University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center

📢 𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐎𝐃𝐄𝐑 📢

The University of the Philippines Manila - National Telehealth Center (NTHC) is looking for a dedicated Encoder to join the Precision Diet Control AI Model Designed for Chronic Disease Patient – Based on Personal Health Record and International Data Exchange-Year 2 Project.

This role will support the implementation of the MECO-TECO AI-PDC Project through the accurate and timely encoding of nutrition-related patient data collected at the PGH OPD Nutrition Department to support system integration and AI model development.

💻 Preferred qualifications include experience in data encoding, healthcare documentation, or clinical data management, with familiarity in medical or nutrition-related records considered an advantage.

☑️ Full TOR and application instructions: https://bit.ly/4dH00zV
📅 Deadline: May 27, 2026 (Wednesday)
❓Questions? Email [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

📢 𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐀 𝐔𝐈/𝐔𝐗 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐋𝐘! [𝐔𝐑𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆] 📢 [𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥]

The University of the Philippines Manila - National Telehealth Center (NTHC) is looking for a skilled UI/UX Developer to join the Precision Diet Control AI Model Designed for Chronic Disease Patient – Based on Personal Health Record and International Data Exchange-Year 2 Project.

This role will focus on designing and developing responsive, accessible, and user-friendly interfaces for Personal Health Record (PHR) and SMART on FHIR applications to support better clinician and patient workflows.

💻 Preferred skills include Svelte/SvelteKit, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, UI/UX design, and responsive front-end development.

☑️ Full TOR and application instructions: bit.ly/4tvnOg8
📅 Deadline: May 21, 2026 (Wednesday)
❓Questions? Email [[email protected]]

𝐅𝐇𝐈𝐑® 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 (𝙎𝘿𝘾) 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞-𝐃𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩

May 15, 2026 — A critical push to standardize and unify the country’s electronic health records concluded this week as the three-day FHIR® Structured Data Capture (SDC) Training successfully wrapped up.

From 13 to 15 May 2026, around 25 software developers, programmers, and health IT specialists across the Asia-Pacific participated in the intensive online course, organized by the University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center (NTHC), and CSIRO Australia, through the Strengthening Standards Capability Project (SSCP). The training course is a major step toward enhancing health data interoperability and supporting the development of a unified Health Information Exchange.

The three-day technical course focused on building participants’ capacity to implement FHIR-based data structures using the Structured Data Capture (SDC) standard. Sessions progressed from foundational concepts – covering FHIR® SDC, QuestionnaireResponse, and QuestionnaireResponse resources – to deeper exploration of the FHIR® SDC Implementation Guide and the SDC capabilities, and finally to real-world applications and use cases.

SDC enables digital health forms to function as “smart forms”, allowing responses to be automatically converted into structured, standards-compliant data without manual encoding. This ensures that high-quality data is captured at the point of entry and is immediately ready for integration into national health repositories and interoperable systems.

The training was led by Mr. Ilya Beda, HL7 FHIR® Architect and co-founder of Beda Software, who guided participants through hands-on codelabs using various FHIR tools and platforms to design, implement, and test structured data capture workflows.
By the end of the course, participants gained practical experience in building “SMART” forms with SDC capabilities that can pre-populate as well as validate to improve data quality, reduce redundancy, and support more efficient and interoperable digital health systems across healthcare settings. The training reinforces the country’s push toward standards-based digital health transformation and the broader adoption of FHIR in national health information systems.

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Stay tuned for more news and updates from the UP NTHC!

𝐅𝐇𝐈𝐑® 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

May 7, 2026 — The 2026 Philippines FHIR Fundamentals Training officially concluded at the Belmont Hotel Boracay after two days of lectures, workshops, and hands-on interoperability exercises aimed at strengthening digital health implementation capacity among healthcare and health information technology stakeholders in Aklan.

Day 2 focused on advanced interoperability concepts, including FHIR Profiling, Implementation Guides, and the role of FHIR in information exchange. Sessions and hands-on activities were facilitated by Interoperability experts Gerard Paolo Villanueva, Dr. Thomas Niccolo Reyes, Errol Buenaventura, and Lawrence Macalalad. Participants worked on profiling constraints, creating ServiceRequest and Task resources, and performing end-to-end interoperability workflow simulations using a mock electronic health record system.

A key highlight of the workshop was the improvement in participants’ overall confidence in understanding and applying FHIR concepts after the two-day training. Evaluation activities reflected increased familiarity with interoperability workflows, resource structures, validation tools, and profiling concepts among participants from government agencies, healthcare institutions, and health information system providers.

The program concluded with synthesis sessions, evaluations, and closing activities led by the organizing team, followed by closing remarks from Mr. Daystar Sedillo, Medical Officer of Aklan PHO, and Justin William Duran, Executive Assistant of the Department of Health - Office of the Chief Information Officer (DOH-OCIO), formally closing the two-day interoperability workshop in Boracay.
The training served as part of the preparations for the June 2026 FHIR Connectathon and ongoing Local Health Information Exchange (LHIE) initiatives in Aklan.
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The 2026 Philippines FHIR Fundamentals Training is organized by the University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center (NTHC) in collaboration with the Provincial Health Office - Aklan and the Department of Health (Philippines) – Office of the Chief Information Officer (DOH-OCIO), through the Knowledge Management and Information Technology Service (KMITS). This event is supported by CSIRO Australia through the Strengthening Standards Capability Project (SSCP), funded by the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Stay tuned for more updates and events from the UP NTHC!

📢 𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐔𝐈/𝐔𝐗 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑 📢

The University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center (NTHC) is looking for a skilled UI/UX Developer to join the Precision Diet Control AI Model Designed for Chronic Disease Patient – Based on Personal Health Record and International Data Exchange-Year 2 Project.

This role will focus on designing and developing responsive, accessible, and user-friendly interfaces for Personal Health Record (PHR) and SMART on FHIR applications to support better clinician and patient workflows.

💻 Preferred skills include Svelte/SvelteKit, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, UI/UX design, and responsive front-end development.

☑️ Full TOR and application instructions: bit.ly/4tvnOg8
📅 Deadline: May 13, 2026 (Wednesday)
❓Questions? Email [[email protected]]

𝐅𝐇𝐈𝐑® 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐊𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐤𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲

May 6, 2026 — The 2026 Philippines FHIR® Fundamentals Training officially commenced at the Belmont Hotel Boracay, bringing together over 55 participants from the public and private health and health information technology sectors for a two-day workshop focused on strengthening digital health interoperability in the province of Aklan.

The training is organized by the University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center (NTHC) in collaboration with the Provincial Health Office - Aklan and the Department of Health (Philippines) – Office of the Chief Information Officer (DOH-OCIO), through the Knowledge Management and Information Technology Service (KMITS), with support from CSIRO Australia through the Strengthening Standards Capability Project (SSCP), funded by the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Built around the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) standard, the workshop aims to develop foundational competencies among developers, analysts, public health professionals, and health information system stakeholders. Participants are expected to gain working familiarity with FHIR resource modeling, RESTful API interactions, and validation workflows — capabilities that directly feed into Aklan's ongoing effort to operationalize a Local Health Information Exchange (LHIE) at the LGU level. The training also serves as a preparatory step for the June 2026 FHIR Connectathon.

The opening program featured welcome and support messages from participating institutions. Provincial Health Officer Dr. Leslie Ann Sedillo welcomed the participants, followed by opening remarks from UP NTHC Director Arturo Ongkeko Jr. A message of support from the Department of Health was delivered by OIC-Director IV Cherrie Esteban of DOH-KMITS, on behalf of DOH Undersecretary and Chief Information Officer Albert Domingo, underscoring the Department's commitment to advancing health data interoperability nationwide. Jonathan Rey Cabrera of DOH-KMITS provided a context-setting session on national digital health strategies.

The two-day curriculum is anchored on current global interoperability practice. Terminology and interoperability experts from UP NTHC delivered the first three modules: Introduction to FHIR®, RESTful FHIR, and FHIR Validation. The hands-on and interactive activities were co-designed with CSIRO Australia, drawing on its experience leading Sparked, Australia's national FHIR accelerator.

Many participants completed pre-training modules through the Learning Management System (LMS) ahead of the workshop, reflecting strong engagement from the local cohort.

Stay tuned for more updates on UP NTHC's upcoming events and activities.

𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑

Our March 2026 Newsletter is live! FHIR SDC training, eClaims 3.0 updates, and progress in digital health interoperability – everything you need to stay in the loop.

Read the full update: tinyurl.com/5d4pzkeh 📩

You still have time ⏳ 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟮𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 (𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆)!

Join the FHIR Structured Data Capture (SDC) Training happening May 13-15 (full-day, online via Zoom), led by the National Telehealth Center in partnership with the Department of Health and CSIRO under the Strengthening Standards Capability Project.

Open to software developers, programmers, and Health IT specialists with background in FHIR, JSON, REST APIs, and FHIRPath.

Be part of building better, more connected health data systems—register now: https://bit.ly/EOIsscpFHIRSDC

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧" 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 🧠🏥🗃️

What if health forms could think, adapt, and do the work 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 you?

Applications are now open for the FHIR Structured Data Capture (SDC) Training under the Strengthening Standards Capability Project, led by the National Telehealth Center in partnership with the Department of Health (Philippines) and the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)!

🔩 𝗙𝗛𝗜𝗥 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (𝗦𝗗𝗖) 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

📅 May 13-15, 2026 (full-day)
💻 Online via Zoom (with LMS support)

As the Philippines moves toward a unified Health Information Exchange, we’re moving past basic digital forms. SDC brings in “smart forms” – transforming static questionnaires into interactive tools that guide inputs, apply logic, and make data more usable in real time.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐃𝐂?

✅ Standardized Data - one shared set of definitions across all health facilities

✅ Built-in Logic - forms can calculate risk scores (e.g., BMI, dosage) and adjust questions in real time

✅ Auto-Population - pulls existing patient data so you don’t have to encode it twice

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲?

💻 This is an advanced technical course intended for Software Developers, Programmers, and Health IT Specialists.

⚠️ Prerequisite

✅ Prior familiarity with FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), JSON, and REST APIs.

✅ Able to compose FHIRPath expressions to implement Boolean logic and calculations.

Help us build a more interoperable future for Philippine healthcare!

🔗 Register your interest here: https://bit.ly/EOIsscpFHIRSDC

DEADLINE OF APPLICATION: April 24, 2026

𝐁𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 "𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧" 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 🧠🏥🗃️

What if health forms could think, adapt, and do the work 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 you?

Applications are now open for the FHIR Structured Data Capture (SDC) Training under the Strengthening Standards Capability Project, led by the National Telehealth Center in partnership with the Department of Health (Philippines) and the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)!

🔩 𝗙𝗛𝗜𝗥 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (𝗦𝗗𝗖) 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴

📅 May 13-15, 2026 (full-day)
💻 Online via Zoom (with LMS support)

As the Philippines moves toward a unified Health Information Exchange, we’re moving past basic digital forms. SDC brings in “smart forms” – transforming static questionnaires into interactive tools that guide inputs, apply logic, and make data more usable in real time.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐃𝐂?

✅ Standardized Data - one shared set of definitions across all health facilities

✅ Built-in Logic - forms can calculate risk scores (e.g., BMI, dosage) and adjust questions in real time

✅ Auto-Population - pulls existing patient data so you don’t have to encode it twice

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐲?

💻 This is an advanced technical course intended for Software Developers, Programmers, and Health IT Specialists.

⚠️ Prerequisite

✅ Prior familiarity with FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), JSON, and REST APIs.

✅ Able to compose FHIRPath expressions to implement Boolean logic and calculations.

Help us build a more interoperable future for Philippine healthcare!

🔗 Register your interest here: https://bit.ly/EOIsscpFHIRSDC

DEADLINE OF APPLICATION: April 24, 2026

📣 WE’RE HIRING!

The University of the Philippines Manila National Telehealth Center is looking for motivated individuals to join our team and support national efforts in digital health and health data standards:

- Training Officer
- Training Assistant
- Communications Assistant

Full ToR and application instructions: bit.ly/nrc2026

Deadline: 28 February 2026 (reviewed on a rolling basis)

Questions? Send them to: [email protected]