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mHealth Working Group. July 13, 2010. Thanks to Association of Reproductive Health Professionals Participant Introductions. July 13 th Agenda. Current Events mHealth Toolkit: Introducing Planning Process Presentations on Planning Processes Applying the Innovation Cycle to Mobile Health - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
mHealth Working Group
July 13, 2010
Thanks to Association of Reproductive Health
Professionals
Participant Introductions
July 13th Agenda
•Current Events•mHealth Toolkit: Introducing Planning
Process•Presentations on Planning Processes
▫Applying the Innovation Cycle to Mobile Health
▫Capturing mHealth Requirements• ICT for Education and Training•Renaming the Working Group
mHealth Events
Recent•NYC Mobile Tech Salon: Mobile Sensing• ICT for Development, Education, Training•eLearning Guild: mLearnCon•USAID/PHI: mHealth Design and PlanningPending•m4D2010, Kampala, abstracts due July 15•mHealth Summit, DC, abstracts due July 16•mHealth Global Conference, Dubai, Sept. 13-
15
Events Sites and Materials onmHealth Toolkit
The mHealth Toolkit
•Reach beyond beltway to field•Synthesize and streamline growing
information•Support objective standards: evidence-
based, appropriate, scalable, sustainable•Shift from discussion to practices & planning Now openly available at:http://www.k4health.org/toolkits/mhealth
Group Comments on Toolkit
•Instructions for newcomers•Typology/examples of problems addressed•Emphasize program planning, adoption
steps •What works and does not work, and what
mHealth needs to work•Detail on functional areas vs. start w/
health areas •Not “chase” rapidly evolving technology•Link with other toolkits, sites, CoP
Planning Process Needed for Toolkit (and mHealth Overall)
Add section on problems addressed by mHealth, and planning process foradoption.
Importance of Planning Process
Reduce or offset mHealth limitations-
Indecision Shortcuts Lack of Evidence
Initial Planning ProcessToolkit= Examples Planning Considerations (evidence, lessons, questions)
Formative Concept Requirements Research Devt. Definition
*Generic development process graphic from Google images
= Today’s Speakers
Presentation
Applying the Innovation Cycle to mHealth: Understand, Develop and
Enhance
Dr. Aditya Dev Sood Center for Knowledge Societies
Presentation
Capturing mHealth Requirements: A Worksheet to Guide the Process
Janice Cunningham, AIDP
Renaming the Working Group
What’s in a name:•Public health standards, strategies and
practices•Appropriate, evidence-based, scalable and
sustainable•Global knowledge sharing•Program managers, funders, policy makers,
including new adopters
… and pithy
From “Interagency Working Group for mHealth” to…•International mHealth Working Group•mHealth Forum•Global mHealth, Public mHealth•mHealth Practices•Strategic mHealth•____________•____________•____________
mLearning
5th International Conference on ICT
for Development, Education and Training
Zambia, May 26-28, 2010
http://www.elearning-africa.com/
James BonTempo, Jhpiego
Next Steps
•Assemble resources on mHealth planning process
•New functional area and technical group:▫Health Management Information Systems
mHealth Working Group
Kelly [email protected]
Principles of the Working Group•Frame mHealth within global health strategy
•Apply public health standards and practices
•Emphasize appropriate, evidence-based, scalable and sustainable approaches in resource-poor settings
•Build capacity of implementing agencies