Dr. Alvin Marcelo presenting the Philippines’ and AeHIN’s experiences on standards and interoperability adoption. Photo by Nowel Delis. Naji, Fiji–The Pacific Health Information Network (PHIN), the Pacific Community, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) co-organized the PHIN Meeting and Technical Workshop from March 24-28, 2025. Dr. Alvin Marcelo, Treasurer at the Asia
Dr. Alvin Marcelo of AeHIN begins his talk with the AeHIN GAPS Framework Bangkok, Thailand–The Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) participated in the PMAC 2025 plenary session “Equity and Accountability in Digital Health and Artificial Intelligence (AI): Addressing Risks, Digital Health Foundation GAPS, and Advancing Open and Local Solutions” on February 1, 2025, at World
Since 2021, the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) has been actively partnering with Transform Health in the Health Data Governance (HDG) agenda. Following the introduction of the HDG Draft Model Law on April 19, 2024, AeHIN conducted a regional consultation to obtain feedback in the Asia region. Continuing the conversations on the HDG Draft Model
The UP Manila Standards and Interoperability Lab (UPM SILab) was invited by the Ministry of Health Nepal to give a presentation on how to set up their own lab. Dr. Alvin Marcelo and Dr. Miguel Aljibe from UPM SILab shared the lab's history and tips on selecting a governing board to serve as sponsors. The
The Standards and Interoperability Lab - Thailand is an exemplar of the AeHIN Community of Interoperability Labs (COIL) and contributes to building FHIR capacity in the region through peer-to-peer learning and community-building. To promote a vision of a strengthened interoperable digital health ecosystem for better health in Asia, in particular, through health information standards
Bangkok, Thailand – Khon Kaen University, together with the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN), Mahidol University, CLINIXIR, Bangkok Bank, and Standards and Interoperability Lab - Thailand (SIL-TH), held the Thailand Health Artificial Intelligence (AI) Conference and Datathon 2023 on October 3 - 6, 2023. It was the first Datathon event in Thailand supported by
To build capacity and strengthen interoperable digital health systems in Asia, the Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) is offering a 6-hour live virtual training for HL7 FHIR R4 Proficiency Training/Exam Preparation to be conducted by the HL7 organization. The training will be conducted 2 hours each day for three consecutive days via Zoom on
Selangor, Malaysia – AeHIN facilitated a digital health GAPS (Governance, Architecture, People and program management, and Standards and interoperability) Writeshop on 14-15 May 2023 at the National Institutes of Health, Selangor, Malaysia. Thirty-three attendees from Bhutan, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Viet Nam joined the
The Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) and the Ministry of Health (MOH) Indonesia, in collaboration with Gadjah Mada University's Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, co-organized the Indonesia Digital Health Mini Convergence Workshop held at Wyndham Casablanca Hotel in Jakarta, Indonesia on January 24, 2023. Representatives from the Ministry of Health Indonesia's Pusat Data
A convergence meeting is where national implementers, stakeholders, and international digital health experts can come together to share experiences, outline national digital health needs, align them with the available resources, and closely collaborate with stakeholders for resource mobilization. The process is designed to be general and universal in many respects and, therefore, flexible enough for
