The Inquirer's investigations have revealed that somewhere in 2019, government, through the Ministry of Health's National E-Health Project, entered into a contract with a private foreign company Lightwave Health Information Management System (LHIMS), to manage the nation's health data-records that include medical details of some of the country's most powerful figures.
The contract's rationale, insiders say, was to enhance efficiency in delivering healthcare and supporting the Free National Health Insurance Scheme.
But several analysts and legislators now question why such a sensitive function was outsourced in the first place.
The decision, The Inquirer has learned, was not just controversial-it was quietly executed.
