The role of Mobile application evaluation in public health (m-health) is now in fact,
essential for us to make use of this very fast growing technology in making the bright future of
Public health of people.
Objectives: To critically analyze the role of Mobile Applications in Public Health (m-health).
Materials and methods: A Systematic Review of related studies in literature published till 30th
June 2 0 1 3 on role of Mobile-Applications in Public health (m-Health) was done.
The document provides a roadmap for developing telemedicine solutions in India. It discusses the potential of telemedicine and mHealth to address healthcare challenges like poor access to care in rural areas and shortage of healthcare workers. The roadmap involves identifying key national health priorities, analyzing resource requirements, assessing the current eHealth status, and mapping implementation strategies. It then provides examples of how telemedicine can help address specific priorities in India like maternal and child health, rural healthcare, chronic diseases management etc. The roadmap is intended to help policymakers and organizations design sustainable telemedicine programs.
The document discusses mobile health (mHealth), which uses mobile devices like phones and monitors to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes. It defines mHealth and notes there are over 165,000 mHealth apps available, mainly for patients, with top categories including disease and wellness management. mHealth aims to enhance self-management of chronic illnesses like diabetes and reduce hospital stays through remote monitoring. While mHealth has potential, challenges include regulatory issues, privacy, reliability and integration into healthcare systems. The document evaluates mHealth applications and provides examples of how mHealth is used for diabetes management, wellness tracking, diagnostics and distance learning.
1) The document proposes an effective m-Health system for antenatal and postnatal care in rural areas of Bangladesh using mobile SMS and a web interface.
2) The system would allow pregnant women to register via mobile phone and receive health information and advice via SMS. It would connect women to local health workers and doctors for monitoring and emergency response.
3) The system aims to improve maternal and child health outcomes in rural Bangladesh by overcoming barriers like lack of healthcare access and providing remote healthcare monitoring and guidance.
The document summarizes an internship report on the development of an mHealth application called mVirtual Health. Some key points:
- The intern analyzed acceptance of mobile healthcare services which found people agree it could improve quality and lower costs. Content was prepared for vital health metrics to display on a web portal and mobile app.
- Technologies used included a Bluetooth device to measure vitals, HTML, CSS, JavaScript for the web/mobile apps. Testing confirmed the website portal worked properly.
- Promotional documents like a user guide were created. In conclusion, mHealth has potential to improve accessibility and quality of healthcare in India given high mobile penetration and its role in preventative care.
This document provides an overview of e-health applications and services. It discusses how next generation networks and quality of service can help enable tele-consultation services, mobile health, and disease management. The benefits of e-health include improved communication, decision support, and reporting. However, challenges remain regarding information quality, infrastructure, and legal/financial issues. Future work includes advancing technologies and prioritizing information flow to help people lead healthier lives.
The document discusses how information and communication technologies (ICTs) are playing a critical role in improving healthcare access and delivery in India. It outlines several key ICT initiatives in the country including Ananya, Mobile Kunji, telemedicine, and mother and child tracking systems. The Ananya project in Bihar aims to reduce mortality and malnutrition using innovative health solutions. Mobile Kunji is an audio-visual tool created by Ananya to educate community health workers. Telemedicine helps provide medical services and specialty care to remote rural areas. These ICT initiatives are improving healthcare quality, saving lives, and benefiting underprivileged populations.
The document summarizes opportunities for India in exporting health services. It notes that India has a large skilled English-speaking workforce at a lower cost compared to Western countries. Various health services that can be outsourced to India include medical transcription, claims processing, teleradiology and clinical trials. India also has the potential to become a major medical tourism destination due to world-class healthcare and facilities at a lower cost. Quality control accreditation is important to ensure high standards for patients seeking healthcare in India.
The document provides a roadmap for developing telemedicine solutions in India. It discusses the potential of telemedicine and mHealth to address healthcare challenges like poor access to care in rural areas and shortage of healthcare workers. The roadmap involves identifying key national health priorities, analyzing resource requirements, assessing the current eHealth status, and mapping implementation strategies. It then provides examples of how telemedicine can help address specific priorities in India like maternal and child health, rural healthcare, chronic diseases management etc. The roadmap is intended to help policymakers and organizations design sustainable telemedicine programs.
The document discusses mobile health (mHealth), which uses mobile devices like phones and monitors to improve healthcare delivery and outcomes. It defines mHealth and notes there are over 165,000 mHealth apps available, mainly for patients, with top categories including disease and wellness management. mHealth aims to enhance self-management of chronic illnesses like diabetes and reduce hospital stays through remote monitoring. While mHealth has potential, challenges include regulatory issues, privacy, reliability and integration into healthcare systems. The document evaluates mHealth applications and provides examples of how mHealth is used for diabetes management, wellness tracking, diagnostics and distance learning.
1) The document proposes an effective m-Health system for antenatal and postnatal care in rural areas of Bangladesh using mobile SMS and a web interface.
2) The system would allow pregnant women to register via mobile phone and receive health information and advice via SMS. It would connect women to local health workers and doctors for monitoring and emergency response.
3) The system aims to improve maternal and child health outcomes in rural Bangladesh by overcoming barriers like lack of healthcare access and providing remote healthcare monitoring and guidance.
The document summarizes an internship report on the development of an mHealth application called mVirtual Health. Some key points:
- The intern analyzed acceptance of mobile healthcare services which found people agree it could improve quality and lower costs. Content was prepared for vital health metrics to display on a web portal and mobile app.
- Technologies used included a Bluetooth device to measure vitals, HTML, CSS, JavaScript for the web/mobile apps. Testing confirmed the website portal worked properly.
- Promotional documents like a user guide were created. In conclusion, mHealth has potential to improve accessibility and quality of healthcare in India given high mobile penetration and its role in preventative care.
This document provides an overview of e-health applications and services. It discusses how next generation networks and quality of service can help enable tele-consultation services, mobile health, and disease management. The benefits of e-health include improved communication, decision support, and reporting. However, challenges remain regarding information quality, infrastructure, and legal/financial issues. Future work includes advancing technologies and prioritizing information flow to help people lead healthier lives.
The document discusses how information and communication technologies (ICTs) are playing a critical role in improving healthcare access and delivery in India. It outlines several key ICT initiatives in the country including Ananya, Mobile Kunji, telemedicine, and mother and child tracking systems. The Ananya project in Bihar aims to reduce mortality and malnutrition using innovative health solutions. Mobile Kunji is an audio-visual tool created by Ananya to educate community health workers. Telemedicine helps provide medical services and specialty care to remote rural areas. These ICT initiatives are improving healthcare quality, saving lives, and benefiting underprivileged populations.
The document summarizes opportunities for India in exporting health services. It notes that India has a large skilled English-speaking workforce at a lower cost compared to Western countries. Various health services that can be outsourced to India include medical transcription, claims processing, teleradiology and clinical trials. India also has the potential to become a major medical tourism destination due to world-class healthcare and facilities at a lower cost. Quality control accreditation is important to ensure high standards for patients seeking healthcare in India.
E-health initiatives are important for improving healthcare delivery. Current initiatives in Australia include My Health Record and telehealth services. E-health encompasses electronic health records, health information for consumers, and healthcare information systems. It allows more efficient, higher quality care through digital management of health information. The document discusses benefits of e-health like increased access to care and information for patients, improved communication between providers and patients, and reduced costs and administrative burdens for employers and providers.
Telemedicine helping doctors and patients in pandemicGautam Verma
While every other country is now vowing to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure, the addition of telemedicine and online consultations is bound to play an extremely important role in the coming years. The connect between doctor and patient is getting redefined with technology.
1. The document discusses leveraging information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve public healthcare delivery in India. It outlines India's current healthcare infrastructure and challenges in access.
2. The Piramal Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) experience shows how ICT platforms like telehealth, mobile health units, and health information hotlines can help bridge gaps and expand access to care.
3. Key factors for successful ICT-enabled healthcare include developing integrated frameworks, building human resource skills, fostering collaboration between government, industry and non-profits, and establishing policies and standards around areas like telemedicine, electronic health records, and infrastructure.
The document summarizes an internship report presented by Saumya Verma at Alleviate Technologies. Alleviate specializes in IT consulting and solutions. The internship involved developing an mHealth application called mVirtual Health. Research was conducted on user acceptance of mHealth and showed positive attitudes. Content was prepared for the mVirtual Health portal and mobile app to display health metrics. The technologies used included HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Android development. Testing of the website portal was done and promotional documents created. The conclusion was that mHealth has potential to improve healthcare accessibility and quality in India.
The document provides an overview of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) in India. It discusses the global perspective on digital health, the conceptualization and vision of NDHM in India. The objectives of NDHM are to establish digital health infrastructure and standards to create a unified national digital health ecosystem. This is expected to provide benefits like digital health records, continuum of care, easier access to healthcare services, and better evidence-based policymaking. The key components or "building blocks" of NDHM include the Health ID, Healthcare Professionals Registry, Health Facility Registry, and Personal Health Record system.
This document discusses telemedicine in the context of public health in India. It defines telemedicine and telehealth, describes their uses for patients and doctors, and outlines initiatives by the Indian government to expand telemedicine, including establishing national telemedicine networks. Challenges to implementing telemedicine in India include limited resources and connectivity issues in rural areas.
We want to exploit modern IT communication over mobile smart devices & PCs to:
1. Enable simple early remote diagnostics
2. Collect symptomatic pathology data from devices
3. Match people with appropriate mental healthcare service facilities
4. Empower digital training/education platform to mental practitioner/ traditional health professionals
5. Manage outpatient treatment schedule according to individual treatment needs
6. Access to remote classical medical health screening diagnosis
7. Provide therapeutic group counseling sessions
8. Make individual therapy appointments
9. Improve care facility administrative management
The document discusses the Indian healthcare system and its key challenges. It notes that the system faces substantial challenges in providing quality healthcare due to factors such as a fast growing population, changing disease profiles, a multilayered healthcare landscape, lack of infrastructure, shortage of manpower, low public expenditure on health, and inaccessibility of services - especially in rural areas. It also examines the disease burden in India and initiatives by the government to improve the system. However, it concludes that India still lags in key healthcare indicators and there is need for improved healthcare planning, resources, and financing to address the country's growing healthcare challenges.
This document discusses rural healthcare in India and emerging business models. It provides context on the definition and key facts about rural India. Rural healthcare faces challenges related to affordability, accessibility, awareness, quality and more. Emerging business models discussed include telemedicine, healthcare information systems, and hospitals on wheels. Two case studies are summarized - Apollo Telemedicine, the largest telemedicine network in India, and E-Health Point Services, which provides telemedicine consultations. Both aim to improve rural healthcare access through technology and innovative business models.
This document discusses opportunities and challenges in healthcare IT in India. It notes that India faces severe shortages in healthcare infrastructure like hospital beds and doctors. Healthcare IT can help address these issues by facilitating telemedicine, mobile health apps, and implementing health information management systems. However, adoption of healthcare IT in India faces challenges like lack of infrastructure, trained professionals, and interoperability between systems. The document recommends measures like developing policies, increasing funding, training professionals, and ensuring systems support regional languages to successfully implement healthcare IT in India.
Apollo Telemedicine is India's largest telemedicine network established in 1999 to provide healthcare services to rural areas. It uses video conferencing to connect over 150 tertiary hospitals to 35 specialty hospitals globally. Over 69,000 consultations have been provided to rural patients at an affordable cost of $11-16 per consultation. Apollo Reach Hospitals, started in 2008, deliver low-cost quality care in smaller cities and rural areas using telemedicine and affordable services targeting both rich and poor patients. Over 100,000 low-income patients have been served through this inclusive model. E-Health Point started in 2009 provides telemedicine consultations, diagnostic tests for $1 each, and pharmacy services to connect rural patients to urban healthcare
This document provides an overview of the 2012 mHealth report from Ruder Finn London. It contains the following key points:
1. mHealth, or mobile health, uses smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices to help manage healthcare and enable more independent living as populations age and chronic diseases rise.
2. A survey found that UK smartphone and tablet users are interested in health apps but prefer speaking to doctors in person. Top reasons for not using health apps included having no need and finding them unhelpful.
3. The mobile health app market is growing rapidly and expected to reach $1.3 billion in 2012. However, more investment is still needed to develop useful apps that meet consumer and healthcare professional
The document discusses healthcare in India, including the current state and future outlook. It notes that healthcare spending is expected to grow significantly in the coming years, reaching 7-8% of GDP by 2012. Both public and private sectors are discussed, with most healthcare currently provided privately and out-of-pocket. Rural healthcare access significantly trails urban areas. The market is seen as highly promising but still very underdeveloped and unorganized compared to other countries.
- The document outlines Thailand's health system and recent reforms towards universal health coverage.
- Key aspects include establishing the National Health Security Office in 2003 to provide quality healthcare access for all Thai citizens. The Universal Coverage scheme was launched, replacing the previous 30 Baht policy.
- Community hospitals and health centers play an important role in implementing healthcare policies and providing easily accessible primary care services at the local level.
Mustafa Degerli - 2016 - e-Health and e-Pulse - PresentationDr. Mustafa Değerli
gives information about e-Health [Definition of e-Health, Main Players in the Field of e-Health, Success Factors for e-Health Projects, The 10 e’s in e-Heath, Current e-Health Projects or Services of Turkey, Statistics Regarding the Health and e-Health Industries of Turkey, Comparative Statistics regarding Health, Metrics related with Health and e-Health, EU Citizen’s Use of e-Health Services, and European Funded Projects in the field of ICT for Health and Wellbeing (e-Heath)], e-Pulse (e-Nabız) [e-Pulse (e-Nabız), Features and Functionalities of e-Pulse (e-Nabız), Future Functionalities of e-Pulse (e-Nabız), and Security and Privacy related with e-Pulse (e-Nabız), Legal Case related with e-Pulse (e-Nabız), Infrastructure of e-Pulse (e-Nabız), and Integration of e-Pulse (e-Nabız) with Other Systems], Comparing epSOS (EU), NHS (England), HealtheVet (USA), HealthHub (Singapore), and e-Pulse (Turkey) [epSOS (EU), NHS (England), HealtheVet (USA), HealthHub (Singapore), Results of Comparison regarding epSOS (EU), NHS (England), HealtheVet (USA), HealthHub (Singapore), and e-Pulse (Turkey)], and Future Works.
ONC 10 year Interoperability Concept PaperEd Dodds
The document outlines a 10-year vision for achieving an interoperable health IT infrastructure in the United States, with the goal of creating a "learning health system" that improves healthcare quality and lowers costs. It proposes the following three, six, and ten-year agendas:
1) In three years, focus on improving existing health information networks to enable basic health information like immunization histories and discharge summaries to be easily sent, received, found, and used across providers.
2) In six years, expand the set of shared health information to support team-based care and use of remote monitoring devices. Aggregate data from multiple sources to monitor quality and health outcomes.
3) By year 10
IHI TeleMedicine powered by AmeriDoc is a leading provider of on-demand health care access services. IHI TeleMedicine powered by AmeriDoc cloud-based technology platform seamlessly and securely connects patients with U.S. based, board certified physicians for medical consultations via telephone, secure video, and secure email
E-health initiatives are important for improving healthcare delivery. Current initiatives in Australia include My Health Record and telehealth services. E-health encompasses electronic health records, health information for consumers, and healthcare information systems. It allows more efficient, higher quality care through digital management of health information. The document discusses benefits of e-health like increased access to care and information for patients, improved communication between providers and patients, and reduced costs and administrative burdens for employers and providers.
Telemedicine helping doctors and patients in pandemicGautam Verma
While every other country is now vowing to strengthen its healthcare infrastructure, the addition of telemedicine and online consultations is bound to play an extremely important role in the coming years. The connect between doctor and patient is getting redefined with technology.
1. The document discusses leveraging information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve public healthcare delivery in India. It outlines India's current healthcare infrastructure and challenges in access.
2. The Piramal Health Management and Research Institute (HMRI) experience shows how ICT platforms like telehealth, mobile health units, and health information hotlines can help bridge gaps and expand access to care.
3. Key factors for successful ICT-enabled healthcare include developing integrated frameworks, building human resource skills, fostering collaboration between government, industry and non-profits, and establishing policies and standards around areas like telemedicine, electronic health records, and infrastructure.
The document summarizes an internship report presented by Saumya Verma at Alleviate Technologies. Alleviate specializes in IT consulting and solutions. The internship involved developing an mHealth application called mVirtual Health. Research was conducted on user acceptance of mHealth and showed positive attitudes. Content was prepared for the mVirtual Health portal and mobile app to display health metrics. The technologies used included HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and Android development. Testing of the website portal was done and promotional documents created. The conclusion was that mHealth has potential to improve healthcare accessibility and quality in India.
The document provides an overview of the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) in India. It discusses the global perspective on digital health, the conceptualization and vision of NDHM in India. The objectives of NDHM are to establish digital health infrastructure and standards to create a unified national digital health ecosystem. This is expected to provide benefits like digital health records, continuum of care, easier access to healthcare services, and better evidence-based policymaking. The key components or "building blocks" of NDHM include the Health ID, Healthcare Professionals Registry, Health Facility Registry, and Personal Health Record system.
This document discusses telemedicine in the context of public health in India. It defines telemedicine and telehealth, describes their uses for patients and doctors, and outlines initiatives by the Indian government to expand telemedicine, including establishing national telemedicine networks. Challenges to implementing telemedicine in India include limited resources and connectivity issues in rural areas.
We want to exploit modern IT communication over mobile smart devices & PCs to:
1. Enable simple early remote diagnostics
2. Collect symptomatic pathology data from devices
3. Match people with appropriate mental healthcare service facilities
4. Empower digital training/education platform to mental practitioner/ traditional health professionals
5. Manage outpatient treatment schedule according to individual treatment needs
6. Access to remote classical medical health screening diagnosis
7. Provide therapeutic group counseling sessions
8. Make individual therapy appointments
9. Improve care facility administrative management
The document discusses the Indian healthcare system and its key challenges. It notes that the system faces substantial challenges in providing quality healthcare due to factors such as a fast growing population, changing disease profiles, a multilayered healthcare landscape, lack of infrastructure, shortage of manpower, low public expenditure on health, and inaccessibility of services - especially in rural areas. It also examines the disease burden in India and initiatives by the government to improve the system. However, it concludes that India still lags in key healthcare indicators and there is need for improved healthcare planning, resources, and financing to address the country's growing healthcare challenges.
This document discusses rural healthcare in India and emerging business models. It provides context on the definition and key facts about rural India. Rural healthcare faces challenges related to affordability, accessibility, awareness, quality and more. Emerging business models discussed include telemedicine, healthcare information systems, and hospitals on wheels. Two case studies are summarized - Apollo Telemedicine, the largest telemedicine network in India, and E-Health Point Services, which provides telemedicine consultations. Both aim to improve rural healthcare access through technology and innovative business models.
This document discusses opportunities and challenges in healthcare IT in India. It notes that India faces severe shortages in healthcare infrastructure like hospital beds and doctors. Healthcare IT can help address these issues by facilitating telemedicine, mobile health apps, and implementing health information management systems. However, adoption of healthcare IT in India faces challenges like lack of infrastructure, trained professionals, and interoperability between systems. The document recommends measures like developing policies, increasing funding, training professionals, and ensuring systems support regional languages to successfully implement healthcare IT in India.
Apollo Telemedicine is India's largest telemedicine network established in 1999 to provide healthcare services to rural areas. It uses video conferencing to connect over 150 tertiary hospitals to 35 specialty hospitals globally. Over 69,000 consultations have been provided to rural patients at an affordable cost of $11-16 per consultation. Apollo Reach Hospitals, started in 2008, deliver low-cost quality care in smaller cities and rural areas using telemedicine and affordable services targeting both rich and poor patients. Over 100,000 low-income patients have been served through this inclusive model. E-Health Point started in 2009 provides telemedicine consultations, diagnostic tests for $1 each, and pharmacy services to connect rural patients to urban healthcare
This document provides an overview of the 2012 mHealth report from Ruder Finn London. It contains the following key points:
1. mHealth, or mobile health, uses smartphones, tablets, and other mobile devices to help manage healthcare and enable more independent living as populations age and chronic diseases rise.
2. A survey found that UK smartphone and tablet users are interested in health apps but prefer speaking to doctors in person. Top reasons for not using health apps included having no need and finding them unhelpful.
3. The mobile health app market is growing rapidly and expected to reach $1.3 billion in 2012. However, more investment is still needed to develop useful apps that meet consumer and healthcare professional
The document discusses healthcare in India, including the current state and future outlook. It notes that healthcare spending is expected to grow significantly in the coming years, reaching 7-8% of GDP by 2012. Both public and private sectors are discussed, with most healthcare currently provided privately and out-of-pocket. Rural healthcare access significantly trails urban areas. The market is seen as highly promising but still very underdeveloped and unorganized compared to other countries.
- The document outlines Thailand's health system and recent reforms towards universal health coverage.
- Key aspects include establishing the National Health Security Office in 2003 to provide quality healthcare access for all Thai citizens. The Universal Coverage scheme was launched, replacing the previous 30 Baht policy.
- Community hospitals and health centers play an important role in implementing healthcare policies and providing easily accessible primary care services at the local level.
Mustafa Degerli - 2016 - e-Health and e-Pulse - PresentationDr. Mustafa Değerli
gives information about e-Health [Definition of e-Health, Main Players in the Field of e-Health, Success Factors for e-Health Projects, The 10 e’s in e-Heath, Current e-Health Projects or Services of Turkey, Statistics Regarding the Health and e-Health Industries of Turkey, Comparative Statistics regarding Health, Metrics related with Health and e-Health, EU Citizen’s Use of e-Health Services, and European Funded Projects in the field of ICT for Health and Wellbeing (e-Heath)], e-Pulse (e-Nabız) [e-Pulse (e-Nabız), Features and Functionalities of e-Pulse (e-Nabız), Future Functionalities of e-Pulse (e-Nabız), and Security and Privacy related with e-Pulse (e-Nabız), Legal Case related with e-Pulse (e-Nabız), Infrastructure of e-Pulse (e-Nabız), and Integration of e-Pulse (e-Nabız) with Other Systems], Comparing epSOS (EU), NHS (England), HealtheVet (USA), HealthHub (Singapore), and e-Pulse (Turkey) [epSOS (EU), NHS (England), HealtheVet (USA), HealthHub (Singapore), Results of Comparison regarding epSOS (EU), NHS (England), HealtheVet (USA), HealthHub (Singapore), and e-Pulse (Turkey)], and Future Works.
ONC 10 year Interoperability Concept PaperEd Dodds
The document outlines a 10-year vision for achieving an interoperable health IT infrastructure in the United States, with the goal of creating a "learning health system" that improves healthcare quality and lowers costs. It proposes the following three, six, and ten-year agendas:
1) In three years, focus on improving existing health information networks to enable basic health information like immunization histories and discharge summaries to be easily sent, received, found, and used across providers.
2) In six years, expand the set of shared health information to support team-based care and use of remote monitoring devices. Aggregate data from multiple sources to monitor quality and health outcomes.
3) By year 10
IHI TeleMedicine powered by AmeriDoc is a leading provider of on-demand health care access services. IHI TeleMedicine powered by AmeriDoc cloud-based technology platform seamlessly and securely connects patients with U.S. based, board certified physicians for medical consultations via telephone, secure video, and secure email
Technology use refers to using electronic equipment, while technology integration refers to effectively using technology in the classroom for teaching and learning. The two need to be done simultaneously to be effective, as teachers and students need to know how to use technology before integrating it. When done well, technology integration can support higher-order thinking through complex, collaborative tasks and problem-solving. It can help create a more experienced citizen. Different ways to integrate technology include using PowerPoint, researching online, communicating with pen pals, and using interactive whiteboards and other devices.
This document discusses four habits of innovation laggards: they forget to gather raw materials before beginning a project, they remain confined within established boundaries out of fear of failure, they have difficulty considering different perspectives, and they spend too much time on presentations instead of telling compelling stories.
A empresa de tecnologia anunciou um novo smartphone com câmera aprimorada, maior tela e melhor processador. O dispositivo também possui bateria de maior duração e armazenamento expansível. O novo smartphone será lançado em outubro por um preço inicial de US$799.
A empresa anunciou um novo produto que combina hardware e software para fornecer uma solução completa para clientes. O produto oferece recursos avançados de inteligência artificial e aprendizado de máquina para ajudar os usuários a automatizar tarefas complexas. Analistas acreditam que o produto pode ter um grande impacto no mercado e ajudar a empresa a crescer de forma significativa nos próximos anos.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms for those who already suffer from conditions like anxiety and depression.
The document proposes the creation of a social network called CoffeeClub Network that would blend together various existing online coffee communities that are currently scattered across different networks. It would provide a single place for coffee lovers to interact, share photos and videos, discuss various coffee-related topics through different communities, and promote their businesses. The network would be organized by community moderators and provide opportunities for members to get involved, interact with others, and promote their work, companies, and ideas related to coffee.
The document summarizes plans for an annual fundraising gala for The Littlest Lamb, a non-profit organization that aims to provide a home and high-quality education for orphaned children in Egypt. It provides details on land and initial designs purchased for an orphanage, current funds raised, operating budget estimates, and goals to begin construction once additional funds are secured. The gala aims to gain monthly donors to help commence construction and care for 50 initial orphan residents with hopes to later scale up to 200 children.
Education In Us –Indian Students PerspectiveDinesh Gehlot
The document summarizes statistics about international students from India studying in the United States. Some key points:
- In the 2007/2008 academic year, there were 94,563 students from India, a 12.8% increase from the previous year. India has been the top country of origin for international students in the US since 2001/2002.
- The majority of Indian students study at the graduate level, with 72% in graduate programs and 14.4% in undergraduate.
- Between 1995/1996 and 2007/2008, the number of students from India increased significantly from 470 to over 94,000.
La Unión Europea ha acordado un paquete de sanciones contra Rusia por su invasión de Ucrania. Las sanciones incluyen restricciones a las transacciones con bancos rusos clave y la prohibición de la venta de aviones y equipos a Rusia. Los líderes de la UE también acordaron excluir a varios bancos rusos del sistema SWIFT de mensajería bancaria.
The document summarizes plans for an annual fundraising gala for The Littlest Lamb, a non-profit organization that aims to provide a home and education for orphaned children in Egypt. It discusses the land and initial designs for housing 50 orphans with facilities that can expand to 200. It provides financial details like $750k already raised and a $1.5 million goal. It outlines operating expenses of $200,000 per year and goals to begin construction once $50k/month in commitments or $500k in cash is reached.
Making Health Care Universally Accessible Ruchi Dass
The emergence of telemedicine as a core necessity. Can a case of the flu be diagnosed over
Skype? Is it possible to learn the results
of your computed tomography
scan after midnight? Can a young mother
receive care where a trained pediatrician
can’t visit? The answer to all of these questions
is yes. With the latest revolution in
information technology and the availability
of advanced computer systems worldwide,
telemedicine has made all of this possible.
A Review Role of Mobile Application for Medical Servicesijtsrd
"In advanced mobile communications and portable computation devices are now combined in handheld devices called “smart mobile phones, IPADs, Tablet PCâ€, which are also capable of running third party software. The number of smart mobile phones users is growing rapidly, including among healthcare professionals. The purpose of this study was to classify smart mobile phones based healthcare technologies as discussed in academic literature according to their functionalities, services and summarize articles in each category. Many medical applications for smart mobile phones have been developed and widely used by health professionals, doctors, consultant and patients. The use of smart phones is getting more attention in healthcare and medical services day by day. Medical service provider applications make smart mobile phones useful tools in the practice of evidence based medicine at the point of care, in addition to their use in mobile clinical communication with an correct references. Also, smart mobile phones can play a very important role in patient education, disease self management, and remote monitoring of patients. Miss. Naina S Thorat | Dr. R. V Kulkarni ""A Review- Role of Mobile Application for Medical Services"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Special Issue | Fostering Innovation, Integration and Inclusion Through Interdisciplinary Practices in Management , March 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23060.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/computer-science/programming-language/23060/a-review--role-of-mobile-application-for-medical-services/miss-naina-s-thorat"
This document discusses information communication technology (ICT) in e-health systems. It defines e-health as the use of ICT for health, including providing access to health information and records. The document outlines how ICT improves relations between patients and health services and facilitates communication. It also discusses some e-health related services like electronic medical records and prescriptions. Finally, it discusses challenges to developing e-health in India and defines consumer informatics and medical/clinical informatics as areas of health informatics.
Are we really mHealth ready yet? How are we going to use it for healthcare delivery? Who is the tar-get audience and who is going to consume these services? Do we have plans available to educate the community and make them aware of the benefits of mHealth? There are hundreds of questions lying underneath which need to be answered before we claim to make a difference using mHealth. This paper briefly reviews the arrival & advantage of ICT in healthcare followed by mobile revolution and introduction of mHealth and its potential contribution in Healthcare delivery and our readiness to embrace it.
Mobile health (mHealth) has the potential to revolutionize healthcare in India by improving access and reducing costs. However, widespread adoption faces challenges including lack of awareness, poor infrastructure, and a fragmented market with many low-quality apps. To drive more adoption, stakeholders need to increase awareness of mHealth's benefits, address infrastructure issues, and find ways to reduce manual input requirements through technologies like sensors and application programming interfaces.
“Mobile Health(mHealth) is the use of mobile and wireless devices, the technology, to provide Health outcomes, Healthcare services and Health research.”
Ic ts for social & behavioural change in healthpratyush227
The document discusses the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for social and behavioral change in health. It provides examples of several projects in India that have used mobile phones, tablets, and other ICT tools to disseminate health information, monitor health programs, train frontline health workers, and improve interpersonal communication in areas like maternal and child health. The document outlines challenges like digital exclusion but argues that with the right approach ICTs can be effective tools to promote health awareness, informed decision making, and positive behavioral changes at scale.
mHealth – also known as mobile health - refers to the practice of medicine and public health supported by mobile devices such as mobile phones, tablets, personal digital assistants and the wireless infrastructure.
Within digital health, mHealth encompasses all applications of telecommunications and multimedia technologies for the delivery of healthcare and health information.
This document proposes a solution for providing primary healthcare to rural areas of India using information and communication technologies (ICT). It discusses how sensors could be connected to laptops and mobile phones via USB to monitor vital signs. A software would acquire this health data and transmit it to doctors for prescriptions. The solution aims to make quality healthcare accessible to underprivileged rural populations by saving travel time and costs through telemedicine. It presents a model using body area networks and an embedded system with guidelines for user-centered design of healthcare software.
"A study of Consumer Awareness, Strategies& Market Potential of Software Deve...Sanket Khade
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In the recent years, mobile technology in Pakistan has boosted up and has become a vital necessity of almost every inhabitant. Not only in terms of communication but in many other aspects of life, mobile technology is catering the needs of a dominant part of population of this country. Innovative utilization of mobile technology in rural areas of Baltistan region has enabled the local people to get the first aid treatment in time. Worthy to be mentioned of all, is the mobile based medical treatment system of mobile technology. It allows the people from rural areas of Baltistan to take utmost benefit of getting the appropriate first aid treatment in time. Keeping in mind the rapid trend of sending and receiving Short Messages Service (SMS) among people, the proposed model is based on the utilization of SMS. The system was made accurate and precise by managing resources and applying data mining techniques. Our Aims mainly includes (1) Survey of mobile users in rural areas of Baltistan. (2) Survey of distant places in rural areas from the main division head quarter hospital (3) Highlighting first aid cases from rural areas in past one year (4) Proposal of SMS based framework for first aid treatment. For the evaluation of survey for the first aid cases we adopted cross-sectional descriptive survey. We also conducted questionnaire based survey for the evaluation of those areas that are far away from the main hospital and mobile users of those rural areas of Baltistan that is situated in northern zone of Pakistan. It was found that more than 70% users can use easily operate the text message (SMS) facility of mobile in the defined areas of Baltistan. Conducting the survey and evaluation is the major part of the research. Survey includes highlighting of ratio of mobile users and areas that are far away from DHQ (Division headquarter) hospital. We also highlighted the first aid cases belonging to rural areas of 2013. By examining the results intimately we proposed a robust system that will facilitate the patients of rural areas.
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This week's topics relate to the following Course Outcome (CO).
CO9: Examine future trends in community health nursing, including the impact of information systems and evidence-based practice. (PO8)
Review this week's lesson and assigned reading on the nurses' role in population health, and reflect on what you have learned in this course. Address the following questions.
What future concerns are likely to impact
public health
?
How do you see global health concerns impacting your community?
Identify one way that you can implement population health in your community or workplace.
Please share specific examples.
Textbook:
Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2019).
Community/
Public health
nursing: Promoting the health of populations
(7th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier.
Chapter 15: Health in the Global Community, pp. 275-278, 281-284
Required Articles:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. (2017).
Catalysts for change: Harnessing the power of nurses to build population health in the 21st century
[executive summary]. Retrieved from
https://www.rwjf.org/content/dam/farm/reports/reports/2017/rwjf440286 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Premji, S. S., & Hatfield, J. (2016). Call to action for nurses/nursing.
Biomed Research International
,
2016,
3127543. doi:10.1155/2016/3127543. Retrieved from
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mdc&AN=27144160&site=eds-live&scope=site (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Lesson:
The Future of Community Health Nursing
Introduction:
As we look to the future, nurses focused on population health concerns will
continue
to play an essential role in improving the health of our nation and the world. Increased emphasis on health promotion and illness prevention will help to build a culture of health. Technology can play an important role in this effort. "Nursing informatics (NI) is the specialty that integrates nursing science with multiple information and analytical sciences to identify, define, manage, and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom in nursing practice" (American Nurses Association, 2014, para. 1).
Community health nurses have been pioneers in the use of information systems. Long ago, they recognized the value of electronic health records to store, transport, and report data online. The need to collect and report aggregate data has spurred the digitization of community and public health records. Also, community health nurses have understood the value of handheld computing devices that allow them to access and document information while on the go, thus freeing them from the need to tote paper records or go to the office to chart. Information technology has influenced the way that community health nurses carry out their daily functions in profound ways.
Nursing Informatics
Nursing informatics constitutes the use of specific tools, functional areas, and competencies. The Healthcare Information and
Managemen ...
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In this era of the digital revolution, innovative computer software programs and Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are disrupting different industries of most economies and the healthcare sector is one of the nascent and emerging opportunities for technology disruption and innovation. This is an “inevitable” welcome development as Global health innovation is at the forefront of embracing the use of technology solutions in various parts of the world to improve access to health services and medicines, and Nigeria is not to be an exception. This symposium is focused on asking the fundamental questions; how much impact are e-health applications making in the Nigerian health sector and how do we improve the level of impact and
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Taking these proactive steps serve to ensure that we focus on the real needs of the Nigerian people and put in place quality and safety measures that will give users the confidence needed to use e-health applications and solutions adequately and appropriately. This symposium invites key-stakeholders in the e-health
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This document discusses challenges for e-health development in emerging countries like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Egypt based on interviews with healthcare professionals. It finds that key challenges include lack of ICT infrastructure, unclear regulations, difficulties financing systems, ineffective supply chain management, lack of cultural adaptation among users, and lack of trust/privacy protections for big data in digital health systems. Addressing these challenges is important for successful e-health implementation and utilization, especially in developing countries where resources and stability can be limited.
This document discusses using big data analytics to improve healthcare in India. It notes that healthcare access is currently inequitable, with those in rural areas facing difficulties. Big data could help by processing large volumes of healthcare data from various sources in real-time. The document outlines some of the challenges in India's current healthcare system and proposes solutions like electronic health records and prescription systems. It also describes characteristics of big data like volume, velocity and variety. Overall, the document argues that big data analytics can help provide better access to healthcare by analyzing large amounts of data from across the healthcare system.
mHealth involves using mobile devices and wireless technologies in healthcare, including delivering health services and information via mobile phones. It has the potential to improve access to care, especially in remote areas, by connecting healthcare workers and allowing remote monitoring of patients. However, concerns exist around privacy, data protection, equity of access, and how mHealth might change patient-provider relationships and healthcare delivery models. Effective implementation requires addressing issues like coordination of projects, integration with existing healthcare systems, and impacts on healthcare workers and their workloads.
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Over $50 billion is expected to be spent on healthcare apps by 2023. Healthcare will be impacted by mobile technology as it advances. Mobile apps will remain an important tool for improving healthcare delivery, providing more access to quality care for everyone.
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Mobile health (mHealth) holds great promise to address issues in healthcare provision by leveraging ubiquitous mobile technologies. However, experts caution that widespread adoption of mHealth will be challenging and take time due to entrenched interests in existing systems and the need for disruptive changes. While patients, doctors and payers see benefits and inevitability of mHealth, most in the industry expect a period of hype, disillusionment, and slow progress as behaviors change and viable business models emerge. Further, adoption faces greater barriers in developed countries' complex systems compared to emerging markets with fewer obstacles but high demand for improved access to care.
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“Even though the planning commission has increased its spending on health from 1.2 percent of GDP to 2.4
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in overall patient satisfaction by fostering a
connected system of care. The overall cost of care
is also reduced. mobile health apps
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m-HEALTH- CAN IT IMPROVE INDIAN PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM
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Review Article ▌
m-HEALTH- CAN IT IMPROVE INDIAN PUBLIC HEALTH
SYSTEM
Sanjeev Davey1, Anuradha Davey2
Author’s Affiliation:
1Assistant Professor, Community Medicine, Rohillakhand Medical College & Hospital, Bareilly, India; 2Assistant
Professor, Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Meerut, India
Correspondence
Dr Sanjeev Davey Email: Sanjeev_kumar175@rediffmail.com
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The role of Mobile application evaluation in public health (m-health) is now in fact,
essential for us to make use of this very fast growing technology in making the bright future of
Public health of people.
Objectives: To critically analyze the role of Mobile Applications in Public Health (m-health).
Materials and methods: A Systematic Review of related studies in literature published till 30th
June 2 0 1 3 on role of Mobile-Applications in Public health (m-Health) was done.
Results: A wide variety of Mobile health applications are available in Mobile Phone Market with
lack of proper Regulation from health care authorities and with variably good results.
Conclusions: We must use these applications guardedly weighing its benefits and utility in Public
Health as well as capitalize the good prospect and capability of m-health worldwide application in
the field of Public Health Globally. This means that we can have a greater access to larger segments
of a population in developing countries like India and this can improve the capacity of our India
health system to provide quality healthcare, which is in great demand today.
Key words: Internet, Public Health, m- Health e-Health
INTRODUCTION
We all are influenced by the Mobile Revolution
in this century, as mobile phones have spread its
roots from richest to the poorest in developing
countries like India. Mobile Health or m-Health
is a medical and public health practice which is
supported by all kinds of mobile devices, like
mobile phones, patient monitoring devices,
PDAs and other wireless devices for providing
health services and health information for
people.1 This filed uses information and commu-
nication technology (ICT), has been done with
the help of computers, mobile phones, communi-
cations satellite, patient monitors, etc., for health
care services and health care information’s in
past in public health practice.2
e-Health - A father of m-Health
We must note that m-health is not a subset of
or mobilization of e-health. e-Health is a tech-
nology that supports the functions and deli-
very of healthcare, while m-Health provides
healthcare access, as m-Health is based on mo-
bile technology, healthcare through information
and delivery, can better reach areas, people,
and/or healthcare practitioners with previous-
ly limited exposure to aspects of healthcare. Of-
ten m-Health project using mobile phones to
access data on diseases like HIV/AIDS rates
require an e-Health system for managing, stor-
ing, and assessing the data therefore e-Health
projects many times operate as the backbone of
m-Health projects.
Increasing threat of Communicable as well as
Non-Communicable disease epidemics coupled
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with shortage of healthcare professionals is a real
challenge in developing countries like India in
achieving the health related Millennium Devel-
opment Goals (HR-MDGs).This problem can be
solved by an almost explosive growth of mobile
communications offering a new opportunity in
promotion of quality healthcare of Indian people
as Mobile phone reaches further into developing
countries than any other information and com-
munication technology (ITC) and health infra-
structures.3 Mobile phones have been found to be
an appropriate and very promising tool for dis-
ease control interventions in developing coun-
tries like India, where its use has been done in
key diseases like HIV/AIDS and that too by way
of bulk-SMS (push& voice) messaging and this
is found to be well accepted by the population.4
Let us see how m health can further improve
public health system of India by its applicabili-
ty, objectives as given below m-Health applica-
tions in public health system of India by way of
mobile devices:3,4,5
™Collecting community and clinical health data
(Remote data collection)
™Delivery of healthcare information to practi-
tioners, researchers, and patients (Communica-
tion and training for healthcare workers)
™Real-time monitoring of patient vital signs
(Remote monitoring)
™Direct provision of care (Mobile telemedi-
cine).
™Diagnostic and treatment support (Remote
Patients Management)
™Diseases and epidemic outbreak tracking
(Public Health Surveillance)
™Patients education and awareness (IEC and
BCC Messages)
™Disaster warning (Disasters Management)
™Communicable Diseases Management like
TB care with speed and the benefits all across
the globe. m-Health to Improve TB Care' is also
now a new upcoming area with a potential for
mobile health (m-Health) to revolutionize the
fight against tuberculosis (TB).
m-health Objectives
Today many types of smart phones are power-
ful and capable enough in putting an in-
formed doctor, comprehensive medical library
and bio-monitoring device in their pocket.
Techniques like Mobile videos (3G Doctor)can
better do behavior change communication in
National health programmes of India and pro-
mote to maintain healthier long-term lifestyle
choices to prevent rising Non-Communicable
Diseases in Indian Health Care System. With
this we can accomplish, important m-health
objectives, which can be as given below:
1. Increased access to healthcare and health-
related information to hard-to-reach populations;
2. Improved ability to diagnose and track diseas-
es;
3. Timelier results dissemination,
4. More actionable public health information;
and
5. Expanded access to ongoing medical educa-
tion and training for health worker.
6. The Doctors can also send a simple SMS to
remind patients of their appointments for man-
agement of their diseases, is also one of the
working principle areas in m-health.
Because of the pervasiveness and capability of
mobile devices and networks to the health of
society and ability of the basic functions of the
mobile devices such as – Voice calls and SMS
(voice & text) to drive a fundamental change
in all societies’ health and healthcare, that’s
why authors have done systematic review on
this topic to know whether m-health can be a
way to improve Indian Public health System.
OBJECTIVE
To critically analyze the role of mobile (m-
health) in Indian Public Health System as a
possible way to improve Indian public health
System via systematic review approach
MATERIALS AND METHODS
A systematic review of studies on m-health in
literature published till 30th June 2013 on role
of m-Health in Public health was done. A
comprehensive systematic review was done
from Pubmed, WHO, Cochrane database and
Google scholar and Bio-med Central. Both posi-
tive and negative studies were included of last 10
years on key word m-health in above search
areas .M-health studies in developing world
were taken as criteria for guiding role and its
expected results in Indian health care setup. m-
Health studies on impact, effectiveness and
evaluation of m-health in public health were the
3 main criteria taken for inclusion in this syste-
matic review and previous systematic reviews
and exploratory studies on m-health in develop-
ing world were the main study designs taken.
Studies on m-health in developed world as well
data from thesis/dissertation were excluded ex-
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cept for m-health definition.
RESULTS
M- Health Activities in Developing World:
Some of the projects in developing world have
been successful and continue to develop into
long-term services that help those in need, but
many have simply fallen by the wayside. There
are many externally- or government-funded
m-health pilots/projects in the last few years
in developing countries, such as6:
1. Freedom HIV/AIDS in India - A mobile
games to promote HIV/AIDS awareness;
2. Learning about Living in Nigeria- teenagers
can ask sexual health questions by text mes-
sage;
3. Handhelds for Health in India-uses mobile
technologies (instead of pen and paper) to col-
lect field data on disease or public health;
4. Mobile Telemedicine System in Indonesia -
allows remote patients to receive a routine
check-up using a mobile phone.
The real power of m-health is to enable the
patients and providers in these regions to help
themselves like as given below:7
™ The ability to send a SMS to request an am-
bulance in a remote village in India, or ™ Servic-
es that are set up to enable clinicians and patients
to do things more effectively, ™ Service set up
by surgeons in Tanzania- to send bus fares to
patients via m-money so they can make it to the
hospital to have their operation.
Indian Initiatives in field of m-Health
Mobile Health can become a 3000 crore mar-
ket in India by 2017. M-health and E-health is
knowing to make an entry into India's prima-
ry health centres (PHCs) and sub-centres as
the health ministry plans to go hi-tech. The
steering committee on health said that in the
12th plan (2012-17), all district hospitals would
be linked to leading tertiary care centres through
telemedicine, Skype and similar audio visual
media. M-health will be used to speed up trans-
mission of data in this. Economies of Indian
states can grow 1.08 per cent faster with every
10 per cent increase in Internet and broad-
band connections, says a study released by
Indian Council for Research on International
Economic Relations (ICRIER). As per a report by
HealthCursor, the tele-density in urban areas
in India is almost 100 percent while in the ru-
ral areas, it is 37 percent. The pervasiveness of
m-health and e-health platforms will be har-
nessed in the MDG and National Health plans
in India. Over the last decade, telehealth in In-
dia has been primarily facilitated and driven by
government funding. The government now has
a major policy initiative in mobile health. Many
government-driven telemedicine programmes
have failed to live a long life. These pro-
grammes do not have a successful business
model and die after the government grants run
out. Healthcursor Consulting Group has pre-
pared a report on several such reforms that were
implemented by Govt. of India from the year
2005 onwards and lessons learnt. Some of the
factors that lack in Govt. based implementations
here are:
1. Patient satisfaction – do patients like the tech-
nology?
2. Clinical efficacy – how well we can treat the
patients remotely rather than face to face?
3. Business case and sustainability – develop-
ment of clear metrics to measure the project,
including for example decreasing number of
transports, reduced rate of hospitalization and
increased productivity.
INDIAN EXAMPLES IN M-HEALTH
Both govt and private setup are exploring areas
in m-health. Some examples are like as given
below:
1. Non-emergency help lines (Government):
At this point in time, more than 4 large
states in India are looking to set up these
helpline for consumers and people who live
in rural areas and do not have access to basic
health.
2. Emergency help lines (Private Set UP):
1066- A National 24 hour emergency and
trauma care helpline by Apollo Hospitals
Group.
3. Apollo - Aircel Mobile Health Care: Aircel
customers can call 55104 from their mobile
and talk to Health Experts from Apollo for
any health related queries and get interim
relief for life's little health urgencies - any-
time, anywhere for anyone. Apollo Mobile
Healthcare provides access to quality medi-
cal advice from the comfort of your home/
office. Gets you instant advice on medi-
cal/health and wellness queries from a
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panel of doctors specializing in various
fields. The Charges for Apollo Mobile
Healthcare service on 55106 are @ Rs. 2/min
4. Apollo M.I.N.D Line: Apollo M.I.N.D. Line
is a psychological tele-counselling helpline to
support individuals who are dealing with
complications faced in everyday life.
5. B positive: BPositive, a health and lifestyle
magazine, initiated by Apollo Hospitals
Group, was launched in 2008. B Positive
conforms to the mission of empowering the
people to conquer the world with a positive
attitude, by creating awareness about health.
6. Apollo Telemedicine: Telemedicine brings
healthcare within reach of population re-
siding in medically inaccessible areas. They
will also be able to share their medical re-
ports and images to ensure an all round
investigation and an accurate diagnosis.
Doctors can get in touch with their peers
to discuss complicated cases or to get specia-
lized help remotely.
7. Apollo Prism: Apollo Prism is a patient-
controlled Personal Health Record with
which the users can import and manage
health records created during various doctor
visits and can also access their online health
record and medical reports anytime and an-
ywhere.
8. Airtel- Doctor: A consultancy based doctor
helpline and toll free helpline service on
54321 in which call @ Rs 3/mint for airtel
users.
9. Apollo Munich, ICICI Lombard Health In-
surance Companies: SMS and Health Line
Services for their customers are one good
initiative by health Insurance companies.
10. MedIndia web site: Services like ask a
health question on their mobile site.
11. Mobile Clinics: Similarly, mobile clinics,
telemedicine centres and health information
on mobile phones is catching up as priorities
amongst Indian Government.
12. Heart Helplines: Asian Heart Institute (AHI)
Mumbai has started an emergency service
based on mobile communication which also
has air-lift capability to AHI by helicopter
from distant parts of India.
13. Dr SMS: SMS - an initiative by Kerala Gov-
ernment.
DISCUSSION
Mobile technology has spread its roots recent-
ly into low- and middle-income nations. In the
mHealth field, mobile technology means mo-
bile phone technology and the entrance of oth-
er technologies to facilitate healthcare. India has
done a lot in the mobile health applications
with the launch of several different services but
the majority of initiatives are focused on
spreading prevention and awareness messages
and the Mobile Health market opportunity for
India is around 8% of the total Asia-Pacific op-
portunity by 2017.
Strengths of m-health technology
The m-Health has grown rapidly in a very
short period but it requires a more thorough
and scientific approach in its understanding and
evaluating its progress.8 mHealth requires a sol-
id, interdisciplinary scientific approach for the
rapid change associated with technological
progress.9 Resources have also now been allo-
cated to developing m-Health interventions,
like use of mobile technology for behavior
change communication (BCC). Although the
majority of mobile phone users worldwide live
in the developing world, most research eva-
luating BCC mHealth interventions has taken
place in developed countries. Although m-
Health is viewed as a promising tool in develop-
ing countries with the ability to foster behavior
change, more evaluations of current interven-
tions need to be conducted to establish stronger
evidence.10
RTBP via m-health in India
The Real-Time Biosurveillance Program (RTBP)
pilot which was done to monitor the health sta-
tus of the country like india, found that the RTBP
via m-health can reduce expenses, introduce
benefits, and improve the efficiencies in disease
surveillance and mitigation in India.11
Weaknesses of m-health technology
M-health can significantly change the way that
health-care is practiced in future, and it is clear
that it is the human factors that are more dif-
ficult to overcome, rather than the technologi-
cal ones. The primary barriers in m- health
found are language, timing of messages, mobile
network fluctuations, lack of financial incentives,
data privacy, and mobile phone turnover.12
1. The biggest mistake is develop-
ing/introducing products and services with-
out proper consideration of the importance
of patient privacy.
2. For sustainability of mobile health pro-
grams in Indian health care System need to
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be based on key building blocks and strong
partnerships.3
CONCLUSIONS
Mobile technology is changing the health care
delivery across the developing world like india
by giving people who live in rural villages the
ability to connect with doctors, nurses and
other health care workers in major cities even a
phone call can compress the time that it would
have taken before to come to that decision
point and get the pregnant woman care more
often and quickly. m- health has many potentials
like, it can lower costs, improve the quality of
healthcare as well as shift behavior to streng-
then prevention, all of which can improve
health outcomes in the long run. Flexibility is
critical in m- health projects in designing poli-
cies and regulations to steer or enhance m-
health‘s growth. The m- health industry would
be best served with regulatory strategies which
can focus on the most urgent needs of health.
The integration of point-of-care diagnostics with
mobile phones can provide the user with a te-
lemedicine capability that is truly mobile with
real time data monitoring and transfer with in-
stant diagnosis.
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