FrontlineSMS:MedicA New Approach to mHealth

WHO estimates 4.4 million health worker shortage

Namitete, Malawi

St. Gabriel’s Hospital

- 1/4 million people

- 100 miles in each direction

- 2 doctors

- 400+ CHWs

CHW Training

FrontlineSMS

Now...• Requests for remote patient care

• Tracking patients and doing follow-ups via SMS

• Auto-replies with correct drug dosage/usage info

• HIV + TB drug adherence records

• Patient status records

• Coordinate and mobilize

Hope Phones

hopephones.org

OLD PHONES SAVE LIVESHope Phones’ first pilot project distributed cell phones to community health workers in 100 rural villages in Malawi, saving thousands of dollars in travel and hospital costs and doubling the number of patients treated for diseases such as tuberculosis.

Each donated phone will be refurbished and used to purchase appropriate, usable cell phones for community health workers in medical clinics in over 30 countries around the world.

When you donate your old cell phone to Hope Phones, the road becomes less traveled by medical staff in Malawi.

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Software Development

PatientView

FrontlineForms

Remote diagnostics

Photographs courtesy of Dr. Ozcan’s laboratory, UCLA and Science

Dr. Ozcan, UCLA

Email: josh@medic.frontlinesms.com

http://medic.frontlinesms.com

Twitter: @joshnesbit and @SMSmedic

(US mobile) 540.454.2941

Thank You

Josh Nesbit, Executive Director