This presentation gives a brief idea about mHealth and explains the areas where the use of mobiles could be beneficial in extending healthcare.

1. Extending healthcare through mobile
Extending healthcare through mobile
Saurav Gupta
Saurav Gupta
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2. mHealth?
mHealth?
Mobile health information technology (mHealth)
Mobile health information technology (mHealth)
typically refers to portable devices with the
typically refers to portable devices with the
capability to create, store, retrieve, and transmit
capability to create, store, retrieve, and transmit
data in real time between end users for the purpose
data in real time between end users for the purpose
of improving patient safety and quality of care
of improving patient safety and quality of care
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3. mHealth?
mHealth?
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4. Key areas in mHealth
Key areas in mHealth
Education and awareness
Education and awareness
Remote data collection
Remote data collection
Remote monitoring
Remote monitoring
Communication and training
Communication and training
Disease and epidemic outbreak tracking
Disease and epidemic outbreak tracking
Diagnostic and treatment support
Diagnostic and treatment support
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5. Education and awareness
Education and awareness
SMS Alerts:
SMS Alerts:
testing and treatment methods,
testing and treatment methods,
availability of health services, and
availability of health services, and
disease management
disease management
SMS alerts have a measurable impact on and a greater
SMS alerts have a measurable impact on and a greater
ability to influence behavior than radio and television
ability to influence behavior than radio and television
campaigns. .
campaigns
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6. Remote Data Collection
Remote Data Collection
Collecting field information
Collecting field information
Patients are rarely able to visit a hospital
Patients are rarely able to visit a hospital
Information should be updated and accessible on a real-time
Information should be updated and accessible on a real-time
basis.
basis.
The data collection process is more efficient and reliable if
The data collection process is more efficient and reliable if
conducted via smart phones, PDAs, or mobile phones rather than
conducted via smart phones, PDAs, or mobile phones rather than
paper-based surveys
paper-based surveys
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7. Remote Monitoring
Remote Monitoring
Possibility for treating patients in an outpatient
Possibility for treating patients in an outpatient
setting
setting
Limited access to hospital beds and clinics
Limited access to hospital beds and clinics
applications consists of one- or two-way
applications consists of one- or two-way
communications to monitor health conditions,
communications to monitor health conditions,
maintain caregiver appointments,
maintain caregiver appointments,
or ensure medication regimen adherence
or ensure medication regimen adherence
Also include inpatient and out patient sensors
Also include inpatient and out patient sensors
chronic conditions
chronic conditions
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8. Communication & Training
Communication & Training
Shortage of healthcare workers
Shortage of healthcare workers
Training new cadres of health professionals
Training new cadres of health professionals
and empowering current workers
and empowering current workers
mobile technology is a strong basis for
mobile technology is a strong basis for
empowerment
empowerment
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9. Disease and epidemic outbreak
Disease and epidemic outbreak
tracking
tracking
Outbreaks of communicable diseases often begin in
Outbreaks of communicable diseases often begin in
pockets, and, when left undetected, can develop into
pockets, and, when left undetected, can develop into
epidemics. Ex: Tb, cholera, SARS
epidemics. Ex: Tb, cholera, SARS
Deployment of mobile devices, with their ability to
Deployment of mobile devices, with their ability to
quickly capture and transmit data on disease
quickly capture and transmit data on disease
incidence, can be decisive in the prevention and
incidence, can be decisive in the prevention and
containment of outbreaks
containment of outbreaks
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10. Diagnostic and treatment
Diagnostic and treatment
support
support
Diagnostics and treatment support are vitally
Diagnostics and treatment support are vitally
important in healthcare—misdiagnosis or the
important in healthcare—misdiagnosis or the
inability to diagnose a condition could have serious,
inability to diagnose a condition could have serious,
even fatal, ramifications
even fatal, ramifications
With mHealth-enabled diagnostics and treatment
With mHealth-enabled diagnostics and treatment
support, patients are able to receive treatment in
support, patients are able to receive treatment in
their villages and homes, averting the need for
their villages and homes, averting the need for
expensive hospital visits, which are beyond reach
expensive hospital visits, which are beyond reach
for many.
for many.
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11. Global scenario
Global scenario
From: UN Foundation
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12. For more details
For more details
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13. Thank You
Thank You
saurav@cdac.in
saurav@cdac.in
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