Microcircuits Corp. and UP Manila Partner to Expand MEDIX Hospital Information System for Public Health Sector

January 15, 2026

Text by Jennifer Manongdo
Photos by Sarah Hazel Moces S. Pulumbarit

University of the Philippines Manila and Microcircuits Corp. (MCC) officials hold a copy of the signed Memorandum of Agreement for the co-development, promotion, and management of the MEDIX HIS in November 2025. (from left): Dr. Rafael Marfori, Dr. Antonio Dans, Dir. Lourdes Marie Tejero, Dr. Emerito Jose Faraon, Chancellor Michael Tee, Rosendo Go, MCC president, and Wilson Chan, project manager of MCC.

A new collaboration between Microcircuits Corporation (MCC) and the University of the Philippines Manila aims to set a new standard in managing hospital operations digitally through hospital information systems (HIS) in support of Universal Health Care (UHC).

UP Manila will co-develop MEDIX HIS and will ensure clinical relevance, policy alignment, and integration with primary care systems, while MCC will retain full ownership of the MEDIX HIS platform and maintain operational flexibility in its deployment and management.

MEDIX Hospital Management Information System (HMIS) is a comprehensive digital system with a strong track record of uplifting public hospitals. Beyond digitizing medical records for accuracy, accessibility, and efficiency in clinical care, MEDIX HMIS streamlines key administrative functions such as patient registration, appointment scheduling, inventory management, and billing, thereby reducing administrative burden, improving resource utilization, and strengthening financial sustainability in government hospitals.

“As the national health sciences center, UP Manila will mobilize its faculty and colleagues to support the development, evaluation, and responsible use of hospital information systems. UPM will also help translate system data into analytics and policy-relevant insights, enabling data-driven guidance for both end-users and policymakers,” Chancellor Michael L. Tee said.

In 2021 and 2025, UP Manila and MCC also signed and strengthened a partnership to co-develop and commercialize the e-MED Primary Care Health Information System, a UP research product, which makes networked primary care possible in real time, across providers whether public or private, even in remote areas, through a wide range of devices including mobile phones and users from doctors to barangay health workers.

“UP Manila will now also co-develop MEDIX HIS in sync with e-MED, so that local health systems can fully support patients in need, medically and financially, from primary- to hospital level and back. That is what our Universal Health Care Act envisions,” Dr. Jose Rafael Marfori, one of the inventors of e-MED explained.

Complementing Medix HMIS system deployment is process re-engineering, which realigns workflows and, where necessary, leads to the development of new hospital policies prior to the system’s launch, ensuring both operational efficiency and measurable financial turnaround. The system is currently in use in hospitals nationwide, including Department of Health (DOH) regional hospitals and hospitals owned and operated by local government units (LGUs).