frontlinesms:medic for scotland malawi partnership 2009
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Isaac Holeman prepared this innovation talk about FrontlineSMS:Medic for the 2009 meeting of the Scotland Malawi Partnership in Edinburgh. About Isaac:Isaac Holeman recently graduated from Lewis & Clark College in Portland Oregon, where he researched ribosome biogenesis in the laboratory yeast S. cerevisiae. His passions include medicine, informatics, anthropology, global health, blogging at isaacholeman.org, and practicing the Christian faith. Eventually he hopes to attend medical school. Isaac co-founded FrontlineSMS:Medic and is currently their Director of Clinical Programs. He will be working throughout East Africa next year, based primarily at St. Gabriel's hospital in Namitete, Malawi. About the Scotland Malawi Partnership:> UPCOMING SMP EVENTSEducational Challenges and Successes in Malawi (30th May, 10.00 – 14.30, Stenhouse Primary School, Edinburgh) An event involving 8 Malawian Primary Ed...read on > > Funding update from the Scottish GovernmentAs we move forward within the new financial year, the Scottish Government has outlined its funding position for 2009-10.The International Developm...read on > Welcome to Scotland Malawi PartnershipThe Scotland Malawi Partnership, exists to inspire people and organisations of Scotland to be involved with Malawi in an informed, coordinated and effective way so that both nations benefit.TRANSCRIPT
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SMS, Medical Records, Mapping, & Mobile Diagnostics
Isaac Holeman, Clinical Program Director at FrontlineSMS:Mediccontact: www.isaacholeman.org/smp
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Macro Level Drivers
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4.4 Million Health Worker Shortage
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Urban/Rural Divides
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Urban/Rural Divides
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3.6 billion mobile phone subscribers (54% ofglobal population)
In 2002, mobile subscribers overtook fixed linesubscribers
64% of all mobile users are in the developingworld
By 2012, 50% of individuals living in remote areasin the world will have mobiles
The fastest growth is projected to occur in Asia,Middle East, and Africa
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Market Penetration
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Market Penetration
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Scale through replicability depends on simplicity,cost, user ownership and empowerment
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FrontlineSMS:Medic harnesses prevalenttechnology and a prevalent clinical model
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FrontlineSMS: a laptop and a cellphone become a communication hub
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Runs on laptops, desktops, or netbooks
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Lowest Common Denominator Phones
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Adapter connects computer to a phone
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GSM modem for faster text messaging
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FrontlineSMS Hardware Family
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15
15 minute installation, welcome to FrontlineSMS
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Manage phone numbers under contacts tab
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Send messages to groups or individuals
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Recognize keywords for automated response
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Our pilot began in June 2008
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A nurse and 10 CHWs the first week
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Start with basics
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Micro-solar phone chargers
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Impact in six months:1. Saved $3,000 in motorcycle fuel2. Saved 2,000 staff hours3. Doubled enrollment in Tuberculosis program
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A qualitative outcome: empowerment
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Local ownership (of tool, project, data)
Builds on local awareness
Platform is free and works on available hardware
Highly replicable and scalable
No need for the internet
Easy to use
Responds to ‘their’ need (bottom up)
Why it works
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Current Sites
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New Clinical Partners
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Expanding Rapidly in 2009-2010
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Extending the FrontlineSMS Platform
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OpenMRS integration: Moving from paperrecords to mobile electronic records
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OpenMRS is in the orange, moving towards green
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Tracking disease burden &health services geographically
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How a text message becomes a map
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The best crisis communication tool is thetool you were using before the crisis
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CellLab: Camera phone becomes a diagnostic tool
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A pattern matching algorithm can diagnosediseases like Tuberculosis and Malaria
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Print a pre-paid shipping label at hopephones.org
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How do I become a clinical partner?
1. Email [email protected] with a briefdescription of your patient population, clinicalenvironment, organizational resources
2. We help you brainstorm use cases
3. You decide whether you need someone from ourteam on site to help you get started
4. We put your clinic on hopephones.org and startgathering phones
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What should I remember about FrontlineSMS:Medic?
1. Free & open source software and a team ofimplementers helping low-resource clinics and hospitals
2. The core platform works with lowest commondenominator everything
3. Currently serving 1.2 million patients, working withglobal partners to reach several million more this year
4. Upcoming innovations include medical records viamobile phone, mapping, and cheap, mobile diagnostics
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Isaac Holeman, Clinical Programs Director at FrontlineSMS:Mediccontact: www.isaacholeman.org/smp
Thank You