eHealth

Since 2011 I’ve worked with Dr. Dennis B. Batangan, project leader and research scientist at the Institute of Philippine Culture (IPC), Ateneo de Manila University, on health information systems for local governments: electronic medical records, disease and program registries, and the reporting that connects clinics to the Department of Health and PhilHealth. These are the six projects, newest first.

1. 2025

   eMHPRe UHC

   Electronic Mental Health Program Registry for Local Government Units

   System design and documentation2025 – 2027

   A registry that lets cities and municipalities track mental health services and keep their local registries in step with the Universal Health Care National Health Data Repository (NHDR).

   I worked on the architecture for mental health data collection, referral pathways and facility intake, wrote the user guides and maintenance manuals for LGU health workers and administrators, and kept the registry compatible with existing primary care records and SMILHIS OpenHIE standards. De-identification was built in from day one.

   DOST · DOH · National Center for Mental Health · LGUs

   Registry design · OpenHIE · Privacy by design

2. 2024

   TaMaHRRiND

   Traditional Medicine Health Records and Reports in the National Government Databases

   Lead Technical DeveloperJul 2024 – Jan 2026

   A prototype electronic medical record for traditional, complementary and alternative medicine, starting with acupuncture for low back pain, to support the retrospective studies behind national clinical practice guidelines.

   I led development of the web prototype on the eHATID LGU core, took part in the joint architecture design for fitting it into SMILHIS and the NHDR, designed the mapping that extracts, de-identifies and standardises intake forms from partner clinics under the Data Privacy Act (RA 10173), and built the analytics dashboard for facility distribution, demographics, diagnoses, acupuncture points and treatment response.

   PITAHC / DOH · DOST-PCHRD · partner clinics

   Web EMR · Data pipelines · De-identification · Dashboards

3. 2023

   eTSI NOVuS

   eTriage for Social Inclusion: Navigating Out of Vulnerability Situations

   Feature engineering and analyticsFeb 2023 – Mar 2025

   An extension of MuPLoMT and eHATID that finds patients lost to follow-up and reaches vulnerable households through Listahanan 3 and 4Ps NHTS-PR data.

   I engineered the lost-to-follow-up masterlists, NHTS-PR filters, follow-up forms and reporting dashboards that Pasig Health Aides used for community outreach. After a formative evaluation across Pasig City health centers in 2024, the system was handed over to Pasig City under an MOU and a Creative Commons licence.

   UK FCDO · Pasig City Health Office

   Patient tracking · Dashboards · Social registry integration

4. 2019

   MuPLoMT

   NCD Multi-Programme Local Mapping Tool

   Platform engineering and deployment2019 – 2022

   An electronic recording and reporting tool for non-communicable disease programs, based on the WHO-PEN and PhilPEN guidelines, for mapping, tracking and managing NCD care across city and municipal health systems.

   I handled updates, database maintenance and new features, deployed and migrated servers on site and remotely for LGU partners such as Pasig City and Iloilo, and kept the live systems running. Hosting has since moved fully to the Pasig City MIS office.

   UK Better Health Programme · Pasig City Health Office · Pasig City MIS · Ateneo DISCS

   PHP · MySQL · Server deployment · LGU support

5. 2013

   eHATID

   eHealth Tablet-based Information and Decision Support System (eHATID and eHATID2)

   Lead Software Architect, with Solutions ResourceSince 2013

   A tablet and web EMR with decision support that gives local chief executives and municipal health officers real-time health data and keeps them compliant with PhilHealth and DOH reporting.

   I built and maintained the web and mobile app portals (apps.ehealth.ph) for LGU registration, app distribution, schema changes and tech transfer, and supported the integration framework linking primary care EMRs (iClinicSys, CHITS, RxBox, WAH, SHINE) with DOH, PhilHealth and local social protection registries. Its codebase became the foundation for SMILHIS, TaMaHRRiND and MuPLoMT.

   DOST-PCHRD · DOH · PhilHealth · LGUs

   PHP · MySQL · Tablet and web EMR · Interoperability

6. 2011

   eHealth.ph

   Philippine Electronic Health Information Village and Portal

   Lead Web Developer and Software Architect2011 – 2013 · relaunched Nov 2012

   The national health information portal and online community, first launched in 1998 and rebuilt with DOST-PCHRD and Ateneo IPC as a “health information village” where health workers, researchers and the public could reach health databases, research resources and forums. The relaunch also championed PCHRD’s Tuklas-Lunas drug discovery program.

   I rebuilt the platform on Joomla, NGINX, PHP and MySQL, customised the Kunena forum for restricted discussions, real-time notifications and custom submissions, and handled deployments, fixes and server tuning with DOST-PCHRD’s IT engineers. It relaunched in November 2012, was presented at the 13th DOH National Health Research Forum for Action, and became the base for later projects including eHATID.

   DOST-PCHRD · Ateneo IPC

   Joomla · Kunena · NGINX · PHP · MySQL