Comments on: Learnings from mHealth Summit

By: Adesina

Adesina — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:09:28 +0000

I can’t add to what you have critically observed here. Maybe NIH’s narrow clinical organizational stance rather than wider public or global health one dictated the conference’s outlook and outcomes.

By: Robert Sanchez

Robert Sanchez — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:51:58 +0000

Great summary of the topics covered at this year’s mHealth summit. It is great to hear that both companies and our government are placing a higher priority on developing more mHealth-focused applications for patients. At Globaltel Media we’ve adapted text message technology to aid patients in everything from appointment scheduling/reminders to rehabilitation support via mobile video, we’ve found the more access patients have to their personal health-realted information and activities, the more conncted they feel with their respective care providers.

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By: Wayan @ ICTworks

Wayan @ ICTworks — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:26:40 +0000

Thanks for pointing out our post, Why mHealth Should Not Be Sustainable but note that Inveneo and FrontlineSMS (Josh's company) are quite independent of each other. We just collaborate to help users roll out SMS:Medic in rural areas through appropriate hardware to compliment their software.

By: Conrad Clyburn

Conrad Clyburn — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 15:18:15 +0000

John,

As always, thank you for the consistently valuable analysis and perspectives you provide for those of us who were not able to attend these events. I am linking this post to the MedTech-IQ international network. I am sure the members will find it useful. Here is a link to our mHealth coverage to date: http://medtechiq.ning.com/main/search/search?q=mHealth&page=1

Enjoy,

By: Michael Downey

Michael Downey — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:09:43 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, John. Sorry we didn’t get to talk this week.

FYI – Inveneo and FrontlineSMS:Medic are separate entitites, they just share some synergies and partner together. Inveneo is an overall IT systems integrator for the global south, and FSMS is a specific mHealth app.

I think there’s a place for both basic and applied research in the ICT4D space, but it’s important for anyone to identify which they’re doing at the outset. Regardless of approach, they both need to have clear goals and focus on outcomes – which I agree was greatly lacking this week (save a few examples).

As for interface design, I’m in agreement with what little HCI research has taken place in this field that what can best be described as “progressive participatory design” may be the best design approach for these projects. However, I also believe that basic qualitative research is of great import – most people, going in to these projects, have little understanding of the cultures and paradigms in which they’re attempting to work. (My research at IU is focused on my latter statements.)

Cheers,
Michael Downey
Indiana University School of Informatics & OpenMRS Project

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ICMCC News Page » Learnings from mHealth Summit — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:33:03 +0000

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