BY JOSE PAOLO S. DELA CRUZ
The digital healthcare arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) unveiled a roster of innovative offerings in an impressive digital showcase, which also put the spotlight on the needs of some marginalized sectors in society.
Speaking before the VVIP crowd at the Grand Ballroom of Grand Hyatt Manila, MVP Group chairman Manny V. Pangilinan reminded that “We have to employ technology in order to widen the reach of our hospital services and also provide more employment for our doctors and nurses.”
Of course, the benefits go both ways. “Everybody needs to have good health. For those in the private sector, we need good health for our good results, for our employees and leadership to deliver the targets,” said mWell president and CEO Chaye Cabal-Revilla. “For our daily wage earners, health is their biggest investment because preventive health is key for them to go out every day and make a living.”
The need for such innovations became even more palpable little people who experience difficulty commuting from their homes to clinics and hospitals due to their physical limitations graced the stage, alongside singers Jed Madela and Mark Bautista who serenaded them. Prior to this, they shared in a video how the mWell app has helped them gain access to check-ups and other health services, sometimes, without even to leave the comforts of their home.
More than a fashion statement
During the event, mWell also introduced the new generation mWell watches that enables users to track workouts, other physical activities and overall wellness — at an affordable price! The watch comes with over 100 exercise modes, as well as the capability to monitor one’s heart rate and even blood oxygen levels. Paired with the mWell app, it allows users to view his or her daily mWellness Score based on exercise, light activity, sedentary time and step count.
If watches arent’ your thing, then the light yet powerful mWell Rings – playfully referred to as “My precious” by songbird Regine Velasquez who also garced the event – may come in handy in monitoring your overall health score. When paired with the mWell app, the sleek and stylish mWell Ring can help monitor important health metrics, including heart rate, heart rate variability, resting heart rate and average oxygen saturation. More importantly, the mWell Ring unlocks insights into the quantity and quality of sleep every single night.
Innovative & holistic healthcare
Also introduced during the event was the “Mind Health Score” feature, which now comes in the new generation mWell wearables. After all, mental well-being plays a crucial role in overall performance and happiness.
The Mind Health Score is a personal compass for a self-guided journey towards enhancing emotional, social, and cognitive well-being. It provides insights into one’s state of mind, helps boost self-awareness, fosters empowerment, hope and positivity through evidence-based techniques.
Using this latest feature, mWell app users will learn more about ways to relax, reduce stress and improve overall emotional balance. Prompts will guide them as they practice thankfulness to regulate stress and mood difficulties. This feature is helpful in evaluating thoughts, emotions, decisions, and goals with full awareness and understanding of triggers to help reduce stress.
With 24 hospitals at its disposal and now, its latest range of wearables and new features in its wellness app, the MVP Group is, indeed, doubling up on its commitment to making the world a healthier place. “mWell’s mission is to demolish the barriers preventing our countrymen in remote areas from receiving quality healthcare. Our platform is sustainable, future-proof, and fully integrated—allowing us to bring healthcare closer to all Filipinos,” Pangilinan said.
And MPIC has laid out a clear and sustainable path to do just that. “Unboxing our latest features and products is a testament to how we are able to fulfill our purpose: to make health and wellness accessible, available, affordable to anyone, anytime, anywhere. With help from our community, government, technology, and enterprise partners, we will deliver innovative healthcare solutions that will usher in the future of health and wellness. Because we believe that healthy people enable a healthy economy, a healthy planet and a healthy tomorrow for our children,” added Cabal-Revilla.
