an mhealth prescription: what we can learn from the developing world

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An mHealth Prescription: What We Can Learn from the Developing World David Aylward, Ashoka and Kate Canales, frog

Four Patterns and Their Lessons: What We Can Learn from the Developing World

Information shared between patients is the most valuable information in healthcare.

Pattern 1:

Temptdxx

Get comfortable with these non-clinical sources. Use technology to reinforce patient communities with accurate, relevant information.

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Information shared between patients is the most valuable information in healthcare.

Lesson:

The gaps in healthcare and self-care are filled by humans, not technology. Technology just helps.

Pattern 2:

PatientTouchxx

Build tools to support and extend the human infrastructure, not replace it.

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The gaps in healthcare and selfcare are filled by humans, not technology. Technology just helps.

Lesson:

Successful initiatives usually ride on existing systems.

Pattern 3:

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Photo credit: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP – Getty Images

Prostate Netxx

Find systems that are working to support people, then build on them. (And we need to remember to look outside of healthcare.)

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Successful initiatives usually ride on existing systems.

Lesson:

You can’t design for behavior change if you don’t understand motivation and meaning.

Pattern 4:

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Project Masilulekexx

Start small and learn your way to the right solutions through a deep understanding of patient and user context.

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You can’t change behavior if you don’t understand motivation and meaning

Lesson:

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