The 2010 mHealth Summit, held from November 8-10 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, aimed to explore how mobile technology can enhance healthcare access and efficiency. Key themes included the importance of partnerships for integrated healthcare solutions, the lack of data on technology's impact, and the need for behavioral changes to improve healthcare outcomes. Selected initiatives showcased innovative mobile health solutions and highlighted the growing interest of telecom companies in healthcare communications.

1. 2010 EVENT DEBRIEF1Attendee: Simon Leung, Luminary LabsNovember 8 to 10, 2010

2. Contents OverviewKey ThemesSelect InitiativesSelect Commentary2

3. WHY MHEALTH?3“…explore ways mobile technology can increase the access, quality and efficiency of healthcare to millions of families in communities in the U.S. and around the globe.”- 11/4/10 Press Release -

4. OVERVIEW4The 2010 mHealth Summit took place during November 8-10th at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.The Summit was organized by the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health andthe mHealth Alliance. The event brought together participants from both public and private sectors from both domestic and international locations.Full Listing of mHealth Summit Exhibitors here:http://www.mhealthsummit.org/exhibitors/list

5. Notable SpeakersDr. Julio Frenk, Dean of Faculty, Harvard School of Public Health and former Minister of Health, Mexico;

6. Bill Gates, Co-Chair and Trustee, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation;

7. Francis S. Collins, Ph.D., Director, National Institutes of Health;

8. Ted Turner, Chairman, United Nations Foundation;

9. Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);

10. Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer; and

11. Dr. Judith Rodin, President, The Rockefeller Foundation5

12. KEY THEMES6

13. Key ThemesSystems, partnerships & integrationLack of data surrounding the use of technology in healthcareTechnology is not a panaceaChanging healthcare is about changing behavior7

14. 8THEME 1:SYSTEMS, PARTNERSHIPS & INTEGRATION

15. 9SYSTEMS, PARTNERSHIPS AND INTEGRATIONThe complexity and scale required to make impactful changes in healthcare necessitate partnerships between public and private players as well as between innovators and industry giants. These partnerships should aim to deliver integrated solutions rather than standalone products. “It is system of systems that are necessary to scale solutions - therefore vertical partnerships are imperative.”- Dr. Judith Rodin -President, The Rockefeller Foundation

16. 10THEME 2:THERE IS A LACK OF DATA SURROUNDING THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE

17. 11THERE IS A LACK OF DATA SURROUNDING THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCAREThe lack of statistically relevant studies on the impact of technology keeps questions about efficiency, costs and outcomes unanswered and is one of the barriers that must be overcome in order to bring about change. Can we innovate in parallel as the industry gathers this data? “5-year clinical trials,17-year adoption timelines are too long.”- David Gustaftson, Ph.D - University of Wisconsin, Madison

18. 12THEME 3:TECHNOLOGY IS NOT A PANACEA

19. TECHNOLOGY IS NOT A PANACEA13“Four prongs needed for proper delivery of healthcare: Leadership, Institutions, Systems, Technology (L.I.S.T.).”- Julio Frenk - Harvard School of Public HealthTechnology as a tool will enable us to make dramatic changes in the mechanisms used to deliver healthcare. However, technology must be implemented in concert with changes in all other aspects of the value-chain.

20. 14THEME 4:CHANGING HEALTHCARE IS ABOUT CHANGING BEHAVIOR

21. CHANGING HEALTHCARE IS ABOUT CHANGING BEHAVIOR15"Health ultimately depends on behavior and that is a difficult thing to change" - Vijay Vaitheeswaran -The EconomistMaking changes to healthcare that result in positive improvements in outcomes for patients will require behavioral changes from all participants in the healthcare system – patients, providers, institutions, etc. We should shift our focus to the specific changes in behavior we need to change through the use of technology.

22. SELECT INITIATIVES16

23. Selected initiatives highlightedText4baby.org - Free mobile service designed to promote maternal and child healthOpenmrs.org- Open source electronic medical record systemTelemedicineindia.com- Apollo hospital (India) TelehealthSense4baby - Fetal and Maternal Monitoring DeviceZephyr-technology.com- Measures critical vital signs and physical activity Asthmapolis.com- GPS inhaler trackersSurescripts.com- Plans to offer secure provider to provider messaging systemEyenetra.com- Mobile phone attachment that can estimate refractive errors in the human eyeViocare.com- Personalized wellness solution integrating location into the designEpi.com.sg- ECG system built into a cell phone Platforms for getting involved:Healthunbound.org- meeting place for those who care about transforming health systemsChallenge.gov– platform to bring best ideas to bear on nation’s most pressing challenges 17

24. Text4BabyFree mobile service designed to promote maternal and child health18

25. OpenmrsOpen source electronic medical record system19

26. TelemedicineIndia.comApollo hospital (India) Telehealth20

27. Sense4BabyFetal and Maternal Monitoring Device21

28. ZephyrMeasures critical vital signs and physical activity 22

29. AsthmopolisGPS inhaler trackers23

30. SureScriptsPlans to offer secure provider to provider messaging system24

31. MIT Eye NetraMobile phone attachment that can estimate refractive errors in the human eye25

32. VioCarePersonalized wellness solution integrating location into the design26

33. EPI lifeECG system built into a cell phone 27

34. Healthunbound.org meeting place for those who care about transforming health systems28

35. Challenge.govplatform to bring best ideas to bear on nation’s most pressing challenges 29

36. SELECT COMMENTARY30

37. Verizon WirelessOverviewVerizon’s entrance into the Healthcare space is still early but they expressed tremendous interest in partnering and openly spoke of meetings with other Pharma companies including Pfizer. One of the key advantages of their future 4G network over others is that theirs will have the least amount of roaming, providing the most “secure” network for healthcare communications.Food for ThoughtVerizon, AT&T, Sprint, Qualcomm all had booths at the mHealth Summit. Orange was also a key participant. Telecom’s role in Healthcare is still to be determined but it seems that both Verizon and AT&T are interested in building a “Health Information Exchange” and in some ways becoming a “cloud” for healthcare information. Where will Telecom end up in the Healthcare value chain? 31

38. PROTEUS BIOMEDICALOverviewProteus Biomedical makes “intelligent” medical products including “trackable pills.” Novartis recently invested $24 million in Proteus and plans to seek FDA approval within the next 18 months for the “microchipped pills.”Food for ThoughtHow will consumers adapt to injectabletechnology?32

39. CELLUCAREOverviewCellucare, creator of a virtual medical clinic focusing on chronic illness, was recently purchased by Abraxis Health, a spinoff of Abraxis Bioscience owned by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong. Abraxis Health is a private company focused on innovation within the wireless medical arena. Food for ThoughtAbraxis Health is one of many companies present at the mHealth Summit seeking to be a player in the next generation of Healthcare delivery systems and its acquisition of a video health delivery system is going to be the norm as the industry’s bigger players start consolidating innovators. 33

40. OverviewEPI is the maker of EPI Life, a mobile device with an integrated Electrocardiogram and Health Suite function. One of the reasons why they chose not to create their product as an iPhone attachment was to demonstrate that their product could be integrated directly into the device. Food for ThoughtEach monitoring solution comes with its own “cloud” management for data. Will consumers want to have their data stored in multiple clouds? 34ePhone International PTE Ltd

41. TigertextOverviewPlatform to deliver “secure” text messages – messages that “do not live forever. They are eager to seek partners interested in utilizing their platform. Food for ThoughtThe Regulatory Impact on innovation cannot be ignored and the need for secure and private communications channels between all participants of healthcare delivery will grow.35

42. IPPLEXOverviewIpplex has technologies in the telemedicine area (video delivery systems) as well as in augmented reality. They are part of the company whose technology was sold to Google and became the foundation for “Google Goggles.Food for ThoughtThe advantages of telemedicine are obvious and technology companies are rushing to build “the” platform of the future. Will there be “one” platform or will we have fragmented systems as we do today? 36