Post on 27-Mar-2015
Mobile Health WG Report to
International CouncilHL7 Working Group MeetingPhoenix, AZ, USA
2013-01-13
Co-chairs:•Gora Datta
gora@cal2cal.com •Nadine ManjaroNadine.Manjaro@VerizonWireless.com
A STAR IS BORN!
Mobile Health WG: the newbie was formally
launched at May’12 WGM
First full WG meeting took place in Sep’12 at
Baltimore WGM
Group meets every Friday at 11am EST
– Listserv: mobilehealth@lists.hl7.org
– Wiki: http://wiki.hl7.org/index.php?title=Mobile_Health
Active participation by many “HL first timers”
0 to 60 in 3 months
Multiple (active) Sub Groups:Definition, Scope and Context (DEF)Education and Communication (EDU-COM)External Standards Gap Analysis (EXT-STD)Low to Medium Income Countries (LMIC)Security (SEC)Standards Gap Analysis - PHR/Mobile (STD-GAP)Use Case Development/ Scenario (UCD)
Serious Stuff#1: MHWG MISSION
The HL7 Mobile Health Work Group creates and promotes health information technology standards and frameworks for mobile health.
Serious Stuff#2: MHWG CHARTER
Identify data standards and functional requirements that are specific to the mobile health environment
Identify and promote mobile health concepts for interoperability as adopted and adapted for use in the mobile environment
Coordinate and cooperate with other groups interested in using mobile health to promote health, wellness, public health, clinical, social media, and other settings.
Provide a forum where HL7 members and stakeholders collaborate in standardizing to enable the secure exchange, storage, analysis, and transmission of data and information for mobile applications and/or mobile devices.
Reaching Out…
Free tutorial on “HL7’s Mobile Health Activities” by
Ann Wrightson (HL7 UK)
– Phoenix’13 WGM (Q3-Sedona 3)
1st Newsletter (Quarterly?) by the WG: in publication
Trial by fire
– Looking into participating in a Large Scale Pilot-project in
Africa, India
Rolling Out…
Pilot-project to provide access to healthcare in (underserved) rural regions, leveraging:
– Health Care Standards framework– Mobile Health Technology platform– Health-Tech Workers (new care team member category)– Cloud Computing infrastructure– Alternate Energy –Powered Devices
Initial Target population: subset of 3 million household
Subsequent: over 100M!!!
Activities: India
Pilot-project to provide access to healthcare in (underserved) rural regions, leveraging:
– Health Care Standards framework– Mobile Health Technology platform– Health-Tech Workers (new care team member category)– Cloud Computing infrastructure– Alternate Energy –Powered Devices
Working with Non-Government Organizations and Grassroots organizations
Targeting District (Purulia) population: 3 million
Activities: India (continued)
Target populations: Women and Children– In-utero:
Pregnancy monitoring Pregnancy and post-pregnancy education
– Neo natal: Birth registry National Person Identifier Midwife training
– Early childcare: Immunization Nutrition Allergies, intolerances, sensitivities Wellness education
Activities: Niger
Face-to-face meeting with Ministry of Public Health officials in April 2012; ongoing discussions
Reviewing the (government-provided) National System for Public Health modernization plan
Niger is keen to receive international input / help in meeting its modernization plan
– Intend to propose a project that is similar to the India project
MAKE A DIFFERENCE….
Require international participation and involvement!!!
For additional information, please contact MHWG co-chairs