Digital Health Interoperability Bootcamp Manila 2025

Learn to build FHIR-native solutions and mobile applications with guidance from the industry's top leaders

Learning Objectives

You will learn:

  • Fasics of FHIR as a data model for public health use cases and digital health solutions
  • How to develop a FHIR questinnnaire from existing paper form and use clinical terminology
  • How to integrate Structure Data Capture into your applications
  • How to display a Questionnaire
  • How to get answers as a QuestionnaireResponse
  • How to extract FHIR resrouces from a QuestionnaireResponse
  • How to Setup HAPI FHIR Server
  • How to sync a mobile app with a FHIR Server
  • How to set-up and configure analytics pipeline and a basic dashboard

Public Health Use Cases

We have prioritized the following public health use cases for the bootcamp activities. Please select one of these to develop FHIR questionnaires from existing paper forms, or feel free to use an existing use case of your own for the learning journey.

Immunization

The Immunization Program in the Philippines faces significant challenges and risks that hinder its effectiveness. Fragmented systems and inadequate infrastructure create inefficiencies, while human resource shortages and skills gaps exacerbate operational issues. Political will and funding shortages undermine
sustainability and planning efforts. Digital tools, such as eLMIS, remain underutilized due to low awareness, advocacy, and acceptance, compounded by misinformation and lack of education. Geographically isolated areas face additional barriers, and a lack of ICT equipment, digital health strategies, and regulatory frameworks further impede progress. Risks include data security threats, natural disasters, armed conflict, leadership changes, economic instability, and sudden outbreaks, which strain resources and disrupt program continuity.

Download the existing form below and follow the instructions from facilitators to develop a simple Immunisation Application along with peers and mentors.

Maternal Health

The Maternal Health Program in the Philippines faces significant challenges in implementing digital solutions. Fragmented information systems, limited capacity for system enhancements, and difficulties in collecting accurate maternal and child health data hinder progress. Cultural resistance among users and employees and policy gaps in health digitalization slow the transition to digital systems. Harmonizing varying levels of digitalization across agencies and addressing weak data collection capacity require substantial human, financial, and infrastructural resources. Risks include data-sharing refusals due to security, privacy, ethical, and legal concerns, alongside susceptibility to data breaches, threatening collaboration and the effective use of digital health solutions.

Download the existing form below and follow the instructions from facilitators to develop a simple Maternal Health Check application along with peers and mentors.

Nutrition

The Nutrition Program in the Philippines encounters numerous challenges and risks in leveraging digital health solutions. Issues with data aggregation, quality, and interoperability hinder effective analysis and decision-making. Fragmented systems, varying definitions, and inconsistent compliance across agencies and local governments complicate efforts. Human resource mobilization, capacity building, and stakeholder buy-in remain critical gaps. Limited funding for ICT tools and infrastructure, alongside rapid turnover in inter-agency committees, further impede progress. Risks include cybersecurity and data privacy concerns, reluctance of stakeholders to interoperate, and the absence of clear governance or leadership at the national level, jeopardizing coordination and program sustainability.

Download the existing form below and follow the instructions from facilitators to develop a simple Nutrition Data Capture application along with peers and mentors.

Bootcamp Technology Stack

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Google Open Health Stack

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HealthSamurai Aidbox

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HAPI FHIR Server

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CSIRO Ontoserver

Partner Organisations

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Watch this space as we include more tools for FHIR Lab

CSIRO SSCP and UPM SILab are collaborating with digital health stakeholders and technology partners to grow FHIR Lab use cases including but not limited to the implementation of simulated point-of-care systems and shared health data repositories for advocacy, learning and testing of digital health solutions

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