mhealth - hype or help?

- mhealth -

hype or help?

going mobile

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Source: ITU World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database

Ask potential users...

St. Gabriel’s Hospital

250,000

100

2

people

miles

doctors

Ask potential users...

FrontlineSMS + healthcare

Text message training

Information

Patient care

Logistics

- Patient follow-up

- HIV/TB adherence records and status reports

- New symptoms

Information

Pilot1400 patient updates

400 ART adherence updates$3,000 of fuel and 2100 hours saved

Patient care

Pilot130 remote patients in 5 months

Enrolled 100 new patients in TB program

- Remote requests for care

- Drug information auto-replies

- Point of care support

Logistics- Drug and supply stockouts

- Support group coordination

- Training and meeting organization

- CHW-CHW communication

- IGA reports

hype or help?

hype or help?

Describe needs

Map out existing infrastructure and assets

Choose a technology (SMS, GPRS, voice, IVR, radio)

Choose a tool

Design, implement, evaluate

We can make the technology do what’s needed.

Push us and we’ll innovate together.

FrontlineForms

PatientView

PatientView

Mobile Payments

Remote diagnostics via MMS

Photographs courtesy of Dr. Ozcan’s laboratory, UCLA and Science

Aydogan Ozcan, UCLA

Email: josh@medic.frontlinesms.com

http://medic.frontlinesms.com

Twitter : @joshnesbit and @SMSmedic

mobile: +1 540 454 2941

Thank You

Josh Nesbit, Executive Director