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mHEALTH: REDEFINING HEALTHCAREA prescription to boost patient satisfaction, improve treatment outcomes & scale-up revenue.
The mHealth Market is Growing
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Monitoring Services
Healthcare Systems Strengthening
Diagnosis Services
Others
Factors Fuelling mHealth Growth
Increase in smartphone and Tablet penetration
Increased demand from patients and physicians
Focus on patient-centered care
Innovation in technology
Expansion of high speed wireless access, like 4G
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Major Challenges in Healthcare Industry
Regulations such as Affordable Care Act
Shortage of human resources
Soaring patient expectations and pressure to deliver
affordable care
Competition from foreign countries where healthcare is
better and cheaper
Mobile is the Answer
Automatic collecting, verifying, and entering data via Barcode reader, sensors etc., to minimize staff workload.
Boost collaboration and coordination among staff for better patient experience.
Real-time collection and sharing of data for quick decision making for improved patient care.
Mobile is the Answer
Mobile EMR, electronic prescribing to boost physician effeciency and help him cover more patients per day.
Asset tracking, demand & capacity management, analytics etc., for new efficiencies in hospital administration.
Cost efficiency by enabling cloud, PaaS and SaaS.
Top Reasons for Patients to Adopt mHealth Apps
Ability to access my healthcare providers more conveniently/effectively46%
Ability to reduce my own healthcare costs43%
Ability to take greater control over my own health32%
Ability to obtain information that is difficult or impossible for me to obtain from other sources28%
Ability to access better quality healthcare25%
Top Reasons for Physicians to Adopt mHealth AppsImproved quality of care/better health outcomes
Easier access to care for existing patients
Reduction in administrative time for medical personnel, allowing greater time for patients
More efficient internal processes/communication
Ability to reach previously unreachable patients
Patient expectations/demand
Lower overall costs of care for patients
Opportunity to provide new services/tap into new markets
Ubiquity of smartphones and applications in all areas of life
Encouragement by regulators
Expectation/demand of medical personnel or employees
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Opportunities in Mobile Healthcare
Patient records Collecting and displaying patient records at point-of-care through mobile technologies.
Administration Asset tracking, demand & capacity management, job scheduling & tracking, business analytics
Mobile integrated devices Devices to check sugar levels, blood pressure and other vital parameters.
Patient monitoring Using mobile technology to manage, monitor, and treat a
patient’s illness from a distance with the help of remote sensors and imaging devices linked to mobile phones.
Appointment scheduling and reminders For patients to schedule or remind to attend an
appointment.
Treatment compliance Sending reminder messages to patients with the aim of
achieving treatment compliance.
Decision support systems Software to advise healthcare professionals on clinical diagnoses of patients based on health history and medical information, such as prescribed drugs. Mobile devices are used to input data and obtain
targeted health information.
SERVICES
Popular mHealth Solutions
Patient Engagement
• Boosts patient-physician relationship
• Empowers patients for self care
• Improve treatment outcomes.
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Remote Patient Monitoring
• Improves post discharge care
• 24X7 monitoring for chronic conditions
• Cuts hospital readmissions and costs
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Hospital Asset Management
• Easy management of equipments and other assets
• RFID based equipment tracking
• Lower inventory expense
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Physician Productivity
• Access patient medical record
• Prescribe tests directly to diagnostics and get reports
• Get alerts and reminders from nursing staff.
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Barriers to mHealth Adoption
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People may misinterpret their own data and make poor decisions
Legal risks
People may get poor information and make poor decisions
Potential additional cost for individuals
Potential additional cost for institutions
Social media and mobile communications could hurt medical professionals
People will feel self-conscious/embarrassed about having wearable devices
I do not have any concerns about mobile health technology
What is your biggest concern regarding mobile health?
Source: Economist Intelligence Unit survey, September 2014
Data privacy risks
50%54%
50%52%
Public sector
Private sector
12%27%
15%21%
10%12%
17%8%
10%11%
4%3%
8%2%
Future of mHealth
Internet of Things & wearables to drive connected healthcare.
Mobile to become central to care delivery model.
After fitness, patient engagement etc., mobile apps to play role in complex treatment procedures.
Higher adoption of mobile tech by providers, physicians, payers and patients.
Case Study
A pathbreaking solution that revolutionized STEMI/STROKE care by putting an entire emergency network in the palm of patients, resulting in:
• 22% reduction in door to balloon time • 30% reduction in average door to lytic time • D2B time < 90 minutes from 78% to95% • D2B time < 60 minutes from 56% to80%
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Pulsara
Case Study
Integrated with EMR and powered with our proprietary mobile user engagement and analytics platform, the app empowers UHG members to make informed decisions in choosing drug alternatives and pricing. It features:
• Drug price comparison • Compatibility check of a drug with other drugs • Phramacy locator • Medication reminder & alerts • Customer engagement
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ScriptHub
Case Study
An IoT app that integrates with 24 hour Fitness’ proprietary hardware device
and works as a companion piece to the bodybuggSP Personal
Calorie Management System. The app communicates with an armband
device through Bluetooth protocol to receive data on calories burned,
steps taken, activities and calories consumed from the website via a
secured connection, over the air, to provide users real-time data on their device.
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