Let’s explore why this matters and how you can leverage your EMR appointment reminder system to address it effectively.

Understanding the Impact of Missed Appointments in Medical Practices

Recent data reveals that Filipino healthcare practices experience DNA (Did Not Attend) rates between 40-50%. This isn’t just a minor inconvenience; it’s a significant challenge that affects various aspects of your practice:

1. Practice Efficiency: Each no-show disrupts your carefully planned schedule, leading to idle time and reduced productivity.
2. Quality of Patient Care: Missed appointments, especially for follow-ups, can lead to gaps in treatment and potentially poorer health outcomes.
3. Staff Morale: Constantly adjusting to no-shows can be frustrating for your staff, potentially affecting their job satisfaction and performance.
4. Healthcare Revenue Loss: With potentially half of your appointments unfulfilled, the financial implications are substantial and can accumulate over time. Check out this Revenue Loss Due to No-Shows Calculator.

Beyond the Numbers: Long-term Consequences of Patient Non-Attendance

While the immediate effects of no-shows are apparent, consider the long-term implications:

• Compromised Patient Relationships: Frequent no-shows can strain the doctor-patient relationship, affecting trust and continuity of care.
• Inefficient Resource Allocation: Chronic no-shows may lead to overbooking, potentially causing longer wait times for punctual patients.
• Missed Opportunities for Early Intervention: For some conditions, a missed appointment could mean a missed chance for early detection or treatment adjustment.

Leveraging SeriousMD to Reduce Missed Appointments in Your Clinic

As a SeriousMD user, you have tools at your disposal to tackle this challenge:

1. Automated Reminders: Utilize the automated reminder system to send timely notifications to patients. Consider customizing the timing and frequency for optimal effect. You also have Appointment Confirmations.
2. Easy Rescheduling: Encourage patients to use the rescheduling feature when they can’t make an appointment. This can help fill slots that would otherwise remain empty.
3. Efficient Scheduling: Use the scheduling tools to optimize your appointment slots, potentially allowing for quick fills when cancellations occur.

Strategies to Improve Patient Attendance in Filipino Healthcare Practices

Here are some practical steps you can take:

1. Review Your Daily Schedule Data: Take time to analyze your no-show patterns. Are there specific days or times when no-shows are more frequent?
2. Educate Patients: Use your patient communication tools to inform patients about the importance of keeping appointments or rescheduling if necessary.
3. Refine Your Reminder Strategy: Experiment with different reminder timings and messages to see what works best for your patient population. Set it up in your Settings here.
4. Consider a No-Show Policy: While being mindful of patient circumstances, consider implementing a clear no-show policy to encourage appointment adherence.

By addressing the no-show challenge, you’re not just improving your practice’s efficiency; you’re taking a step towards better patient care and outcomes. Remember, SeriousMD is here to support you in this endeavor.

We’re continuously working on features to help you manage your practice more effectively. Stay tuned for updates, and don’t hesitate to reach out if you have suggestions on how we can further assist you in tackling the challenge of missed appointments in your medical practice.

Your commitment to excellence in healthcare is what drives us. Let’s work together to ensure that every appointment contributes to better health for your patients and a more efficient practice for you.

New to SeriousMD but want to see more stats before you sign up? Check out this report.

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Tool 1 – The Doctor Is In:

When we started the Now Serving app experiment back in January 2020, it was literally just to help with queueing. We wanted to start small, just try to solve 1 main problem for patients that are waiting in the clinic.

We then started getting requests from doctors to add a way to notify patients in the queue if the doctor is going to

Some of our self-proclaimed “notoriously late for clinic” doctors (that’s their own term not ours!) also asked us if they could also have a feature to notify if they finally arrived in the clinic.

Based on interviews with patients, they also wanted something like it so they don’t have to rush if it wasn’t needed only to sit in the clinic and wait.

Well, we grew up going to clinics and there’s almost always a Doctor is IN/OUT sign on the door, but nowadays, we see them less and less.

The traditional people that we are, we want to keep that memory going.

So the Doctor is IN feature basically acts as the traditional Doctor is IN/OUT label on the door of your clinic, but this time, it shows right there in front of the patient and they also get notified by SMS/Email and Push notification.

How to Use It?

All you have to do is click on it when you are ready to start clinic. The patients currently in the queue will be notified.

What if you don’t use it?

Don’t worry, it DOES NOT show DOCTOR IS OUT. It’s just blank until Doctor is IN is turned on.

This is an optional feature. You do not have to use it. 🙂

Should I use it for online consults?

It makes more sense in the actual clinic environment.

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Tool 2 – Now Serving:

The Now Serving app, as you’ve probably used it by now, has a history as to why it’s called “Now Serving” and the short explanation is to help lessen the time waiting in the clinic, less loitering in the hospital and make it easier to know if it’s almost your turn.

Incidentally, it’s also useful now with COVID around to keep the foot traffic low in the hospitals and nearby vicinities.

How to Use It?

In the SeriousMD Doctors app, turn on “Notify Next 2 Patients on Serve” in the preferences or the Settings of the queue. That’s it.

You or your secretary can click Now Serving when you start seeing the patient

Once that is pressed, Patient 1, Patient 2 and Patient 3 will get a notification.

Patient 2 and Patient 3 will be notified that it’s almost their turn so they need to go back to the clinic.

If the patient has the Now Serving app, they also get a push notification and they can see the number of people ahead of them.

Lastly, we suggest selecting “Completed” once you are done seeing the patient just to keep things organized.

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So that’s it, we hope you’ll enjoy these tools and find them useful. We’ve been hearing great feedback from the doctors that are already using it. We hope you’ll like it and find them useful as well!

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1. Ronibats.ph

Dr. Ron Baticulon is a pediatric neurosurgeon with an impressive resume and a wonderfully sensitive writing style that manages to convey all the drama of his profession without straying into trite territory. His family’s story alone was deemed gripping enough for a feature on national TV—he comes from a family of 5 children, all valedictorians—but even his professional anecdotes are gripping. He writes about a wife who lost the money for her husband’s hospital bills to muggers, for example, and does so in a way that shows a very real glimpse into the lives of the people trying to save ours.

Dr. Baticulon’s Twitter account: @ronibats

2. The Endocrine Witch

This very active blog is run by Dr. Iris Thiele Isip Tan, who drags so many initials after her name that one has to wonder how long it takes to write them down properly. The blog won recognition in the 2015 Philippine Blog Awards, where it was named the People’s Choice for the Health and Fitness category.

There are a lot of things to like about Dr. Tan’s blog, as she covers a wide range of subjects pertaining to health and medicine in the country. Of particular note are her interests in patient data privacy and medicine in relation to current technology. For instance, whereas most doctors are quick to voice annoyance with patients self-diagnosing through online research, she takes a measured stance that advocates doctors becoming more Internet-friendly. This and this may be something you want to show your physician the next time he insists on you not looking up health information on Google.

Dr. Isip-Tan’s Twitter account: @endocrine_witch

3. The Cast and Curious

Run by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Remo Aguilar, this blog covers a lot of very modern subjects, from Health IT to social media in healthcare. Dr. Aguilar asks a lot of very interesting questions in his field, including whether or not it is ethical for physicians to self-advertise on social media and how healthcare professionals should respond to social media posts that pertain to their profession. Take note that Dr. Aguilar is also one of the founders of HealthXPH, another of the blogs in this list.

Dr. Aguilar’s Twitter account: @bonedoc

4. HealthXPH

HealthXPH is a blog born out of the collaboration of various parties of interest in local healthcare—this includes the patients, take note. Some of its founders have blogs in this list (like Dr. Tan of The Endocrine Witch and Dr. Aguilar, listed just above).

This is a very active blog and offers a lot of deep insight into the ever-evolving field of healthcare. They regularly post material on topics like doctors as patients and the problem of congestion in hospitals, then continue the conversation in tweetchats. This is a great place to visit if you want to be more socially active in the conversation regarding healthcare.

The HealthXPH Twitter account: @healthxph

5. Stef Dela Cruz

This entry sticks out in our list because even though it is a blog run by a doctor, she happens to be a non-practicing one—and it’s okay. Dr. Dela Cruz actually has a Health Media Award from the Department of Health, as well as a finalist’s position in the 2015 Philippine Blogging Awards. If you take a look at her blog, you see why none of this is surprising: she provides a fount of practical health insight by tackling such locally-relevant topics as glutathione for skin whitening and digital dementia.

Dr. Dela Cruz’s Twitter account: @stefdelacruzmd

6. Medical Technology Avenue

Yes, yes, this is technically a blog run by a medical technologist, but it still offers enough value to be put in the list. Janey Danes talks about a lot of practical matters in medicine that could benefit you. For instance, her latest post detailed the possible side effects of withdrawal from Alprazolam, which happens to be among the most commonly-prescribed medications for anxiety and panic. She writes her posts in a very logical and reader-friendly manner, which further highlights the practicality of most of her posts.

Janey Danes’s Twitter account: @neffyjane

7. Sleepless in Cebu

Dr. Helen Madamba is a Cebu-based doctor who also teaches medical students. She provides an insight into the world of physicians training other physicians, into the conferences and structures that go on in that world, and ways healthcare professionals can improve at their jobs. This does not mean that she writes posts exclusively for that audience, though: she also provides data on matters like the Philippine HIV Epidemic, for instance.

Note that Dr. Madamba and Dr. Sison (below) are also behind the HealthXPH site, by the way.

Dr. Madamba’s Twitter account: @helenvmadamba

8. Sand and Stone

Sand and Stone is a doctor’s blog, but it is really more about life in general from the perspective of a doctor. Dr. Gia Sison provides some very sincere and touching posts on many topics, though, especially that of her struggle through cancer.

This is a nice blog to read if you need a shot of something life-affirming. Dr. Sison actually writes more like a Zen philosopher or yogini than an internist, and her positivity may well rub off on you.

Dr. Sison’s Twitter account: @giasison

9. FLARE

Dr. Allan Corpuz, aka the Rayuma Doktor, writes about technology, his love for photography and uses the blog to further educate patients about gout, arthritis among other things. You can read more about his story on his about page here.

Dr. Corpuz’s clinic hours and contact info: Click here

Updated: September 2019

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80 of Central Maine Healthcare’s 300 physicians were alleged to have left this year due to discontent with an EMR, for example. Many studies have also linked EMR use to increased physician burnout. The late Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Charles Krauthammer even called the EMR “healthcare’s Solyndra”.

There are many sources for the tension EMR adoption appears to cause. We’ve addressed some of them before. In this article, we’re focusing on one of the most important: the challenge of process integration.

At its simplest, process integration asks if the organization’s workflow is a match for the EMR’s. Can the EMR be incorporated into the practice’s way of doing things? Can the practice’s existing processes be made to fit into or work with the one built into the EMR?

This is critical in deciding how people respond to an EMR. When a mismatch happens, tension arises. In fact, reviewing the different studies of doctors complaining about EMRs, this is the chief source of trouble: “It’s not the way we do things.”

Of course, not all change coming from EMR adoption is viewed negatively by healthcare professionals. Consider the following passage from a study of how EMR/EHR usage affects physicians’ decisions to continue practicing at their hospitals:

Results suggest that when EHRs create benefits for doctors, such as reducing their workloads or preventing costly errors, their duration of practice increases significantly. However, when technologies force doctors to change their routines, there is an obvious exodus, though it’s more pronounced with older doctors, especially specialists, and those who have been disrupted in the past by IT implementations.

So changes can be tolerated if they are mitigated by a benefit. In some ways, those changes might act more like facilitators. On the other hand, the changes that bring no benefits are viewed as disruptions (which admittedly brings to mind Christensen’s seminal theory of Disruptive Innovation—a suggestive association!).

What Is Disruptive About EMRs?

The best way to answer this question is to look at the users’ complaints. These tend to differ because preferences and EMRs vary. There are some commonly-brought-up remarks, though. Consider the responses to our survey of Philippine doctors who have already tried EMRs. Some of the most commonly-given complaints have been represented in the quotes below:

“I used a local software that was being promoted in PGH. I tried it, started to use it but there were no updates and it was inconvenient to use. I sent my feedback and they never responded.” – Oncologist from Baguio

“I used an EMR from a US software company. It’s fine, but it’s not tailored for local and it has been in beta for years. Not many big improvements over the past years.” – Ophthalmologist from Taguig

“I came from an Australian-based app company. It fit my needs with managing the schedules and patients but the notes were limited. I used them for a year but switched because it was obvious that they were not going to add anything specific for doctors.” – Obgyne from Makati

Other common complaints include the following:

• Cluttered interfaces
• Non-user-friendly design
• Lack of simultaneous access (for physicians and their nurses)
• Excessive alerts (some EMRs don’t let users filter their messages/alerts, which leads to added work when the application sends the user hundreds of messages that he must wade through just to find a few important alerts)

This screenshot of cluttered EMR interfaces was taken by Juhan Sonin, an aesthetic designer and Creative Director of Involution Studios. Sonin had been inspecting EHR booths at the HIMSS Conference ’08 and described most of the programs’ usability and design as “horrid” at the time. Doctors are still saying the same of most EMRs today. Image license here.

All of these indicate a process issue. Just think about it:

An EMR is inconvenient to use when it gets in the way of the user’s routine.

It’s inapt when it isn’t designed to meet the more specific (sometimes location-sensitive) needs of its users.

It’s a hindrance when it doesn’t let users take the notes they need or permit staff access as required.

In other words, the problem is that there’s no synergy between the process preferred by the EMR and that preferred by the users.

Who Should Make Changes?

So what should you do when the organization endorses one method of doing things and the technology endorses another?

Generally speaking, it would be wiser for the technology to adapt. Adjusting tech is usually easier than forcing change on organizations (and the people in them). Besides, there’s also the matter of who’s in charge when determining the way an organization should work.

If you make the organization adapt to suit the tech, that essentially gives outsiders (the tech developers) the final say on the topic. That doesn’t make sense when they don’t actually work in healthcare: they’re typically programmers, not physicians/nurses. They lack the sustained, in-the-trenches experience necessary to make determinations like that.

Outsiders like businessmen and developers can have useful insights for a hospital’s staff, but they shouldn’t run the show.

Some developers work with physicians when creating their programs, of course. We certainly did, and other serious EMR providers have done the same. But there are problems that can crop up even then.

1. The resulting EMR may be geared too specifically towards a particular organization’s way of doing things. This goes back to the fact that different doctors/teams have different processes. If the EMR developers tailor their program too closely to just a small number of doctors’ (the ones they work with) preferences, they may end up alienating other users with the end product.
2. The physicians chosen for feedback and consultation may not be representative of the EMR developer’s target market. What if they happen to use processes that are wildly divergent from the ones used by most other doctors in the target market, for example? Again you get a product that doesn’t cater to its target users’ needs.
3. The developers’ feedback loop may not be conducive to actual improvements in the development process.

These are just a few of the possibilities. Even if all of these could be overcome, there remains a deeper issue. After all, there’s a critical assumption we’re making here: that the processes employed by the end-users are actually ideal.

But “ideal” isn’t a reality we face often.

Current Healthcare Processes Could Be a Problem Too

A recent article from the Harvard Business Review raised this point. Writers John Toussaint, MD and Kathryn Correia noted that there may be an inherent problem in the US healthcare system’s processes. Many of them are technically under-efficient, non-standardized, and of questionable efficacy.

According to the article, the processes tend to be individual-dependent, not system-dependent:

The hard part is to get the doctors, nurses, and administrators to agree on what is the best way to deliver the care. Since the doctors control most care decisions, the rest of the provider team follows the doctors’ lead. If the doctor wants to do things a certain way, that’s what is done. The problem is the next doctor wants it his way and so on. Eventually, we end up with a hopeless mess in which no one knows how anything should be done on any given day. And good luck to a new nurse or technician coming into the system who must learn a multitude of work processes and remember the doctor-dependent differences.

If this is true, it would show even more often in large organizations than in small, independent practices. That’s because there are more physicians involved in the former.

This is definitely the case as well for other countries, including the Philippines.

How We’re Dealing with Process Integration in the Philippines

I could continue to go on and cite different references or I could just talk about how we are dealing with EMR process integration.

Like what I mentioned at the start, process integration mainly asks if the organization’s workflow is a match for the EMR’s.

Does the workflow FIT with what the EMR can offer or can the EMR be adjusted enough to FIT the existing workflow? To cap it off, it needs to have a clear benefit for the users.

As long as there’s enough visible benefits, physicians will tolerate, forgive and work with the software but at the same time, there needs to be trust that the software vendor will continue to improve and make the physicians’ life easier in the long run.

It’s a fine balance and both sides will have to work together.

One of our goals for the past years with SeriousMD was to better understand the needs of the Filipino physician. To understand the different workflows and to build that trust by showing that we are improving and that we continue to innovate.

It’s not perfect. We’re not perfect, but it’s good enough. We’re still improving and we continue to do so each and every day.

SeriousMD at this point can be plugged into almost any workflow and be configured to adapt to different needs, locations and use-cases.

At the end of the day, our users from all around the country are our testament. They come from all sorts of fields, backgrounds and practice types. They all have their own workflows, forms and more. We’ve learned and we’ve made sure to hone SeriousMD to be able to adapt to their different needs.

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Stanford Med’s experts are positive about the future of healthcare thanks to increasing health data.

Stanford Medicine’s Health Trends Report has just come out, and continues a theme it previously touched on last year. According to the report, there are 3 key influences driving the democratization of healthcare today: intelligent computing, information sharing, and data security.

As the healthcare data we have available continues to accrue, experts foresee a future where healthcare becomes more prevention-focused. There is still much work to be done in order to make more of the data truly usable, of course, but the authors of the report are optimistic about what is to come.

New Digital Health Interventions Being Developed to Counteract Social Media’s Dangers

The place of digital health interventions, diagram from Amnesty Lefevre.

Social media’s ironic tendency to increase loneliness (among other things) has spawned myriad attempts to mitigate some of the worst mental health issues associated with users’ feelings of isolation. Facebook’s attempt to monitor teenagers’ content for signs of worthlessness and insecurity, for example, as well as the Betterhelp counseling service. Both have come under fire, however, due to criticisms of privacy violation and monetization of mental health interventions.

Fortunately, new solutions are being developed that show better promise. Wisdo, for example, is a social network that tries to connect users with others who have gone through the same thing they have. This may place more control in the users’ hands while also giving them the nurturing support networks they need over a digital channel.

US’s Affordable Care Act Signups Down Compared to Last Year

Lowered signups worry US officials this year.

US officials have reported almost 20% fewer new signups for the Affordable Care Act this year compared to last year. This could mean a rise in the number of uninsured Americans is coming after previous years’ insurance expansion. It could also mean bad news for the insured later, as insurance premiums tend to be most stable when there is a steady influx of new sign-ups.

While some say this points to lower interest in government-subsidized coverage, others also note other factors like the following: the Trump administration’s weak promotion (compared to the Obama administration’s) of the ACA, the repeal of the fine for not being insured, and persistent fears over immigration from would-be-sign-ups with green cards.

Ghanaian Physicians Protest Government’s Medical Drone Service

Drones like these are going to be carrying medical supplies in Ghana soon.

At first glance, it looks like something that would get physicians’ approval: a state contract that will have drones delivering medicine and medical supplies to underserved parts of Ghana. However, the $12M agreement has been disputed from the beginning.

The Ghana Medical Association or GMA has protested the initiative, echoing concerns from the Ghanaian parliament’s minority that it smacks of misplaced priorities. According to the GMA, modern healthcare technology should augment current systems. Even if drones are employed to deliver medical materials, they claim there will be few benefits reaped if current human resources and referral systems are not improved simultaneously.

In spite of the opposition, the project shall push through thanks to a parliamentary vote of 102-58 in its favor. Supporters argue that the drones shall make a big difference for medicine and health supply access among the country’s inhabitants.

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The discussion around the subject (as well as the term itself) of “give-up-itis” is one of the more interesting happenings in the medical scene at the moment. These were largely sparked by a paper from University of Portsmouth senior research fellow Dr. John Leach. Available on pages 14-21 of Volume 120 of the Medical Hypotheses journal, the article is entitled “’Give-up-itis’ revisited: Neuropathology of extremis”.

In the paper, Dr. Leach discusses psychogenic death and its usual connection to trauma. Besides detailing 5 stages in the process—which can take place over a period as short as 3 days, he claims—he also suggests a somatic cause for this fatal psychological decline. The brain’s frontal-subcortical circuit (critical to goal-direction and hence, motivation) may undergo a malfunction or change, he proposes. This change severely impairs the person’s capacity to live, leading to psychogenic death.

The Responses to the Price Hike for Nitrofurantoin

When Nostrum Laboratories implemented a price hike of over 400% for its liquid preparation of nitrofurantoin last August, strong reactions were predictable. The antibiotic in question went from costing $474.75 to $2,392 a bottle. Soon after the Nostrum CEO’s explanations for the hike—which included citing a “moral requirement to sell the product at the highest price”—responses flowed in, including from US FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb:

1/2 Regarding @FT story today @bydavidcrow; there’s no moral imperative to price gouge and take advantage of patients. FDA will continue to promote competition so speculators and those with no regard to public health consequences can’t take advantage of patients who need medicine

— Scott Gottlieb, M.D. (@SGottliebFDA) September 11, 2018

Both the Infectious Diseases Society of American and The HIV Medicine Association have also issued condemnatory statements, calling it reflective of “opportunistic greed in its most indefensible form”.

The incident has parallels in the 2015 Turing price hike for Darapram under the leadership of Turing’s then-CEO, Martin Shkreli. Turing raised Darapram’s price by a factor of 56 (from $13.50 to $750 per pill).

Improvements in Cryptosporidium Research and Vaccine Development

The microscopic Cryptosporidium parasite has long been a problem for researchers. Developing drugs and vaccines for its treatment has been difficult because its oocysts (the infectious form of the parasite found in a host’s small intestine) could not be produced in controlled conditions. Even oocysts grown in host animals were difficult to preserve for long-term use and study because they tended to lose their infectious quality following cryopreservation.

Recent discoveries involving oocyst bleaching and vitrification have changed that. Researchers can now produce uniformly cryopreserved oocytes for study and distribution to the various labs dedicated to finding a vaccine for the enteric sickness caused by Cryptosporidium.

The Discovery of Three New Types of Neurons in the Inner Ear

Researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet have just discovered that one of the 2 neuron types in the inner ear is actually composed of 3 different neuron types itself. This means that there are at least 3 different pathways to the central auditory system, not one. The discovery may pave the way for an improved understanding of the way the auditory system functions, as well as better therapies for those with hearing impairments.

Dr. Francois Lallemand, the leader of the group doing the research, has also noted that their discovery may eventually “lead to the development of better auditory aids such as cochlear implants”. Since the newly identified neuron types seem to be involved in decoding sound volume, those studying hearing disorders like hyperacusis may gain the most fresh insight.

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If you’re a doctor in the Philippines, you’ve probably heard about NPC registration by now. Maybe a colleague mentioned it, or you saw something about “data privacy compliance” in a medical group chat.

Here’s the reality in 2025: the National Privacy Commission is no longer just educating, they’re actively enforcing. In 2024, NPC conducted unannounced inspections at malls and business establishments, issuing immediate Show Cause Orders to 65 establishments found non-compliant.

At SeriousMD, we’ve been helping doctors navigate this since 2018. A lot has changed since then, so we’ve updated this guide to reflect exactly what you need to know and do in 2025.

Do You Need to Register with NPC?

Short answer: If you have 1,000 or more patient records, whether digital or paper. Yes, you must register.

Most active medical practices hit this threshold quickly. Think about it: 1,000 patients is roughly 3-4 patients per day for one year. If you’ve been practicing for more than a year, you probably qualify.

You must register if ANY of these apply:

• You have 1,000+ patient records (including paper charts!)
• You employ 250+ people
• You use automated decision-making systems
• You’re a government health facility

Common misconception: “I only use paper records, so NPC doesn’t apply to me.”

Reality: The Data Privacy Act covers ALL personal data processing, digital or paper. A filing cabinet full of patient charts is a “data processing system” just like an EMR.

The Critical Concept: You Are the PIC

Before we get into the how-to, you need to understand this fundamental concept:

What this means for SeriousMD users: Using our platform doesn’t exempt you from registration. We’re registered as a PIP but you still need to register as a PIC for your own patient data.

Think of it like this: You own the patient data. We just provide the secure vault to store it in.

What Happens If You Don’t Register?

The NPC has moved from pure education to active enforcement, especially for organizations that ignore their obligations or mishandle sensitive data. Here is what may be imposed in serious or repeated cases:​

• Administrative fines: The NPC may impose fines ranging roughly from ₱50,000 up to ₱5,000,000 per violation, depending on the severity and impact of the breach.​
• Orders to correct or stop processing: The NPC can issue orders to suspend or limit certain data‑processing activities until issues are fixed, which can disrupt clinic operations if problems are not addressed.​
• Possible criminal liability: For serious, willful, or malicious violations, the Data Privacy Act allows imprisonment (in years) plus fines, especially when sensitive health information is involved.​
• Certificate suspension or revocation: A registration may be suspended or revoked if an entity repeatedly fails to comply with legal and NPC requirements.​
• Reputational impact: NPC decisions and enforcement actions can be made public, which may affect a clinic’s or doctor’s professional reputation.​

Registration Process Overview (2025)

The entire registration process is now 100% online through the NPC Registration System (NPCRS) at npcregistration.privacy.gov.ph.

Here’s the high-level flow:

Step 1: Prepare (1-2 weeks)

• Designate yourself (or a qualified staff member) as your Data Protection Officer (DPO)
• Create a position-specific email (e.g., dpo@email.com)
• Gather supporting documents (PRC license, DTI certificate if applicable)

Step 2: Register Online (2-4 hours)

• Create an NPCRS account as an “Individual Professional”
• Enter your organization and DPO details
• Register your Data Processing Systems (your EMR, paper records, etc.)
• Download, sign, notarize, and upload the system-generated DPO form

Step 3: Wait for Validation (5-10 business days)

• NPC reviews your submission
• You’ll be notified of any deficiencies (you get 5 days to correct them)

Step 4: Pay and Download (same day once approved)

• Pay the registration fee online
• Critical: Click “Update Payment” in your NPCRS account after paying online
• Download your Certificate of Registration and NPC Seal

Registration Fees (Current as of 2025)

Your registration is valid for 1 year and must be renewed 30 days before expiration.

For Complete Step-by-Step Instructions

We’ve created a comprehensive guide with screenshots, exact form field answers, and troubleshooting tips:

Complete NPC Registration Guide for Doctors (2025)

This guide includes:

• Exact answers for each registration field
• What to put for “Purpose of Processing”
• How to describe security measures
• Common mistakes to avoid
• Screenshots of every step

After Registration: Your Ongoing Obligations

Getting registered is just the beginning. Here’s what you’re responsible for ongoing:

Display Your NPC Seal

• Physical clinic: Main entrance, reception desk, or most visible area
• Website: Embedded or linked from your privacy notice
• All branches: Every location where you process patient data

See our NPC Seal Display Requirements guide

Annual Requirements

Important: You must submit ASIR even if you had zero security incidents. Just report “0” in the relevant fields.

If a Breach Occurs

• Report to NPC within 72 hours of discovery
• Notify affected patients if the breach poses real risk
• Document everything

What Documents You Need (And Don’t Need) to Submit

This confuses a lot of doctors, so let’s be clear:

Submit to NPC:

Registration application (via NPCRS)
Annual Security Incident Report (via DBNMS)
Breach reports within 72 hours (if applicable)
Registration amendments when things change

Keep Internally (NPC may inspect during audits):

Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)
Privacy Management Program
Privacy notices (display these publicly, but don’t submit)
Security documentation
Training records
Data processing inventory

Note: NPC provides a template for the Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA). For everything else, Privacy Management Program, privacy notices, policies, you create them yourself or use templates like the ones we provide to SeriousMD users.

How SeriousMD Helps With Compliance

We’ve been registered with NPC since the beginning. Here’s what we handle as your PIP:

Security measures we implement:

• AES-256 encryption for data at rest
• TLS encryption for data in transit
• Multi-factor authentication
• Role-based access controls
• Comprehensive audit logging
• Regular backups
• Automatic session timeout

What this means for your registration: When filling out the NPCRS form about security measures, you can reference that you use “SeriousMD EMR system with AES-256 encryption, multi-factor authentication, and automatic session timeout.”

What you still need to do:

We’re your partner in compliance, but you remain the controller of your patient data.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: I’m just starting my practice. Do I need to register now?

A: You have 20 days from when you start operations to register. Even if you don’t hit 1,000 patients yet, registering early demonstrates accountability. Better to be compliant from day one.

Q: I have two clinics. Do I register twice?

A: If both clinics are under the same legal entity (your name or your corporation), one registration is sufficient, the second clinic is considered a “branch.” If they’re separate legal entities, register each separately.

Q: Can my secretary be the DPO?

A: Yes, if they’re familiar with data privacy regulations and have received formal training. The DPO must be an individual affiliated with your practice, not SeriousMD or any external party.

Q: What if I only have paper records?

A: You still need to register. Paper-based patient charts are a “data processing system” under the Data Privacy Act. The same rules apply.

Q: I’m retiring soon. Do I still need to register?

A: If you’re still seeing patients and have 1,000+ records, yes. You also need a plan for transferring or archiving patient records when you close. Medical records are generally expected to be retained for at least 10–15 years from the date of last entry or patient contact under DOH guidance, but doctors should check their hospital or clinic’s specific retention policy and any newer DOH issuances to be sure.”

The Bottom Line

The days of “wait and see” are over. The Commission is actively enforcing, conducting unannounced inspections, and issuing immediate penalties.

The good news: compliance isn’t that complicated once you understand the process. And the cost of registration (₱500 initial, ₱350/year) is nothing compared to the cost of a violation.

Ready to get started?

Complete NPC Registration Guide with Screenshots

NPC Seal Display Requirements

Need Help?

If you’re a SeriousMD user and have questions about compliance, reach out to our support team. We’re here to help you navigate this because protecting patient data is something we care about deeply.

Not using SeriousMD yet? See how we help doctors stay compliant while making practice management easier.

This article was last updated in December 2025. NPC requirements can change, always verify current requirements at privacy.gov.ph.

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Hence the question: with benefits so uncertain, why should an already-pressed-for-time physician still bother with social media?

For one, because the future of social media itself is not uncertain. The networks that make up this part of the online world are still expanding, having leapt from a userbase of 0.97 billion in 2010 to 2.46 billion in 2017. By 2020, the estimate has it reaching 2.95 billion—which means about a third of the globe’s population.

What of the Philippines? The number of social network users in 2017 was 38.87 million; by 2020, it will be 47.33 million.

Those are only user numbers. By actual usage hours, we even lead the world (at least, according to 2017 data). Filipinos spend an average of 4 hours and 17 minutes a day on social networks. The closest contenders, Brazilians, spend only 3 hours and 43 minutes a day on it. Americans spend only 2 hours and 6 seconds.

The Digital in 2017 report shows us at the top of social media usage internationally.

Even more interesting is this: 2017’s Philippine Trust Index revealed that Filipinos who do have online access tend to trust social media more than traditional media now. 9 out of 10 trust the former, while only 7 out of 10 trust the latter.

All of this indicates that social media is a serious portion of Filipinos’ online worlds. Many of them use it; many of them trust it. And as far as we can see, it looks like even more of them will be using and trusting it in the future.

Any Filipino building an online presence—and that should include most doctors now—would therefore be unwise to ignore its current and potential power.

Posting for Your Practice

Patients can (and, if they happen to be millennials, often do) look you up online nowadays. Your social media accounts will obviously be among the references that show up. Some patients even recommend doctors to others now by sending them links to their doctors’ sites or social media accounts. Depending on what people see, they might be more or less inclined to choosing you as their doctor.

Having a presentable, well-managed social media account can be a help in that respect. As Internet access increases in the country, so does the import of your online identity. Your social media account can become a vital part of that (professional) footprint.

Now the question: How can you build an online trail that leads more patients to your practice using social media?

1. Get on the biggest social media network(s).

For most, that means Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Realistically, though, a lot of doctors will not have the time or inclination to manage accounts on all these. There are workarounds:

1. Assign social media account management to one of your staff as a minor duty.
2. Use only one social media account/network and focus your attention on it.

If you choose the latter option, Facebook is the best, being by far the most popular social networking site for Filipinos. But then, just about every network has its strengths.

Twitter is brilliant if you need a way to quickly push out short, sweet updates or lead people to other links/information you think can help them. LinkedIn is great if your main concern is with becoming better-established (this may be a goal for younger doctors hoping to be gain credibility).

That may tempt you to create accounts on all of them from the get-go. But remember: having a single, curated social media account is better than having multiple poorly handled ones on different networks. Remember to connect with your colleagues by looking for relevant network groups like these, by the way. This brings us to the next item in the list.

2. Use it to build a positive reputation and relationships within the medical community.

Not every Filipino doctor is on social media yet… and some might even say most of them are not (yet!). But this actually works for you.

The Philippine medical community on the Web is still fairly young as online communities go. At this stage, newcomers can more quickly get to know others and establish themselves as part of “the core” of the community.

Building relationships with fellow physicians is one of the best things you can do to make your practice more visible. We already said it before in our piece on how to get more patients online: referrals represent a significant portion of practices’ business. And like most professionals, doctors tend to refer those they know.

Having your social media accounts linked to those of other doctors can also garner attention online. Some physicians already have thriving social media accounts with a fair number of followers.

These followers are all potential patients. They could even be your potential patients if your specialty happens to be something not yet covered by physician the patients are already following.

Look at Dr. Philip Tan Gatue’s Twitter follower count, for example. That is a big potential audience… or even patients.

So to make it short: interact. Ask. Exchange knowledge. The idea is to contribute something to the dialogue and thus make yourself a memorable part of the group.

It may help to focus specifically on what may yield the most benefit to everyone, by the way. People will be more attracted to you if you make the conversation more about health/medicine (roughly synonymous with the greater good here) than yourself.

Difficult to put it better than this.

3. Schedule your social media.

Social media is not your main job, obviously, which means you should not let it take over your days. Yet you still want to invest enough effort into it that it can make a difference.

Now the key to any effective social media strategy is to find a way to organize it. Since you obviously do not want it to take up more time than you can spare, try to schedule it. Set aside a time of day or week for your social media activities.

Some people schedule a weekly block of time for social media management like this.

This makes things a little easier on your followers (they know when to check for your latest content). It also makes it easier for you to remember to do it if it is a regular thing.

Do not get too uptight about it if you miss a day or so between updates, though. There is little point in giving yourself undue stress about “being on time” with posts when they are actually meant to make things better for your practice (eventually) instead of worse.

4. Get into the habit of posting multimedia items.

This is one of the most effective ways of grabbing people’s attention. Most doctors’ social media accounts obviously run on medically informative posts. The most effective ones (in terms of patient engagement and eyeballs) tend to be those with multimedia elements. That means using pictures, sound, or even video where you can.

Look at the more popular doctors on social media and take your cues from them. Dr. Kevin Pho (159K followers on Twitter, 100K+ subscribers on his blog) posts a photo with just about every Tweet he puts out, for example. The same for Dr. Mike Sevilla and Dr. Zubin Damania.

Damania’s Twitter may be interesting for younger doctors & audiences given its “hip” presentation.

Remember that you do have to abide by the basic rules of patient privacy whenever you post, though. Do not post pictures that reveal patients’ faces or identities, at least not sans their signed consent. Do not discuss patients’ conditions with such specifics as might allow others to identify them. This includes replies you might make to people’s messages on your social media accounts, by the way.

In the same vein, make it clear to your patients from the start what your own boundaries are. Most doctors will not want to perform a health consultation online for reasons obvious to them… but not necessarily to their patients.

To avoid issues like that, lay it all out from the get-go: what is fine, what is not, what they can ask you or discuss with you, and where to go for more (your clinic’s formal contact info, for instance).

This should cover your first forays into social media for your practice. We’ll be talking more in the future about this and other ways to make the online world work for you, but for now, you might want to get started by giving us a holler on our own social media accounts (FB / Twitter). We look forward to seeing all of you on the network!

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The frank truth is that many patients are already seeking their physicians online. Two decades ago, most doctors still got their business the old way: via direct referrals and recommendations. But now that both accessing the Web and getting on it are so easy, things have changed.

The smart doctor can take advantage of these changes instead of being run over by them. And make no mistake: some will be run over. People will continue to need medical care through the Internet age and beyond, yes. But where they turn to get that care is the question.

Doctors need to adapt to the new ways people look for them. We’re going to be discussing this at greater length in later articles, but for now, we can start simple and limit it to 5 steps.

The goal: to get more patients using the Web

As for the methods:

Establish an authentic, verified online presence.

Obviously, you should start with your own website. Every practice should have an official website that shows its authenticity to online users. It can also be a first point of discovery for people actually looking for clinics matching its traits (location, physician specialties, etc.).

You have to be doing some SEO (search engine optimization) for this to work, though. And it tends to be best to have your own domain name, since it really adds to the impression that you are not only “established” but an “authority”.

The next step is to get on sites like Yelp and Google. The idea is to put your practice in a place where people online typically look for services like yours. People who need you will be more likely to find you that way.

Google still tends to be the first port of call for surfers seeking a service

Being on SeriousMD’s directory also helps. We give you a free online profile page. This is a place where patients can find you and book time with you. We optimize the page ourselves and all you do is add information. So you hardly do a thing, yet get maximum visibility. It becomes public as soon as we verify your identity manually.

Your profile page also shows your clinics and hours at the bottom.

Other doctors are capitalizing on their profile pages already: they give unique URLs to their patients and use it as a business card to promote their business and online interviews.

You should also get on social media. But that deserves its own item.

Get on social media.

This does not mean becoming superglued to your smartphone, by the way. It just means starting to use social media a little more to benefit you. And not just any social media, but the right social media. What does that mean?

If you are like most medical professionals, then you are generally pressed for time as a resource. You will find it hard to manage a lot of social media accounts: say ones that run the gamut of all the current networks.

So the wiser course would be to focus your efforts on the channels likeliest to yield returns. To identify them, you may have to do some market research. Talk to your patients or run a quick survey of them and their families. Find out which social media networks they use most. These may be the ones you should be focusing on first since they are the ones likeliest to give you what you need.

Usually, that means Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. These are places where you can show your expertise to others: both colleagues and patients seeking information. Having your own business page on all of these also makes your practice more discoverable online.

Some doctors’ Twitter accounts are very successful.

Some social networks (like Facebook) also give you a channel for patient reviews. That leads us to our next item.

Make use of the marketing potential in patient testimonials.

Patient testimonials are great online resources for any business. They tell others your practice is real and (assuming a good review) worth visiting. Of course, if they are negative, they can have the opposite effect, so some management may be in order.

You might ask who really believes in online reviews anyway. More and more people, actually. BrightLocal’s Consumer Review Survey demonstrated this in the past when the percentage of persons who trust online reviews was shown to grow from 2011 to 2013. By 2013, it was already at 79% of their survey. By 2017, it had reached 85%.

Encouraging patients to drop reviews of their experiences at your clinic can benefit you. If your practice has a Facebook page, you can encourage them to leave testimonials like this. We are actually going to be adding a review feature for SeriousMD users’ profile pages soon, by the way.

Reviews pages like this can be good for your business.

If you do a good job at your practice, there is no reason to believe most reviews should be positive. Do not bank on that, though. To be safe, you should also have a management protocol in place for the negative ones. For instance, you should have someone on staff who replies to them in a polite manner.

Take care not to reply with a lot of detail. You still want to respect patient privacy rights. Try to avoid mentioning the patient’s name, complaint, or other details in the response. Generalities are the best policy here.

If you get a negative review detailing issues with your practice, for example, just say the following:

1. You are sorry the experience was unpleasant for them.
2. Your staff have a continued commitment to service quality.
3. Give contact details for your practice if they need to talk more about it.

Run a blog.

The blog should be distinct from your practice’s official website. The blog can be more personal, obviously, although you should still refrain from making public any personal information about patients on it.

So what should you be publishing? Preferably something both useful and informative… and obviously, related to medicine.

A lot of doctors run blogs where they post knowledge about their specialties. We even made a list of some of the most successful ones in the Philippines. As you can see from those examples, blogging helps them in more than a few ways.

1. It builds authority as people (both laymen and colleagues) look up their answers to medical questions.
2. It promotes engagement within the online medical community (which we will cover in the last item in this list).
3. If done regularly enough, it also makes their blogs and names more discoverable to search engines.

You do not have to restrict yourself to written posts for your blog, by the way. Why not do YouTube videos? Or do image posts? Just look at Dr. Willie Ong’s videos on Facebook, for example. Just look at the stats for one of his videos below:

You can even come up with something interactive like a webinar or live session with people who have questions about your specialty. UP Med does some great webinars, if you want to see what we mean.

Cultivate relationships with other doctors online.

Referrals make up a large part of any practice’s business. Being a reliable diagnostician, returning results promptly to the referring physician, and the like are all crucial in getting more of them. But relationships are important too.

Doctors tend to refer patients to other doctors whom they already know. Building relationships and turning acquaintances into friends online is thus a good way to socially invest in your practice’s future. Read other doctors’ posts, reply to updates on their social media accounts, and so on. Become part of the growing online medical community and you may find yourself reaping its rewards before long.

Even just sharing this article or discussing it with others on the Web can be a good start. Go ahead and tell your colleagues online what you think! Or get on Twitter / Facebook and say it to all of us there!

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We already covered this in greater depth, both for the March results and in our review of the best medical schools in the country. To check the latest results, refer to this PDF file.

As for the schools’ performances for these results, here they are:

SCHOOL	FIRST TIME PASSERS	FIRST TIME TEST TAKERS	FIRST TIME PASSING RATE	OVERALL PASSING RATE
AGO MEDICAL & EDUCATIONAL CENTER-BICOL CHRISTIAN COLL.OF MED	3	8	37.50%	14.29%
AMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - MAKATI	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
ANGELES UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION	67	52	93.06%	91.78%
ATENEO DE DAVAO UNIVERSITY	4	4	100.00%	100.00%
ATENEO DE MLA UNIV. SCHOOL OF MED. & PUBLIC HEALTH-PASIG	134	138	97.10%	97.10%
ATENEO DE ZAMBOANGA UNIVERSITY	0	0	0.00%	50.00%
BAGUIO CENTRAL UNIVERSITY	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
BICOL COLLEGE	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY - CARITAN	2	2	100.00%	100.00%
CAGAYAN STATE UNIVERSITY - TUGUEGARAO	54	59	91.53%	88.89%
CEBU DOCTORS UNIVERSITY- COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	101	108	93.52%	93.64%
CEBU INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE	122	122	100.00%	100.00%
CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY	52	60	86.67%	82.54%
DAVAO MEDICAL SCHOOL FOUNDATION	100	107	93.46%	87.72%
DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY-HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE	190	237	80.17%	77.01%
EMILIO AGUINALDO COLLEGE - MANILA	21	36	58.33%	30.43%
FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY NICANOR REYES MEDICAL FOUNDATION	237	247	95.95%	92.54%
FOREIGN UNIVERSITY	0	1	0.00%	0.00%
GULLAS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	16	38	42.11%	30.43%
ILOILO DOCTORS COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	40	53	75.47%	74.07%
LYCEUM NORTHWESTERN UNIV DAGUPAN CITY	35	43	81.40%	62.30%
MANILA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY CALOOCAN CITY	58	67	86.57%	77.92%
MANILA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY MANILA	1	1	100.00%	100.00%
MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY ILIGAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY	1	1	100.00%	100.00%
MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY MARAWI CITY	49	57	85.96%	79.69%
OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY-VALENZUELA	157	181	86.74%	68.15%
PAMANTASAN NG LUNGSOD NG MAYNILA	105	106	99.06%	98.15%
PHILIPPINE MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
REMEDIOS T. ROMUALDEZ MEDICAL FOUNDATION	49	59	83.05%	74.24%
SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY	128	139	92.09%	89.26%
SAINT LUKE'S COLLEGE OF MEDICINE	83	83	100.00%	100.00%
SAINT PAUL UNIVERSITY TUGUEGARAO	14	14	100.00%	100.00%
SAN BEDA COLLEGE	98	99	98.99%	94.34%
SAN PEDRO COLLEGE-DAVAO CITY	7	8	87.50%	87.50%
SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY	42	42	100.00%	100.00%
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY	7	9	77.78%	66.67%
SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MATIAS H. AZNAR MEM. COLL OF MED.	32	60	53.33%	51.11%
UNIVERSITY OF BAGUIO	0	1	0.00%	50.00%
UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN PHILIPPINES-VIGAN	11	19	57.89%	50.00%
UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL H RIZAL-CALAMBA CAMPUS	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP SYSTEM DALTA-LAS PINAS	27	34	79.41%	54.90%
UNIVERSITY OF PERPETUAL HELP SYSTEM-LAGUNA	21	55	38.18%	26.24%
UNIVERSITY OF SAINT LA SALLE	47	57	82.46%	76.19%
UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	465	476	97.69%	97.10%
UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST RAMON MAGSAYSAY MEM MEDICAL CTR	309	317	97.48%	96.93%
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHIL. SCHOOL OF HEALTH & SCIENCES LEYTE	9	12	75.00%	69.23%
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA	146	149	97.99%	97.33%
UNIVERSITY OF THE VISAYAS MANDAUE CITY	0	0	0.00%	0.00%
VELEZ COLLEGE	3	3	100.00%	80.00%
VIRGEN MILAGROSA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION	19	33	57.58%	37.93%
WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY-LA PAZ	99	100	99.00%	99.01%
XAVIER UNIVERSITY	53	55	96.36%	96.43%

The overall passing rate in the table above includes the schools’ passing rates for test repeaters.

Below are also the top 10 examinees for the September 9 exams:

RANK	NAME	SCHOOL	RATING
1	VINCENT EDOUARD ANTHONY RETARDO GULLAS	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	90.50
2	JAN DAVID CHOA MONZON	DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE	90.08
2	ROBERT CARANDANG REÑA	DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES INSTITUTE	90.08
3	KARL PHILLIP LUMIO AVILLO	WEST VISAYAS STATE UNIVERSITY-LA PAZ	90.00
4	MARC VINCENT NGO BARCELONA	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	89.83
5	ANA ERYKA ELAINE ADRIANO PERALTA	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	89.67
6	ALDRIC CRISTOVAL CHUA REYES	UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA	89.58
7	MARK ANDRIAN ORILLOZA YANO	CEBU INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE	89.50
8	STEPHANIE MARIE CARBON SENO	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	89.42
9	SIMON LIM GO	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	89.33
10	KELVIN KEN LEE YU	UNIVERSITY OF SANTO TOMAS	89.25

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