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Innovations in mHealth

Chris Locke/Barcelona/25th May 2012

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The GSMA

CONNECTING THE WORLD

Represents the interests of

the worldwide mobile

communications industry

– 800 mobile operators

– Over 200 associate

members

– Across 219 countries

– Over 5 Billion wireless

connections

Remit is to innovate,

incubate and deliver new

opportunities for our

members, with the goal of

driving the growth of the

mobile communications

industry

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Already counting 565 mHealth deployments worldwide

North

America

103

Latin

America

45

Africa

199

Asia Pacific

146

Europe

72

Source: GSMA Mobile Health Services Deployment Tracker, March 2012 Source: Wireless Intelligence, Mobile Health Service Deployment tracker, March 2012

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Example case studies

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GSMA mission: to reduce the cost to serve, extend

reach, and improve quality of care to patients…

Showcase mobile health solutions and

catalyse cross-industry awareness and

knowledge

Demonstrate the outcomes and impacts on

individuals, healthcare systems and society

Foster new relationships and partnering with

the healthcare sector and mobile industry

Stimulate scalable and replicable solutions

and drive towards interoperability at critical

junctions

Promote supportive policy and regulatory

principles for growth and innovation

…by accelerating the deployment of scalable and

interoperable mHealth solutions

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More information

Research and Whitepapers

www.gsma.com/connectedliving-mhealth

Industry Portal

including latest news, publications and industry insights

www.mobilehealthlive.org

Device Listing

www.gsma.com/documents/Mobile-Health-Device-

Listing-January-2011/21537

Evidence Knowledge Bank

http://www.gsma.com/connectedliving-mhealth-

evidence-knowledge-bank/