towards a nordic plug n play pulbic mobile health market by horst merkle

1. TOWARDS A NORDIC PLUG’N PLAY PUBLIC
MOBILE HEALTH MARKET

2. PERSONAL
CONNECTED
HEALTH
ALLIANCE (PCHA)

3. Mission
Personal Connected Health Alliance
Generating greater awareness, availability and
access to plug-and-play, consumer-friendly personal
health technologies to empower individuals to
better manage their health and wellness,
anywhere, at any time.

4. Personal Connected Health Alliance
• Global Access, Recognition & Leadership
• Promotion & Market Development
• Advocacy in Policy & Regulation
mHealth Summit
• Thought Leadership
• Stakeholder Networking
• Education, Awareness & Publicity
Continua
• Plug&Play Interoperability
• Standards Development
• Product Test & Certification Program
PCHA – a Compelling Collaboration

5. End-to-End Architecture
Weight Scale
Pulse Oximeter
Medication
Adherence
Glucose Meter
Heart Rate /
Blood Pressure
Thermometer
Physical Activity
Health
Record
Systems
Cardio / Strength
Insulin Pumps
Continuous bG
Managers
Applications
mHealth / Personal Connected Health Ecosystem
17 Devices Profiles

6. Developing the mHealth Market
Example: Denmark
Standards
Adoption
Reference
Architecture
Test
Piloting
Large Scale
Deployment
Market
Acceleration
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

7. Adoption of
Continua Design Guidelines
Norway: (Dec. 2014) Parliament adopted
Continua standards as the framework for its
new national health program.
Latvia: eHealth Week
UAE / Qatar: Discuss PCH/Continua as part of
HIT plans
Singapore: embarks to implement Continua
based HIT to serve SE-Asian region
Denmark: (2012) Nationwide health IT
framework mandates compliance
with interoperability standards (Continua).
Sweden and Finland are on their way to
follow their neighbors in 2015/2016

8. Momentum is Building
PCHA primed to coordinate all stakeholders in Personal Connected Health
The markets are forming and interoperability is a key driver:
• Personal Connected Health
an opportunity for better
care delivery
• Interoperability key success factor
• Consumers demand it
• Technology is accessible
• Standards are available
• Positive political environment
• Nations start implementation

9. THANK YOU
Horst Merkle
Continua &
Personal Connected Health Alliance
horst.merkle@continuaalliance.org

10. Building the
Standards
Adoption
Reference
Architecture
Test
Piloting
Large Scale
Deployment
Market
Acceleration
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016