MPIC-mWell launches mWellMD, platform for doctors

MANILA -- Metro Pacific Investments Corporation’s (MPIC)-mWell, the first fully integrated health app with a telemedicine service introduces mWellMD, an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and clinic management system designed by doctors, for doctors.

mWellMD provides doctors with features and services necessary for them to manage their practice for patients online as well as those in their clinics. This includes tools for managing patient records, consults, billings, and professional fees. 

The new platform helps doctors by making their practice data and their patient data accessible anytime, anywhere. With just a click of a button, they can conveniently check their clinic schedules, review patient notes, plan for in-patient visits, and monitor their professional fees.

They can even communicate with their staff and refer patients to other doctors. They may easily access reports and analytics to get better insights into their practices even when they are mobile.

“The doctor experience is a key aspect of mWell’s operations - we make sure to listen to them and respond to their needs to deliver a seamless end-to-end journey. mWellMD empowers partner-doctors every step of the way and was built with the doctor experience in mind,” MPIC Chief Finance, Risk and Sustainability Officer Chaye Cabal-Revilla said.

To assure them of a seamless experience from the time they sign-up to consultation, doctors were engaged to test the system to make sure that the whole application is intuitive and user-friendly.

“We salute all the doctors who are part of our mission to bring healthcare closer to more Filipinos. We gladly welcome partner-doctors to our future-proof platform, mWellMD. With their support and expertise, mWell’s fully integrated digital healthcare ecosystem shall continue to provide our countrymen better access to quality healthcare,” MPIC President, Chairman and CEO, Manny Pangilinan said.

A cutting-edge platform by doctors, for doctors

mWellMD is equipped with features best suited to the fast-paced lifestyle of partner-doctors. The platform provides advanced analytics and dashboards to monitor patient medical records and history, convenient patient online consultation via the mWell app, efficient appointment booking systems for online and office clinics, customized forms and templates plus quick text documentation, and collaborations with other doctors to send and receive patient referrals.

“The best healthcare platform tries to involve not only the growing needs of doctors but also of the industry, and that’s what mWell is doing right now.   We are going beyond telemedicine – we are building solutions for doctors to make their practices and their lives better,” mWell Chief Technology Officer Dr. Mike Muin bared.

Muin added that as a medical doctor with over twenty years of healthcare IT experience, he will always look for better solutions to respond to constant challenges in healthcare.

Angel Redoble, PLDT Group and Smart Communications FVP and Group CISO said that mWellMD went through rigorous vulnerability tests and security audits. It completed and passed all requirements to bring down all cyber related risks to the lowest level.

With its holistic cybersecurity strategy and end to end cybersecurity operational framework to Predict, Prevent, Detect and Respond to all cyber threats, backed by sophisticated technologies and highly skilled cybersecurity professionals, mWellMD is following global security standards to ensure the security and protection of all Personal Information that are stored, processed, and transmitted in its system belonging to both the doctors and patients, Redoble revealed.

mWell’s innovative platform has been well-received by hundreds of doctors nationwide. Dr. Reymark Calma, General Medicine, Occupational Medicine, Primary Care Physician for 13 years said, with mWell he gets to help a lot more patients who are not able to consult personally through the clinic or hospital, including patients who are bedridden.

“The opportunity to help and reach more patients from a wider area of practice up to Visayas, Mindanao, that’s the advantage with mWellMD,” Dr. Calma added.                

Dr. Jarische Lao-Ang, Dermatologist for seven years also said, she really like the platform because it is well-structured-- from scheduling, input of data, and sending of prescription to patients. As a dermatologist, her field is visual so online consultation for people with specific skin, hair or nail concerns is really helpful.

“One thing I like about mWell is that any doctor can sign-up and be a partner doctor free of charge. mWell provides electronic documents such as laboratory requests, prescriptions, and medical certificates which patients can easily download in their mWell app,” Dr. Prescilla Aquino, Primary Care Physician for four years commented.

Dr. Rose Angela Mahipus, Primary Care Physician for five years said she is proud to be part of the mWell family. With the Consult Now feature, she’s available to her patients 24/7. “It is easy to be on boarded, you can set your own schedule and state your own professional fee and get it 100%, with no commission from mWell, and now they have an EMR which is most useful to our practice.”

 Be an mWell partner doctor

Becoming an mWell partner-doctor instantly provides free access to mWellMD’s basic features. Doctors may sign up in as fast as 30 minutes via mwell.com.ph. No joining fees. Only PRC ID is required. They may charge their own professional fee without any commission from mWell.

To ensure smooth virtual practice, mWell is also offering partner doctors with an exclusive high-speed internet plan from PLDT Home Fibr: 100mbps for only P1499.

Tech experts are always on-call to assist doctors and respond to their questions at the soonest possible time. Doctors can also depend on a reliable operations team for regular training sessions and updates to ensure that they will always have a smooth experience on the mWellMD platform.

Partner-doctors may avail of the ExpertMD subscription plan to access a wider range of features. For only P1599 a month, doctors may use customized forms and templates as well as advanced analytics and dashboards. They will also be able to perform quick text documentation, collaborate and chat with other doctors and make use of patient engagement tools. (Photos: mWell FB/Google Images)