A broad landscape analysis of mHealth applications presented to Health and Human Services, Office of Global Health, November 2011.

1. The Global mHealth
Landscape
Jody Ranck, DrPH
Consultant
November 3, 2011

2. Mobile Penetration
Half of all internet connections are now via
mobile
Rate of Mobile Growth is 8x that of desktops 10
yrs ago
500 million worldwide will be using health
smartphone apps by 2015 (Research2Guidance)

3. Internet of Things, too…
Source: Cisco Systems

4. Continuum of Care
Peer-to-
Diagnostic Acute Long-Term
Prevention Monitoring Peer data
Screening Treatment Treatment
collection

5. mHealth application
taxonomy

6. Communications & Care
Source: John Piette

7. Data Collection
Source: Mohlovn Flickr

8. Coordinating Health
Workers

9. TuAnalyze—social media
meets diabetes, and
soon, mHealth

10. En Español

11. Casa Salud

12. Cloud computing + Mobile

13. Gamification
Pwning Asthma (CITRIS, UC Berkeleley)
Points for identifying triggers of asthma, eg.
Industrial pollution in Oakland, CA
Participation in identifying causes will hopefully
be linked to triggering involvement in political,
civic action around the environment
DengueTorpedo—game for ID of stagnant water
in São Paolo, win cellphone credits

14. Microsavings & Health

15. Peripherals
Eyecare—EyeNetra
Cellscope
Skin cancer diagnoses
Scopes for blood smears: microbes, malaria
Biometrics

16. Tracking
Supply Chain: SMS for Life, Tanzania
RFID: Sproxil, Pharmasecure
Drug Adherence: GlowCaps by Vitality
iHRIS—IntraHealth and Human Resources

17. Health Workers: Education
iHeed
Open University
mDHIL
MD NET

18. Diagnostics
Ultrasound: Mobisante, Vscan
iPhone as Stethoscope
ECGs/Heart Rates
Therapist in Your Pocket: VA for PTSD

19. Wellness
Pedometers
Wiithings
Fitbit
Nutrition apps

20. Food Chains
Source: Cisco

21. Healthy Cities 2.0

22. Open Data

23. Moving beyond “There’s an
app for that…”

24. Social Movements
Source: Al-Ahram

25. Lessons and the Future
Leverage existing platforms (eg. Drug
adherence, reminders, etc.)
Integration with HIV, PMTCT mHealth/eHealth
interventions
Smartphone penetration in Lat Am: 62% of mobile users
switched to a smartphone in 2010, but most effective apps
incorporate SMS
Next generation of mHealth will likely have more peer-to-
peer based interventions
Opportunities to learn about social networks and health
outcomes in low-resource contexts

26. The End
Jody Ranck, DrPH
jodyranck@sbcglobal.net
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