A FHIR Implementation Guide for Road Safety and Health Information in the Philippines
Project Status: In Development
This repository is under active development and is not yet available for public or production use. Documentation, data models, and implementation details are subject to change.
Road-traffic injuries are among the most preventable yet under-reported public health threats in the country. Data is fragmented across paper forms, stand-alone apps, and ad-hoc spreadsheets, creating critical blind spots for policymakers, emergency responders, and families. The Draft PH Road Safety Implementation Guide aims to close these gaps by defining a consensus-driven MDS and mapping it to HL7 FHIR R4 resources, enabling interoperable, machine-readable data exchange nationwide.
The Draft PH Road Safety Implementation Guide is a collaborative, evidence-based initiative to standardize and digitize road safety and injury data across the Philippines. This project is being developed by the National Telehealth Center - National Institutes of Health, UP Manila - Standards and Interoperability Lab Philippines (SIL-PH), in partnership with the Department of Health and a broad coalition of government, academic, health, and technology stakeholders.
This project follows the WHO SMART Guidelines framework for digital health standards. The Draft PH Road Safety Implementation Guide (IG) represents the Level 3 (L3) "Machine Readable" artifact in the SMART Guidelines process, translating validated workflows and a Minimum Data Set (MDS) into interoperable HL7 FHIR R4 specifications.
The Draft PH Road Safety IG is grounded in a series of project-led co-design workshops and feedback sessions (2025), which brought together over 30 stakeholders from emergency medical services, traffic management, hospitals, local government units, and relevant agencies. Using a human-centered design approach, participants:
- Mapped real-world workflows and data handoffs from crash scene to post-crash response.
- Identified and prioritized critical data elements for reporting and surveillance.
- Validated and harmonized the MDS with key systems (e.g., DOH ONEISS, MMDA Run Report).
- Aligned indicators and requirements with the Philippine Road Safety Action Plan (PRSAP) 2023–2028 and WHO SMART Guidelines.
The resulting Implementation Guide is consensus-driven, operationally validated, and designed to support both national reporting and local clinical needs.
- L2 Minimum Data Set (MDS): 223 data elements, classified as Mandatory, Must Support, or Optional, covering Scene, Transport, Facility, and Post-Crash Investigation.
- FHIR R4 Mapping: All data elements are mapped to HL7 FHIR R4 resources for semantic and syntactic interoperability, in line with the WHO SMART Guidelines L3 (Machine Readable) standard.
- Stakeholder-Driven: Developed through workshops and feedback with EMS, hospitals, government, NGOs, and technology partners.
- Supports Policy and Interoperability: Aligned with DOH’s 8-Point Action Agenda, Universal Health Care Act, and PRSAP 2023–2028.
- Open, Extensible, and Reproducible: Built using open standards and tools (SUSHI, FHIR IG Publisher), with clear documentation for contributors.
- Implementing Agency: National Telehealth Center, National Institutes of Health, University of the Philippines Manila
- Funding Agency: Department of Health
See the Wiki for technical documentation, installation, build instructions, and modeling standards.(ongoing re-development)- This Implementation Guide and its Minimum Data Set are still being finalized and validated. For questions, refer to the
wiki.
Upon finalization of the official Road Safety FHIR Implementation Guide, the content of this repository will be transitioned to a more appropriate and permanent location.