Exploring mhealth

Christina Papanikolaou, MDGeneral Secretary for Public Health

MWC 26 February 2014

Exploring mhealth: conclusions

mhealth apps: facts & figures

Exploring innovation apps in health

mhealth ehealth Tele-care

Tele-health

Tele-medicine

Sustainability of Healthcare Systems

Cost-containment solutions

More efficient, safe and high-quality healthcare

Tools for development and job creation

Respond to the challenges of today

New Questions

Patient – physician relationshipmHealth: tool or purpose?

Large-scale deployment of apps: regulatory framework (privacy, security issues), reimbursement

Healthcare systems reforms able to support and integrate new apps

Primary Healthcare

Apps for real people with real needs

mhealth: The Greek Landscape

Region of Central Greece

PPP for poor-resource settings

Large-scale apps in Greece

• Nation – wide ICT systems• Patient summary• E-prescription• ICD-10 guidelines

• 48.000 physicians• 12.000 pharmacies• ~ 5 million e-prescriptions per month …

Strategic Plan involving mhealthPrimary health care reform: supported by

mhealthImplementation of large scale prevention

programs (population screening with portable, mobile devices)

Remote monitoring of chronic patientsBig Data: evaluation and quality of informationReimbursement (social funds? services

providers? …)

How we proceed from now on

Greece at MWC 2014

eHealth Forum: Athens, May 12-14

http://ehealth2014.org/

eHealth Forum: Athens, May 12-14

eHealth Forum: Athens, May 12-14

Seeing you in Athens!

eHealth Forum: Athens, May 12-14