Text by: Jennifer Manongdo
Photo by: Lito Tetangco (NIH)

The National Telehealth Center (NTHC) conducted a feedback workshop on road safety, following its June co-design session, to further harmonize and finalize data elements for road crash reporting systems. The activity focused on refining a standardized set of data to support consistent, interoperable reporting and exchange.

Held on Aug. 6, 2025, at the College of Dentistry auditorium, the session brought together health, transport, and policy experts to classify which data fields should be mandatory in a road safety report. Data elements reviewed included patient information, scene details, transport data, facility information, physical examinations, and post-crash details. Experts stressed that reporting requirements must strike a balance: too many mandatory fields could discourage data entry and slow system performance, while too few could lead to incomplete records and hinder interoperability.

This effort builds on the June 2025 workshop where NTHC and stakeholders mapped workflows of emergency teams, relevant government agencies, and nongovernment organizations involved in responding to road incidents. That earlier session identified key data elements to form a minimum data set, which will be linked to HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR)—an international standard enabling the secure, seamless exchange of clinical and administrative health data. Once harmonized, these elements will serve as the basis for future testing to ensure they can be effectively implemented.

The harmonization work supports the Philippine Road Safety Action Plan, which aims to reduce road crash fatalities by 35% and cut road deaths by half nationwide by 2030.

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