“Mobile Health(mHealth) is the use of mobile and wireless devices, the technology, to provide Health outcomes, Healthcare services and Health research.”

1. MHEALTH(MOBILE HEALTH):
A TECHNOLOGY IN HEALTHCARE
Presented by:
Ms. Priyanka Wandhe-Faculty
Department of Business Administration
Dhanwate National College, Nagpur
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2. INTRODUCTION
mHealth is by definition based on mobile technology such as smartphones,
healthcare, through information and delivery, can better reach areas, people,
and/or healthcare practitioners with previously limited exposure to certain
aspects of healthcare.
The field broadly encompasses the use of mobile telecommunication and
multimedia technologies in health care delivery. The term mHealth was coined
by Robert Istepanian as use of "emerging mobile communications and
network technologies for healthcare". A definition used at the 2010 mHealth
Summit of the Foundation for the National Institutes of health (FNIH) was "the
delivery of healthcare services via mobile communication devices".
The mHealth field has emerged as a sub-segment of eHealth, the use of
information and communication technology (ICT), such as computers, mobile
phones, communications satellite, patient monitors, etc., for health services
and information.
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3. Technologies relate to the operating systems that organize mobile device hardware
while maintaining confidentiality, integrity and availability are required to build trust.
This may foster greater adoption of mHealth technologies and services, by exploiting
lower cost multi purpose mobile devices such as tablets, PCs, and smartphones.
mHealth
Technologies
Google’s
Android
Apple’s
iphone OS
Microsoft’s
Windows
Mobile Nokia
Symbian
OS
RIM’s
Blackberry
OS
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4. MHEALTH INSIGHTS
Source: MedData Point
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World Population
Healthcare Services

5. MHEALTH INSIGHTS
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Source: MedData Point

6. INSIGHTS OF MHEALTH (CONTD)…
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Source: MedData Point

7. MAJOR CONCERNS FOR HEALTHCARE
ORGANIZATIONS/HEALTHCARE CHALLENGES
The Indian healthcare Industry size is expected to touch
$160 billion by 2017 and $280 billion by 2020 –IBEF
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To arrive at the remotest
locations and speed up response time.
Unceasing Healthcare professional
shortages.
To advance patient safety.
Best practices and decision support
processes.
Cost suppression.

8. ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES
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Minimizes expenses for healthcare
organizations.
Healthcare inexpensive for remote
locations.
Making staff member interactions easy
and coordinate activities.
Providing current information to the
patients.

9. OPPORTUNITIES OF MHEALTH IN HEALTHCARE
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Opportunities
of mHealth in
Healthcare
Physician
Patient
Nursing Administrator
Pathologist
Pharmacist

10. FACTORS ENCOURAGING MHEALTH ADOPTION
Mobile technology adoption is determined by the following business factors
within healthcare organization. A web based survey conducted on Hospitals
and Healthcare systems.
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Source: Porter Research
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26.5
10.5
8
7.5
6
18
Weight loss
Exercise
Women's Health
Sleep & Meditation
Pregnancy
Tools & Instruments
Other
Factors encouraging mHealth Adoption
(Note: Figures in %)

11. MHEATH USER STATISTICS
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Average age
35%
54%Male
85%use
social media
for health
76% take
prescription
61%
Downloaded
mHealth app 87% have a
smartphone (Driven
by smartphone
users)
52% of smartphone
users gather health
related information on
their phone
50% of smartphone
users have downloaded
mobile health apps
within 5 years.
Source: HIT Consultant

12. CONSUMERS USING MHEALTH APPS
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50
26.5
10.5
8
7.5
6
18
Weight loss
Exercise
Women's Health
Sleep & Meditation
Pregnancy
Tools & Instruments
Other
mHealth Apps downloaded by Consumers
(Note: Figures in millions)
Source: HIT Consultant

13. PHYSICIANS STATISTICS ON MHEALTH
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93% of physicians
believe that mobile
health apps can
improve patient’s
health
93% of physicians
find value having a
mobile health app
connected to
emergency Health
80% of physicians
use smartphones
and medical apps
40% of physicians
believe mHealth
technologies can
reduce the number
of visits to doctor’s
offices
Source: MedData Point

14. PHYSICIANS TOP REASONS FOR ADOPTION OF
MHEALTH
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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Time Effeciency
Cost Effeciency
Improved quality and contunity of care
Improved communication with patients
Patient Demands
No mobile health adopters
Physicians top reasons for adoption of mHealth
Source: MedData Point

15. TRENDS SHAPING MHEALTH INDUSTRY IN
INDIA
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mHealth
Healthcare
Providers in India
to spend $1.08
billion on IT in
2014. Only 3% of Indian
households have a
computer with
internet, while 69%
have mobile
phones.
Smartphone
shipments grew
16% in 2013.
31,000 health
related apps in the
market and 142
million expected to
be downloaded in
2016.
By 2025, every
seventh netizen in
the world will be an
Indian.
By 2017, wearable
devices will drive
50% of total app
interactions.
Source: 2020msl.com/blog/mhealth-healthcare-2020msl/

16. WORLDWIDE MHEALTH REVENUE FORECAST 2013-2017
With over 97,000 health & fitness related mobile apps currently on
Google Play and Apple App store and 4 million downloads per day,
The mobile phase has now entered the commercialization phase and
will reach 26 billion globally by 2017.
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4.5
6.9
10.2
15.4
26
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
2013 year 2014 year 2015 year 2016 year 2017 year
RevenueinbillionUSdollar
Source: Statista

17. APPLICATIONS OF MHEALTH
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Education and awareness
Helpline
Diagnostic and treatment support
Communication and training for healthcare workers
Disease and epidemic outbreak tracking
Remote monitoring
Remote data collection
Emergency response systems (e.g., road traffic
accidents, emergency obstetric care)
Human resources coordination, management, and
supervision

18. APPLICATIONS OF MHEALTH (CONTD…)
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Mobile voice and SMS telemedicine diagnostic and
decision support to remote clinicians.
Clinician-focused, evidence-based formulary, database
and decision support information available at the
point-of-care.
Health extension services.
Health-related mLearning for the general public.
Health promotion and community mobilization.
Support of long-term conditions ,for example in
diabetes self-management.
Peer-to-Peer Personal Health Management for
telemedicine.
Mobile social media for global health personnel for
example, the capacity to facilitate professional
connectedness, and to empower health workforce.

19. MHEALTH CHALLENGES
Almost 60% of providers found Security Concerns including confidentiality as the most significant
oncern, while funding, Connectvity/Bandwith and Integration with existing Infrastructure were also
found as some of the top Concerns.
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60
56
54
52
48
46
38
34
28
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Security Concers-i.e confidentiality
Funding
Connectivity/ Bandwidth
Interoperability/Integration existing infrastructure
interoperability/Integration aming mobile solutions
General Performance
Technology obsolescence
Physical connectivity
Stakeholders buy-in/culture change-user adoption
Mobile device mgmt/Network mgmt
(Note: Figures in %)
Source: Porter Research

20. SERVICES PROVIDED BY MHEALTH
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of India has set up the National Health
Portal. NHP aims to make as a single point access for Authentic health.
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Note: On the Website of National Portal Health, there is a complete list of 67
useful website/apps. http://www.nhp.gov.in/miscellaneous/m-health

21. Four New m-health initiatives launched on World Health
Day( 7th April 2016)
Swasthya ANMOL E-Raktaosh
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Swasthya
Bharat
ANMOL E-Raktakosh India fights
Dengue

22. FUTURE OF MHEALTH
HEALTHCARE & WEARABLES TOGETHER
Wearables are becoming widely used. The number of wearable devices shipped
to consumers is expected to reach 130 million by 2018. From fitness bands to
smart watches to Google Glass, wearables are being widely adopted by
consumers. Interestingly enough, professionals are more open to using wearables
than consumers, especially professionals in the healthcare industry.
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23. IMPACT OF MHEALTH ON HEALTHCARE
INDUSTRY
Will increase access to healthcare and health-
related information (particularly for hard-to-reach
populations).
Will improve ability to diagnose and track diseases.
Will provide more actionable public
health information.
Will expanded access to ongoing medical education
and training for health workers.
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24. DISCLAIMER
Please note that the presentation is for information purpose
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Ms. Priyanka Wandhe-Faculty
Department of Business Administration,
Dhanwate National College, Nagpur.