geneva, switzerland, 25-26 september 2012 mobile technology transforming healthcare trond are...

Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012

Mobile TechnologyTransforming Healthcare

Trond Are Bjørnvold,Vice President, Telenor Group,

trond-are.bjornvold@telenor.com

ITU Experts Group Meeting on m-Health: Towards Better Care, Cure and Prevention in Europe

Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012

Mobile key to solving health challenges

Patient monitoring & compliance

Remote diagnostic

Remote data access

The smartphone is the most popular technology among doctors since the stethoscope

Information on disease prevention

Public wellness apps

The time has come…

Mobile has worldwide reach across all levels of society…

Global penetration approaching 100%

Source: Forbes; Apple; OVUM; BCG analysis

… and sufficient richness in health technology

Simple feature phones can provide important health information

Smart devices and mobile broadband enable advanced medical appliances

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...to transform health service delivery

1. WHO Global Observatory for eHealth: "mHealth - New horizons for health through mobile", 2011

The promise of a better life

• No doctors available to ask

• Does not understandwarning signs

• Risk of death during labour

• Receives birth-related information

• Understands warning signs, gets help

• Mother and child lives

“Karishma”26, pregnant mother

SMS saves mother and child

Public information

• Unable to call for help when in need

• Frequently forgets medication

• Constantly worries next-of-kin

• Automatic alarms to HC professionals

• Easy to understand med. reminders

• Wireless check-ups and communication

“Lennart”69, widower with dementia

Empowered to live independently

Public information

Potential impact significant for European countries

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Remote treatmentreduces COPDhospitalizations

Remote monitoringreduces elderly care costs

Hungary

Save 40,000 annualhospital nights

Montenegro

Save 2,000 annualhospital nights

Serbia

Save 40,000 annualhospital nights

Norway

Save € 1.5 billionannually

Denmark

Save € 1.25 billion annually

Sweden

Save € 2.4 billion annually

Telenor is enabling mHealth devices

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Safety alarms Glucose meters Pill dispensers

Independent living Mobile workers

Telenor provides complete solutions for Assisted Living

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Fall Door Humidity Temp Motion GPS Blood pressure Scale

Gateway

Alarm centre Medical records Mobile care Relatives

Shepherd

Internet / GSM

mHealth innovation projects

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Remote healthcare for elderly, chronic patients - Hungary Piloting elderly living solutions Norway

LTE router in ambulances Norway

Tromsø Telemedicine Laboratory Norway

Pilot in Szabolcs Szatmár Bereg county

• ~500 devices• 5 clinics, 180 patients• 9 months long• 30% cost saving

• Fall• Bed-wetting• Epilepsy• Pill dispenser• Transmitting live video

• Sensors (pulse, temperature, blood pressure, EKG)

Partnering to innovate new health services which aims to provide human care utilising new technologies to improve health care and reduce burdenon the health care system.

• Door sensors• GPS

mHealth face multiple barriers to full-scale implementation

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Share of countries listing barrier as important

Priorities Knowledge PolicyCosteffectiveness Legal

Ope-ratingcosts

DemandTechnicalexpertise Infrastructure Other

Ecosystem barriers

Regulatory / policy barriers Source: WHO; BCG analysis

Nine key barriers to implementation of mHealth identified by the WHO