Magpi Updates: Dr. Joel Selanikio from Magpi presented new features and improvements to the mobile platform at the March mHealth working group meeting at JSI. Some key updates to the system include: embedding sub forms; automatically pushing new forms/updates to users; collecting photos as part of data records; development of interactive SMS capability.

1. Magpi Mobile Data
Collection and
Messaging
New Features
and Improvements
March 2015
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2. Data Collection:
Major Improvements
• Subforms
• Push
• Photos
• Interactive SMS (iSMS) with preview and
SMSSync support
• Insert forms
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3. Subforms
• Allows users to embed one form in
another, in order to repeat a set of
questions
• Example: embed a “WORA” form into a
household form, in order to collect the
same data for each of the WORA in the
household
• Paid only
• Only Android (for now)
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4. Push (Auto-Update)
• Old Magpi: user had
to specify which forms
to be downloaded to
device
• New Magpi: all of a
user’s forms are
automatically
downloaded to the
device when
connected
• Changes or deletions
automatically
propagated also
• Paid only
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5. Photos
• Collect images as part of data record
• Paid only
• Only Android (for now)
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6. Interactive SMS
• Deployment of forms via
back-and-forth SMS
• Includes basic skip logic
and range checks
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7. Insert Forms
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• Users can insert one form into another
• Can develop standard question modules, and easily re-use

8. Data Collection:
Minor Improvements
• SMSSync support for structured SMSSync
• Import response options from Excel
• Drag and drop response options
• RecordCreator + LastModified field
• 3 date/time stamps
• Import questions from Excel (no question options yet, just
type and prompt)
• Network strength detection, improved low-network
performance
• Continuous (rather than daily) backup of entire Magpi system
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9. Messaging:
Minor Improvements
• Import list of messages from Excel
• Import list of contacts from Excel
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10. Coming Soon
• Cascading multiple choice questions (e.g. if you choose
Arizona in 1st question, only displays AZ cities in 2nd question)
• Self-subscribe to SMS data collection
– Right now all responders to SMS data collection must be
known in advance
– Soon users will be able to text “JOIN” + keyword to initiate
interactive or structured SMS data collection
• Umbrella account features for Enterprise: Enterprise account
able to dispense upload credits, monitor sub-account usage,
provide templates to subaccounts
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11. FYI: Kopernik evaluation
• Kopernik was funded by Rockefeller to evaluate tech tools for
development, including data collection tools
• Magpi rated most highly among all tools, on all parameters:
usability, scalability, transferability, rapidity (of deployment),
affordability
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