Mobile Technology Transforming Healthcare

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Mobile TechnologyTransforming Healthcare
ITU Experts Group Meeting on m-Health Towards
Better Care, Cure and Prevention in Europe
Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 September 2012

• Trond Are Bjørnvold,
• Vice President, Telenor Group, trond-are.bjornvold
  _at_telenor.com

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Mobile key to solving health challenges
Patient monitoring compliance
Information on disease prevention
Remote diagnostic
Public wellness apps
Remote data access
The smartphone is the most popular technology
among doctors since the stethoscope
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The time has come
Mobile has worldwide reach across all levels of
society Global penetration approaching 100
and sufficient richness in health technology
Simple feature phones can provide important
health information
Mobile penetration
Smart devices and mobile broadband enable
advanced medical appliances
120 90 60 30 0
105
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100
96
91
85
78
201 0
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201 2
201 3
201 4
201 5
201 6
Mobile penetration
Source Forbes Apple OVUM BCG analysis
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...to transform health service delivery
1. WHO Global Observatory for eHealth "mHealth
- New horizons for health through mobile", 2011
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The promise of a better life
SMS saves mother and child
Empowered to live independently
Karishma 26, pregnant mother
Lennart 69, widower with dementia
X
X
Public information
Public information

• 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

• 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

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Potential impact significant for European
countries
Remote treatment reduces COPD hospitalizations
Remote monitoring reduces elderly care costs
Hungary Save 40,000 annual hospital nights
Norway Save 1.5 billion annually
Montenegro Save 2,000 annual hospital nights
Denmark Save 1.25 billion annually
Serbia Save 40,000 annual hospital nights
Sweden Save 2.4 billion annually
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Telenor is enabling mHealth devices
Safety alarms
Glucose meters
Pill dispensers
Independent living
Mobile workers
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Telenor provides complete solutions for Assisted
Living
Medical records
Mobile care
Relatives
Alarm centre
Shepherd
Internet / GSM
Gateway
Fall Door Humidity Temp Motion
GPS Blood pressure Scale
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mHealth innovation projects
Remote healthcare for elderly, chronic patients -
Hungary
Piloting elderly living solutions 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

• Door sensors
• GPS

LTE router in ambulances Norway

• Transmitting live video
• Sensors (pulse, temperature, blood pressure,
  EKG)

Tromsø Telemedicine Laboratory Norway
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.
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mHealth face multiple barriers to full-scale
implementation
Nine key barriers to implementation of mHealth
identified by the WHO
Share of countries listing barrier as important
60
50
40
30
20
10
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Costeffectiveness
Ope-ratingcosts
Technicalexpertise
Priorities
Knowledge
Policy
Legal
Demand
Infrastructure
Other
Ecosystem barriers
Regulatory / policy barriers
Source WHO BCG analysis