1. Interagency Working Group for mHealth
June 9, 2010

2. June 9th Agenda Lunch/conversation: BCC, Data Collection, HIV
Review of the mHealth Toolkit
Tim Piper of MEDA- Vouchers and Retailers
Mobile data collection
New name?

3. Online Collaborative Knowledge Management
The mHealth Toolkit
Online Collaborative Knowledge Management

4. The mHealth Toolkit Why ? Reach beyond the DC/HQ “bubble”
Shift from discussion to program planning
Synthesize and streamline growing information
Support objective standards: evidence-based, appropriate, scalable, sustainable

5. The mHealth Toolkit Easy to find and easy to use: Selective Objective:
Organized for busy program managers, health policy makers, and service providers.
Selective
Most instructive and relevant evidence/examples
Objective:
Advantages and limitations of mHealth

6. Health Informatics Forum
Recent Events
Health Informatics Forum

7. Vouchers and Retailers
Guest Presentation
mHealth for Malaria
Vouchers and Retailers
Tim Piper, Health Programs
Mennonite Economic Development Associates

8. Mobile Data Collection
June 4th conference call
Reviewed resource requirements, that influence:
Where adopt mobile data collection
Design requirements and options
Factors in equipment choice
Hidden costs

9. Mobile Data Collection Resource Requirements
Programming (internal or outsourced)
Equipment and related needs
Printing
Pretesting
Training/documentation
Staffing/IT Support
Quality control

10. Mobile Data Collection Decreased Resource Requirements
Less staff- interviewers, data entry operators.
Computers and space for data entry operation.
Reduction in printing of questionnaires.
Physical housing and shipping of paper.

11. Mobile Data Collection Define Features, Requirements
Define factors for selection, scale up, sustainability
Features:
Collection: interface, format, calculations, checks
Additional: analysis, mapping, interactivity, dissemination, feeds to other applications
Resource Requirements:
Equipment: model, internet, data format
Program: staff, oversight, workflow, partners

12. Interagency Working Group for mHealth- What’s in a Name?
Current name is long, confusing
Other suggestions?
What emphasize in group principles or scope?
What is clear for those new to mHealth?

13. Next Steps Matrix of mHealth application features and requirements
Finalize launch version of mHealth Toolkit
Next meeting July 13
Center for Knowledge Societies: ethnographic research on mobiles for rural populations in India

14. Interagency Working Group for mHealth
Any announcements?
Kelly Keisling

15. Principles of the Working Group
Frame mHealth within global health strategy
Apply public health standards and practices
Emphasize appropriate, evidence-based, scalable and sustainable approaches in resource-poor settings
Build capacity of implementing agencies