Winston Damarillo, Founder of DevCon and a highly successful technopreneur
having founded software companies Morphlabs and Exist Global said that "it is
important to provide a pathway for Filipino technologists and engineers to
become entrepreneurs. Our talent pool is scarce and fleeting -- it is
important to maximize our potential through entrepreneurship."
As such, the set Entrepreneurship Camp aims to provide Cebu startups and
technology entrepreneurs a platform to discuss ideas and best practices and
access to a world-class connected incubation environment to help them
understand real-world strategies implemented by their start-up counterparts.
Joining Damarillo in this camp are trailblazing technology executives Dado
Banatao, Chair of PhilDev; Eric Manlunas, Founder and Managing Director of
Frontera Group, an investment firm; and Alvin Gendrano, Director of
Mic... (more)
In the hopes of making headway in the use of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) in the Philippine healthcare market, the Philippine
Healthcare Insurance Corporation or PhilHealth launched October last year the
first phase of its e-claims project dubbed the "Claims Eligibility Web
Service" or CEWS. According to PhilHealth, the CEWS will allow a hospital (or
any accredited healthcare provider) to validate a patient's member
registration and contributions with PhilHealth immediately, thereby "reducing
turnaround time in eligibility verification as well as reducing the nu... (more)
Healthcare IT Will Flourish
"The IT development potential in healthcare is huge," said Jerry, Exist CEO.
Much of this can be attributed to increasing demands to provide better
quality of care, streamline operations, gain more administrative visibility
and clinical insight, and improve access to healthcare.
In the Philippines itself, a couple of healthcare IT developments, such as
PhilHealth's eClaims project, are already underway. And that's just the tip
of the iceberg. "Exist will be very active with Philippine healthcare
stakeholders as an authority in technology."
“Our problem... (more)
E-health initiatives are now found in 68% of the ICST policies in the Asia
and Pacific region, as stated by the United Nations Economics and Social
Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Information Communication and Space
Technology (UNESCAP-ICST).
In the Philippines, local hospitals and clinics see IT systems as both a
challenge and an opportunity. By improving the quality of healthcare and
medical information accuracy, these systems allow the country’s healthcare
providers to meet the increasing demands not only of the local market but
also the international market.
Value for IT... (more)
Open Source Today
Open source has been an agent of innovation for the past years. More than 10
years ago, standards were dictated by the bigger technology companies.
However, the past decade has reflected a transformation that distinguishes
open source as the de facto choice for majority of global organizations. Open
source today sets the trends.
Why Should I Consider It?
Open source, characterized by collaboration, communities of developers, and
access to source code in relation to software development, and the business
models built around it, continue to reshape the IT ecosystem... (more)
Macel Legaspi is a tech enthusiast, writer, and Director for Marketing at Exist -- the Philippines software powerhouse in Java and Ruby on Rails.
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