mHealth Compendium
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Originally developed by the African Strategies for Health (ASH) Project, the mHealth Compendiums were six annual collections of detailed information about mHealth initiatives and programs. When the ASH Project ended in 2016, the K4Health Project agreed to house an archive of the mHealth Compendium Database on the mHealth Knowledge portal.
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- ItemAct For Birth, UgandaHanifah Sengendo, Chief of Party, Saving Newborn Lives, Email: hanifah.sengendo@savethechildren.org | Rachel Gordon, Program Manager, USAID, Email: rgordon@usaid.govAct for Birth improves quality of care at birth through use of a fetal heart rate monitor and an action-oriented mobile phone based mortality audit system. Data on maternal and neonatal deaths are captured in real-time by midwives and information is sent to a central database. Village health team members assist with referral of mothers with danger signs and report deaths via the mobile system. Data is analyzed and used for decision making to improve quality of care.
- ItemAliveCor Heart Monitor – Mobile ECGDr. Dave Albert, Founder, AliveCor | Email: marketing@alivecor.comiPhone conversion into a physician and patient-used clinical-grade heart monitor via electrode-embedded wireless case and AliveECG app
- ItemASHA-LINKSCarolyn Kruger, PhD., Sr. Technical Advisor for RMNCH, Project Concern International, Email: ckruger@pciglobal.orgASHA-LINKS is a mobile application which uses a decision tree to guide community health workers (ASHAs) through postpartum health assessments and assist them in referring complications in pregnancies and deliveries.
- ItemBaby MonitorEric Green, Principal Investigator, Population Council, Email: eric.green@duke.eduBaby monitor works to prevent maternal and newborn deaths through mobile phone based screening, referral and patient management services targeted to hard-to-reach pregnant women. Users receive calls with audio prompts screening for signs of emergency, referral or medical need and responses are logged into an electronic medical record.
- ItemBetter Health For Afghan Mothers And Children (BHAMC)Dennis Cherian, Senior Director of Health, World Vision, Email: dcherian@worldvision.org | Meredith Crews, Child Survival and Health Grants Program, USAID, Email: mcrews@usaid.govDuring home visits, CHWs use the mobile phone based application to access audio & visual counseling modules for antenatal and postnatal care. The application also serves as a data collection tool, allowing CHWs to upload information about the pregnancy. CHW's can use the mobile tool to link a woman's family with a skilled provider once labor begins.
- ItemChipatala Cha Pa Foni (Health center By Phone)Zachariah Jezman, CCPF Project Manager, VillageReach, Email: zachariah.jezman@villagereach.org | Fannie Kachale, Director Reproductive Health, Malawi Ministry of Health, Email: fankachale@yahoo.co.ukCCPF provides regular tips and reminders via mobile text or voice messages on reproductive, maternal and newborn health topics. Messages are tailored to the client's week of pregnancy or a child's age.
- ItemCommCare for Home-Based CareMustafa Kudrati, Country Representative, Pathfinder | Tel: +255-769-836-399, email: mkudrati@pathfinder.orgHome-based care providers collect and transfer household, referral and other data to general database to support CHS* delivery and management
- ItemCommCare Mobile Job Aid for SahiyasRushika Shekhar, Senior Field Manager, Dimagi, Email: rshekhar@dimagi.comCommCare is Dimagi’s open source mobile health platform used to facilitate the work of Sahiyas by enabling easy electronic data collection, remote monitoring and supervision, decision support, and counselling messages.
- ItemCommunity IMCI (cIMCI)Marc Mitchell, President, D-Tree International | Tel: +1-617-432-6322, email: mmitchel@hsph.harvard.eduHealth surveillance assistants register, exam, diagnose, treat and refer OVC and report data to server using GPRS*
- ItemCycleTel Family Advice & CycleTel HumsafarFACT: Fertility Awareness for Community Transformation project, Victoria Jennings, Director, Institute for Reproductive Health, Georgetown University, Email: Victoria.jennings@georgetown.eduCycleTel Family Advice, is a series of 65 educational SMSs on fertility, family planning, couples communication and related topics. Messages are written as conversational stories and targeted by age, sex, and marital status. CycleTel Humsafar is based on the Standard Days Method® (SDM) and helps a woman identify which days during her menstrual cycle she is most likely to become pregnant and alerts her on fertile days.
- ItemeComplianceYanis Ben Amor, Director of the HIV/AIDS and TB Initiative, Columbia University, Email: yba2101@columbia.edueCompliance is a portable biometric identification system operated by CHWs that is capable of identifying patients by their fingerprint and compiling patient adherence data for tuberculosis drug treatment (DOTS). CHWs are reminded via text messaging when one of their patients misses a dose.
- ItemeFamily Planning (e-FP)Christine Lasway, Senior Technical Officer, FHI 360 | Tel: +1-919-544-7040 x11233, email: clasway@fhi360.orgCHWs use evidence-based job aid app to counsel, screen, provide and refer clients for FP, HIV and STI services; collect and report M&E* data
- ItemEmergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT)Thomasena O’Byrne, Action Meningitis Country Manager, Meningitis Research Foundation, Email: thomasenao@meningitis.orgEmergency Triage Assessment and Treatment (ETAT) is an mHealth point-of-care triage system, implemented at the primary level by which health surveillance assistants in Malawi are enabled to detect vital signs of severe illness.
- ItemEmergency Triage Assessment And treatment (ETAT)Steve Ollis, D-tree International, Email: sollis@d-tree.org | Thomasena O'Byrne, Action Meningitis, Email: tobyrne@mlw.medcol.mwETAT is a mobile phone based triage system used in urban health centers by Health Surveillance Assistants that allows them to scan through the queues to identify children needing immediate medical assessment. The tool tracks a child from assessment in the queue to arrival at the hospital.
- ItemEngageTBMustafa Kudrati, Pathfinder, Email: mkudrati@pathfinder.org | Marion McNabb, Pathfinder, Email: mmcnabb@pathfinder.orgEngage TB is a self-screening mobile application for tuberculosis. Participants do TB screening and access basic health information and TB prevention education via SMS messaging. The application also provides a list of health facilities that have the capability to do laboratory testing to confirm TB.
- ItemeNUTMarc Mitchell, President, D-tree International, Email: mmitchel@hsph.harvard.edu | Patty Mechael, Executive Director, mHealth Alliance, Email: pmechael@mhealthalliance.orgThe eNut software provides an interactive mobile version of the government-approved treatment guidelines for acutely malnourished children for use by nurses and government health care workers. Data from past and current visits assess the child's progress and determine the next steps for effective treatment.
- ItemeNutritionMarc Mitchell, President, D-Tree International | Tel: +1-617-432-6322, email: mmitchel@hsph.harvard.eduNurses providing OTC* for SAM* children utilize Android decision support tool and GPRS* server to enter data and access records and protocols
- ItemePartogramBrinnon Mandel, Director of Innovations, Jhpiego, Email: brinnon.mandel@jhpiego.org; Steve Ollis, Chief Operating Officer, D-tree International, Email: sollis@d-tree.orgePartogram is a tablet-based application which uses validated clinical algorithms based on WHO guidelines to alert providers when critical observations need to be made and if they are abnormal. It also strengthens the referral pathway between peripheral and referral facilities by enabling electronic transmission of data between facilities and connecting providers for remote consultation.
- ItemFioNet: Mobile Diagnostics Integrated with Cloud Information ServicesDr. Elias Sory, Director, Fio Health Ghana Ltd. | Tel: +233-302-733-011, Email: esory@fioghana.comHealth workers and managers used Deki point-of-care devices, airFio cloud and Spiri gateway for malaria RDT, reporting and case management
- ItemGrand Challenge Exploration Phase I ProjectSherrie Simms, World Vision, Email: sherrie_simms@wvi.org | Joseph Torres, GCE Program Coordinator, Gates Foundation, Email: gce@gatesfoundation.orgA mobile phone based job aid used by CHWs to register pregnant women, follow prenatal and postpartum care algorithms, follow audio and text prompts through non-urgent questions and reminders and advice on ensuring a safe pregnancy.
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