an mhealth prescription: what we can learn from the developing world
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An mHealth Prescription: What We Can Learn from the Developing World by frog Creative Director Kate Canales, presented at the World Congress on mHealth in Cambridge.TRANSCRIPT
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An mHealth Prescription: What We Can Learn from the Developing World David Aylward, Ashoka and Kate Canales, frog
Four Patterns and Their Lessons: What We Can Learn from the Developing World
Information shared between patients is the most valuable information in healthcare.
Pattern 1:
Temptdxx
Get comfortable with these non-clinical sources. Use technology to reinforce patient communities with accurate, relevant information.
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Information shared between patients is the most valuable information in healthcare.
Lesson:
The gaps in healthcare and self-care are filled by humans, not technology. Technology just helps.
Pattern 2:
PatientTouchxx
Build tools to support and extend the human infrastructure, not replace it.
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The gaps in healthcare and selfcare are filled by humans, not technology. Technology just helps.
Lesson:
Successful initiatives usually ride on existing systems.
Pattern 3:
Photo credit: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP – Getty Images
Photo credit: Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP – Getty Images
Prostate Netxx
Find systems that are working to support people, then build on them. (And we need to remember to look outside of healthcare.)
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Successful initiatives usually ride on existing systems.
Lesson:
You can’t design for behavior change if you don’t understand motivation and meaning.
Pattern 4:
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Project Masilulekexx
Start small and learn your way to the right solutions through a deep understanding of patient and user context.
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You can’t change behavior if you don’t understand motivation and meaning
Lesson:
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