The problem we're solving
In Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas — island barangays and mountain hinterlands — patients routinely travel hours by boat and trail, losing a day's wage, for a ten-minute consultation.
Telehealth built for the city doesn't reach them, because it assumes exactly what these communities lack: stable broadband, a capable smartphone for every patient, and a credit card. LunasGIDA's answer is to bring the system to the patient through the Barangay Health Worker who already serves them — and to make every feature work first, and fully, offline.
A two-tier care model
Care never depends on a signal. Store-and-forward always works; live video is a bonus when the network can sustain it — the app detects which is possible, automatically.
Asynchronous (store-and-forward)
The health worker captures the full encounter offline — vitals, symptoms, a clinical photo, GPS. A physician reviews it later on a central dashboard and issues a digitally signed e-prescription that syncs back down to the field.
Works on zero bars — nothing is ever lost.Synchronous (live video)
When connectivity is strong enough, the encounter escalates to a live video consultation between the physician and the patient at the health worker's side — the specialist reach of the city, delivered to the barangay.
Offered only when the connection can sustain it.Built for the field, from the ground up
Why it's different
Unlike apps built for city connectivity, LunasGIDA is designed for the communities that need care the most.
- Works fully offline — the encounter is captured whether or not there's a signal.
- Health-worker-mediated: the device and the care come to the patient, not the other way around.
- Conflict-safe sync on any brief connectivity window — no field data is ever silently overwritten.
- Two-tier by design: store-and-forward always works; live video is a bonus, not a requirement.
- Community- and government-owned, free at the point of care — no subscriptions.
- Privacy-first: photos are stripped of location metadata before they ever leave the device.
The project
LunasGIDA — "Lunas" means cure or remedy; GIDA stands for Geographically Isolated and Disadvantaged Areas — is the next flagship project of Kanraul Information Technology Solutions (KITS), the technology subsidiary of Kanraul Builders Development Corporation.
It is in beta as of July 2026 — a live proof-of-concept running entirely on synthetic data, with piloting planned for Northern Samar — and is being developed as a DOST-affiliated undertaking.
Clinical proponent: Dr. Raul C. Gacusan · Developed by Kanraul Builders Development Corporation through its subsidiary Kanraul Information Technology Solutions.
Privacy isn't a feature — it's the architecture
LunasGIDA is designed around the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (RA 10173) from the first line of code.
- Patient consent is captured at registration — method and timestamp recorded.
- Access is role-restricted at the database level: health workers see only their own patients; physicians only their municipality.
- Clinical notes are append-only — tamper-evident by design; nothing can be silently edited or deleted.
- Photos are stripped of hidden metadata before they ever leave the phone; every access is logged for audit.
- And proudly: the live demo you can open below contains synthetic, fictitious data only — no real patient information exists in the evaluation environment, exactly as privacy-by-design demands.
See LunasGIDA in action
Explore the physician dashboard live, install the field app on an Android phone, or reach out for partnerships, pilots, and a guided walkthrough.
View live demo → Download the BHW app (beta) How it works — user guide
The BHW app is an Android APK (~146 MB), installed directly during the beta — your phone will ask you to allow the install. The demo environment contains fictitious data only. For pilots and partnerships: contact the team.
Frequently asked questions
What happens if there is no internet for days?
Nothing is lost. Records and photos are stored (compressed) on the phone and sync automatically — even weeks later, even after phone restarts. This is verified by automated tests and live demonstration in airplane mode.
What do patients pay?
Nothing. LunasGIDA is free at the point of care — no app purchase, no subscription, no data plan required. The health worker carries the device to the patient.
Where is the data stored, and who owns it?
The demo runs in the cloud with fictitious data only. The approved production plan is onshore Philippine hosting, with the LGU or health authority as the data owner and KITS as the operator under contract. The stack is fully self-hosted open source — no foreign subscription service holds patient data.
Is the e-prescription legally valid?
The system records the physician's PRC license and PTR number and produces a digitally signed e-prescription document. Formal alignment with e-prescription guidance is part of pilot clinical governance, led by the clinical proponent, Dr. Raul C. Gacusan.
What does an LGU need to start a pilot?
A memorandum of agreement; a health-worker roster and physician(s) to onboard; mid-range Android phones for the health workers; a hosting decision; and a privacy-compliance track. Onboarding a municipality is configuration, not construction — days, not months.
What are the known limitations today?
We volunteer these: on-device database encryption at rest is scheduled post-beta (transport and server encryption are in place); live video requires usable signal by definition — the tier system makes that graceful, not a failure; and pilot-scale features like SMS notifications and health-system reporting integrations are roadmap items, not current claims.