1. Promoting Maternal & Child Health through ICT; the role of the Graduate Nurse By Kobby Blay, CEO,Ghana Health Nest (GHN)

2. ICT Information Communication technology 3. Definition Dynamic means of collecting,storing and sharing/using information 4. Healthcare ICT Using Tech to improve Care and answer the basic components of Healthcare i.e Accessibility, Affordability, Quality, Availability 5. On the ground?..More papers! 6. MoTeCH-Using SMS messaging to promote maternal health 7. Instead of this 8. We now have that- Mobile applications 9. Peek app-early identification 10. mPedigree-fighting fake drugs through SMS 11. Claimsync,making insurance claims easier.. 12. Maternal Health Channel Engaging maternal Health Discussion on SM 13. Mamaye Ghana Providing Maternal Health information through the web 14. Advocacy and support when things go wrong- Suwaiba saga 15. Including getting numbers for a blood drives 16. What Healthcare ICT Involves _Electronic Health 17. Also known as EHRs Involves the use of electronic devices to interact with patient and their information,Includes; Electronic Health Records-EHR Laboratory Imaging/Visualisation 18. Digital Health 19. Digital Health(Medicine2.0,Health 2.0) Promoting health through the internet,includes Health Webs (internet) Social Networking Sites (Example HCSM) 20. Mobile Health(mHealth) 21. What is it? It answers the issue of Accessibility & Affordability,Availability Involves Mobile devices providing SMS, Voice Calls, Apps Often rxtends to where the internet is unavailable 22. Where can you start from? Do we wait or watch? 23. Or say its not our duty to? 24. Napoleon Hill says If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. So which is our small way as Graduate Nurses? 25. Social Media 26. SM Types Blogs.-Recommended for professionals Microblogs- Twitter, Tumblr Social Networking- Facebook,Google +, LinkdIn Media Sharing- Youtube,Instagram,Pintere st,Soundcloud,Podcast 27. Understand the basics of SM in HC 28. Join, Start a community/Discussion(Online groups) 29. Stay Informed w/ Credible resources/Influencers 30. Share and Engage in a conversation 31. Connect,Follow & Refer your patient to a community 32. Is it Necessary at all?-Some facts A billion people will never see a doctor in their lives, but 90% of the world's population is covered by mobile Phones..Now,Phones > Humans!!! GH Mobile subscription 76% Global Smart phone users=56% (2011- 35%,2012-46) Facebook =1bn users . Took 5years to hit 50m users as compared to 39years with radio Pregnancy sites, Pregnancy apps & SMS,Email Alerts to keep track of progress of pregnancy Social Media Pages,Groups, Media Sharing(Youtube,Instagrams) Confronting midwives/Doctors during visits. Easy to broadcast flaws(On Social Media via micro/mega blogs & sites)! 33. SMS Alerts 34. The Mega Sites- Babycenter.com 35. Pregnancy.com-helps keep progress of pregnancy 36. Do not under rate this 37. Opinion 38. Benefits Trust Engage Prevent Medical Conflicts Enhance Professionalism Informed Recommendations Know more about Clients needs Encourage visits(Professional advice) Advocacy & Campaigns eg Blood drives,Abortions. Patient Empowerment(An Informed patient is an Empowered patient) 39. Challenges & How to beat some Ethics-Take time to understand ethics of the Healthcare and SM (eg Privacy,Confidentiality) Time-Find & use the right tools,schedule, Not all platforms may be necessary,engage with one at a time Illiteracy i.e patient engagement-Engage offline,find appropriate lang. (Google now has local languages, or Use Voice/Pictures/Videos) Internet/Broadband-??? 40. Nevertheless One Life is just too Many to Lose!