Digitial Health Interoperability Bootcamp Manila 2025
From February 4–6, 2025, over 100 participants from across the Asia-Pacific gathered in Manila for the Digital Health Interoperability Bootcamp, a hands-on, multi-country learning experience focused on strengthening digital health capacity and advancing interoperability using global standards.
The bootcamp was organized under the Strengthening Standards Capability Project (SSCP) by CSIRO in collaboration with UP Manila SILab, Google Open Health Stack, Smile Digital Health, Telstra Health, Aidbox, and Beda EMR.
Use Case–Driven Learning: From Immunisation to NCDs
Participants engaged with real-world public health scenarios including Immunisation, Maternal Health, Nutrition, and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). These use cases grounded the technical sessions in context, allowing teams to design and build FHIR-based digital health workflows that respond directly to country priorities.
Building Capacity Through Technology
The bootcamp moved beyond theory, offering hands-on training in tools and frameworks such as:
- Google Open Health Stack (OHS) and Android FHIR SDK
- Structured Data Capture (SDC) Library
- HAPI FHIR Server setup and deployment
- FHIR Questionnaire development using Aidbox
- FHIR Data Analytics using SQLonFHIR and Google FHIR Data Pipes
These sessions enabled participants to design, test, and showcase working applications for capturing standardized health data and powering decision-making across the health system.
Technology & Community Driving Interoperability
The success of the bootcamp was anchored in strong collaboration across sectors and countries. Participants shared challenges and strategies from their national digital health journeys, while technology partners provided expert guidance to help turn ideas into working prototypes.
The event also strengthened a growing Community of Practice, which continues to connect participants across the region for ongoing collaboration and shared learning.
🌏 Toward a Scalable, Regional Approach
By combining capacity building, standards adoption, and technology enablement, the bootcamp demonstrated how a “Community-first, regionally scalable” approach can serve as a reference model for digital health transformation in low-resource settings.
The bootcamp was more than an event—it was a proof of concept for how we can work together to build sustainable, standards-based health systems across the region.