Stars join ‘unboxing’ of healthcare app’s game-changing offerings
MANILA, Philippines — Top artists lent their time, effort and talent to the recent “unboxing” of the game-changing mWell milestones for the healthcare industry.
Concert King Martin Nievera, Asia’s Songbird Regine Velasquez and singer-songwriter-TV host Ogie Alcasid led the roster of first-rate entertainers for the afternoon event.
Martin and Ogie playfully rendered Footloose, while Regine belted out A Million Dreams, as she displayed her mWell ring that she first wore during the repeat of her sold-out repeat concert, “Regine Rocks” at the Mall of Asia Arena.
Other performers who highlighted mWell’s advocacy of bringing healthcare even to off-grid areas were Mark Bautista, Jed Madela, Bituin Escalante, Aicelle Santos, Jona and Klarisse de Guzman.
The event also paid tribute to the IP (indigenous peoples) community from Quezon, who had to walk three hours before they were able to take a vehicle to Manila. Present were the Little People community in Laguna.
The CEOs of Metro Pacific Investment Corporation’s (MPIC), PLDT (Philippine Long Distance Telephone) and Smart leadership team, as well as society and online personalities such as Alice Eduardo, Vicki Belo and Hayden Kho, Donnie Tantoco were present.
The new generation and innovative mWell power watch, which is classic, sophisticated and prestigious, was unboxed for tracking physical activity and empowering you to make healthier choices.
Wearing the watch are primary care doctor and nutritionist Dr. Dex Macalintal, primary care physician and content creator Dr. Lyien Pascual, and dental expert Dr. Baharah Pour Mohamad.
Star players from the Philippine Badminton Association — Mika de Guzman, Monchie Padiz Jr., Mark Velasco and JR Pandi — also came. From the Philippine national men’s volleyball were Noel Kampton, Jau Umandal, Owa Retamar.
The Cignal women’s volleyball team was represented by Jheck Dionela and Frances Molina and from PLDT women’s volleyball team were Jules Samonte, Rachel Austerio.
The finest from the Ateneo basketball team — Mason Amos, Chris Koon, Kris Porter and Shawn Tuano — were also present.
Also unboxed were the slick and stylish mWell rings in black, gray and silver to help monitor important health metrics like heart rate, sleep performance and average oxygen saturation to make a commitment to yourself for a better quality of life.
“We started our foray into the healthcare business when we invested in Makati Medical Center (MMC) sometime in 2007,” said PLDT and Smart chairman Manny V. Pangilinan. “It has been quite a journey for us. Since 2007, we are now into our 24th hospital and growing this year.
“There are about 2,000 hospitals in the Philippines and we are about 1.2 percent in number. That’s not enough to be able to adequately cover the healthcare requirements of the of our people.
“That’s why we have to deploy technology in order to enlarge the reach of our hospitals and provide more employment to our doctors and nurses, not only in the traditional healthcare services, but also in other areas of services.”
Chaye Cabal Revilla, chief finance, risk and sustainability officer of MPIC, is now the president of mWell.
mWell is the Philippines’ first fully integrated health app which brings together experts in technology, medicine, wellness and healthcare in one sustainable living ecosystem. This high-performing platform gives access to quality healthcare.
MWell is on the virtual space and will not duplicate what the doctors and hospitals are doing. It’s the first platform to do optical character recognition (OCR). mWell makes sure the app and the platform are usable and easy for doctors, as well as patients.
“mWell gives Filipinos the kind of ability to extend health services across the country and even abroad,” said Chaye. That is the next big step because technology will break down geographic barriers. That is very important for Filipinos.”
mWell, however, is not MPIC’s first investment in healthcare. Back in 2007, the company invested in Makati Medical Center (MMC). At that time, too, the group was already engaged in medical missions in various parts of the country.
“With the onset of our investments in hospitals, medical missions have become a common fare as part of the overall CSR (corporate social responsibility) program of the group,” Pangilinan explained.
“With the mWell app, it allows more medical missions in more parts of the country whether on wheels or digitally to be conducted. In a way, the digital reach of mWell gives it more permanence. It’s a more durable kind of service that can be extendedto the people.”
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