Democratization of health through mobile technology and artificial intelligence

1. DEMOCRATIZATION OF HEALTH
THROUGH MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Marianne Larsson, Innovation Skåne
Marpe Tanaka, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)

2. Checkups:
Heart rate, pressure,
oxygenation, sound,
ECG…
PRAXIS

3. AUTOMATIC & RELEVANT

4. SENSING FAST FORWARD

5. NEW TOOLS

6. NEW TOOLS

7. NEW KNOWLEDGE

8. NEW KNOWLEDGE
Photo: IBM Research

9. AFFORDABLE

10. DEMOCRATIZATION OF
HEALTH

11. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an Independent international Medical
humanitarian aid organization that delivers emergency aid to people
caught in crisis regardless of race, religion, or political affiliation.
Our work is based on the Humanitarian Principles:
• We observe Neutrality and Impartiality in the name of Universal
Medical Ethics.
• We are Independent in our actions
• We bear Witness and Speak out
Läkare utan gränser / Médecins Sans
Frontières (MSF)
MSF Sweden
Innovation Unit

12. 2014 MSF activity
highlights

13. MSF Sweden
Innovation unit

15. Operational research:
Ramtha
Real-time
telemed
Real-time surgery support
Together with OCA Medical
Department, MSFSIU will explore
the possibilities to use real-time
telemedicine support in MSF
contexts.
aUTOCLAV
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Biomedical equipment and tech
Digital Cold chain
indicators
CC-indicators

16. Innovation
Strategy
OCBA Innovation Strategy
OCBA aims to evolve into an
organisation that uses a strategic and
actionable innovation approach to
improve the capacity to provide
more qualitative and effective
lifesaving and comprehensive
medical care to those most in
need…
pathways
Pathways approach
The OCB log department has or
some time struggled with their
scenarios approach. Through the
Pathways case, MSFSIU are helping
outline a way forward to transform
logisticians in field mind-set and
approach from technicians to
tacticians.
Processes
Shelter/
catalogue
Shelter/Catalogue
Together with OCB log department,
MSFSIU is exploring new ways of
categorising and evaluating shelter
structures for medical activities.
This has had a great response even
on international level and proposals
to use this concept for the other
technical families are now
discussed.
Now Wow How
NWH workshop methodology
In order to better identify the
challenges and real needs that
different teams, units, departments
and other MSF entities face, we are
developing a simple and straight
forward workshop concept that
identifies the current situation
(NOW) the ideal situation (WOW)
and the concr4ete and actionable
ways to reach the ideal situation
(HOW)

17. PAP: Data transmission
Refugeeshis
Action
Framework
AF – Overview and control of
the future IT landscape
Working with a wide range of ICT
projects, we have identified the need
to work proactively in order to
manage the increased amount of
software's, activities and processes.
The Action Framework proposes a
sustainable framework to handle the
future ICT environment
Ict and health data
Digital Survey
Digital field surveys
MSFSIU is supporting the Manson
Unit and the OCA Public Health
Department in order to identify,
pilot and finally choose the most
suitable digital survey platforms
Gis
GIS strategy and action,
OCBA
MSFSIU has been assigned to
outline the GIS strategy within
OCBA as well as initiate some
relevant GIS activities.

18. DEMOCRATIZATION OF HEALTH
THROUGH MOBILE TECHNOLOGY
AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Marianne Larsson, Innovation Skåne
Marpe Tanaka, Doctors Without Borders (MSF)