Download - 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: [email protected]
http://medic.frontlinesms.com
Twitter : @joshnesbit and @SMSmedic
mobile: +1 540 454 2941
Thank You
Josh Nesbit, Executive Director