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SIL-Asia discusses Interoperability of Health Facilities in the Philippines

VIRTUAL – Twenty-five participants attended SIL-Asia’s webinar on ‘Interoperability of Health Facilities’ last April 14, 2021 via Zoom. In this webinar, SIL-Asia Technical Director, Prof. Philip Christian Zuniga talked about requirements and models that should be adopted by health facilities in order to participate in an interoperable health ICT ecosystem.  In a nutshell, the webinar…
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SIL-Asia shares the Role of Standards and Interoperability in the Philippine COVID-19 Response

VIRTUAL – The Standards and Interoperability Lab – Asia (SIL-Asia) discussed the role that standards and interoperability have played in the overall COVID-19 response ICT ecosystem in the Philippines last December 16, 2020 via the AeHIN Hour. SIL-Asia Technical Director, Philip Christian Zuniga explained how Health Level Seven International – Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (HL7-FHIR)…
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The Role of Standards and Interoperability in the Philippine COVID-19 Response

  In this webinar, SIL-Asia will discuss how standards and interoperability have played a role in the overall COVID-19 response ICT ecosystem in the Philippines. We will present how HL7 FHIR was used as a standard in the ecosystem, and how the various components of the strategy were modeled using HL7 FHIR.

Interoperability and Universal Health Care in the Philippines

On February 20, 2019, President Rodrigo Duterte signed the passage of the Universal Health Care (UHC) Law or Republic Act No. 11223. The UHC Law aims to ensure that all Filipinos will be guaranteed quality and affordable health care while being protected from financial risks and hardships. The UHC Law mandates that every Filipino citizen…
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PH National FHIR Workshop highlights Interoperability for UHC

MANDALUYONG, Philippines – The Standards and Interoperability Lab – Asia (SIL-Asia), Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN), and Asian Development Bank (ADB), with sponsorship from the Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund, conducted a National FHIR Workshop in the Philippines with the theme, ‘FHIR-ing up Digital Health II: A Deep Dive on FHIR’ on 16…
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