – 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗖) is inviting applications for project-based positions under the Precision Diet Control AI Model Designed for Chronic Disease Patients – Based on Personal Health Record and International Data Exchange (MECO-TECO Year 2) Project.

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:
🔹 One (1) Software Developer – Project Administrative Assistant V
🔹 One (1) Software Developer – Project Administrative Assistant IV

Interested and qualified applicants may refer to the complete details, qualifications, and application process here: 👉 bit.ly/MECO-TECOSept2025

10/10/2025

𝗗𝗢𝗛 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗣-𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗖 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲

The 𝗗𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 (𝗗𝗢𝗛), through its 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 (𝗞𝗠𝗜𝗧𝗦) led by 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝘅𝗮𝘀, met today, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱, with the 𝗨𝗣 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮 – 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝗨𝗣-𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗖) at the DOH Central Office in Tayuman for a preliminary discussion to jumpstart the establishment of the country’s 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 — a key component in advancing the DOH’s ongoing efforts toward 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆.

Representing UP-NTHC were 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗠. 𝗢𝗻𝗴𝗸𝗲𝗸𝗼 𝗝𝗿., 𝗠𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗿 (Project Manager), 𝗠𝗿. 𝗝𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿 (Terminology Specialist), and 𝗠𝗿. 𝗘𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮 (Interoperability Analyst), reaffirming the Center’s support for the DOH’s initiatives to strengthen digital health systems and enable seamless data exchange across healthcare institutions nationwide.

📸 From left: Errol Buenaventura, Jan Michael Herber, DOH KMITS Director Bently D. Roxas, NTHC Director Arturo M. Ongkeko Jr., and Manu Gaspar.

09/10/2025

𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚!

NEW DEADLINE OF APPLICATION: OCTOBER 17, 2025

The 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮 – 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗖) is inviting applications for project-based positions under the Precision Diet Control AI Model Designed for Chronic Disease Patients – Based on Personal Health Record and International Data Exchange (MECO-TECO Year 2) Project.
𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:
🔹 One (1) Software Developer – Project Administrative Assistant V
🔹 One (1) Software Developer – Project Administrative Assistant IV
Interested and qualified applicants may refer to the complete details, qualifications, and application process here: 👉 bit.ly/MECO-TECOSept2025

𝗨𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚!

The 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗹𝗮 – 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 (𝗡𝗧𝗛𝗖) is inviting applications for project-based positions under the Precision Diet Control AI Model Designed for Chronic Disease Patients – Based on Personal Health Record and International Data Exchange (MECO-TECO Year 2) Project.

𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:
🔹 One (1) Research Associate – Project Administrative Assistant IV
🔹 One (1) Software Developer – Project Administrative Assistant V
🔹 One (1) Software Developer – Project Administrative Assistant IV

Interested and qualified applicants may refer to the complete details, qualifications, and application process here: 👉 bit.ly/MECO-TECOSept2025