Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) sees digital services to be a significant contributor to its healthcare business, unveiling its latest addition to its portfolio, mWell.
mWell, which allows a patient to tap into MPIC’s healthcare and hospital businesses with a touch of a finger, is the Philippines’ first fully integrated health application which brings together experts in technology, medicine, wellness, and healthcare in one sustainable living ecosystem.
Manuel Pangilinan, MPIC chairman, in a briefing over the weekend said mWell is intended to eventually be “a revenue center for Metro Pacific and to complement the health services that are delivered, traditionally, through our hospitals network.”
mWell banks on the synergies it will create with in the overlapping services of the Pangilinan group’s ventures – hospital and telecommunication.
“We are prepared to support it and to propagate its use extensively so that it is accessible to many Filipinos and, at the same time, at the same time to price the service that it is affordable including the insurance package,” Pangilinan said.
Chaye Cabal-Revilla, MPIC chief finance officer, said mWell will redefine not only telemedicine but the entire healthcare landscape, providing a “holistic approach” to telemedicine–from doctor consultation, e-pharmacy, emergency services and home care–to fitness and nutrition programs.
Pangilinan said mWell is the first health app available globally to migrant workers. It is also the first to offer the most affordable telemedicine with free accident insurance package via its Healthsavers Plan.
mWell is also the first to offer a wellness score developed by data scientists–the mWellness Score which measures physical activity, steps, and sleep as well as the first to provide full suite clinic management system designed for doctors–mWellMD.
It is also the first to provide a portable mobile digital clinic to remote communities in the country–mWell OnTheGo, Revilla said. – Ruelle Castro
