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mHealth

Rachel L. Bacon, MPH

12.23.14

Outline

Mobile Technology in Healthcare

  • Background
  • Impact of mHealth in public health programs
  • What is the evidence base?
  • Conclusion: International and domestic initiatives and the way forward

The Importance of Evidence

Impact of mHealth

mHealth - mobile technology and health

  • Majority of evidence needed in measuring acceptability, feasibility and impact on health outcomes
  • Majority of present studies focus on acceptability and feasibility....

1989

2014

Research Gaps

Source: GSMA, State of mHealth evidence 2011

M + anything = mobile devices can support anything

"medical and public practice supported by mobile devices, such as mobile phones, patient monitoring devices, personal digital assistants (PDAs) and other wireless devices"

  • mHealth
  • mFinance
  • mGovernance
  • mLearning
  • Long term studies that examine health and patient outcomes
  • Cost benefit studies
  • Comparison and cross-country studies
  • Role of integrated technology
  • Replicable study design and adequate sample samples

- WHO 2011

Mechael et al, "Barriers and Gaps" 2010

Diagram Courtesy: Free et al., 2010

Applied Interventions

The expanding global mobile market

Take Home Messages

Case Study Example: Project mUbumi, Zambia

Adherence Moinitoring and Appointment Reminders

Clinical Decision Making - CommCare, Textit etc.

Challenges at the point of use

Ratio of total mobile phone connections to the population, (20011-2014)

Source: GSMA, https://mobiledevelopmentintelligence.com/statistics/76-market-penetration-total

Accessed - 11.24.14

  • Who accesses the phone?
  • Literacy
  • Language barriers
  • Cultural norms
  • Balance of Power
  • Privacy and confidentiality
  • Supervision and maintaining interest
  • Familiarity with technology

Training healthcare workers via SMS

Mobile Device Data Entry & Submission

THANK YOU

Looking Forward

Rachel L. Bacon, MPH

  • In 2011, there were 6 billion mobile cellular subscriptions, global penetration of 86%
  • Nearly 75% of the global population has access to a mobile phone
  • 80% of all new mobile cellular subscriptions in 2011 were in developing countries
  • The field is rapidly growing - moving towards scale up
  • There is a need for integrated programming with traditional health measures
  • Field is still rapidly producing evidence - need for linkage to health outcomes
  • National standards and guidelines being put into place

Also...

HIV Test Results to Clinics

Supply Chain Management and Counterfeit Drugs

Source: ITU Key Statistics, 2013

Credit: Rachel Bacon, James Michiel, Nwando Dike, Alyssa Taylor, Christina Rios, Meryn Robinson

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