Role of Mobile technology in Disease Surveillance

Disease Surveillance – Role of technology (mobile)

Sunil Malhotra

Founder, Ideafarms

27 April 2015

Presented to FBSA delegates, Republic of Iraq

at the 124A Bilateral Training Programme

International Centre for Information Systems and Audit (iCISA)

Comptroller and Auditor General of India

Ideafarms

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.

— SALVADOR DALI

Ideafarms

Have no fear of perfection – you’ll never reach it.

— SALVADOR DALI

Yum,

Dinner!

© Ideafarms Disease Surveillance – Role of technology (mobile) | 27 April 2015

Ideation & Paper prototyping

Wireframes

Visual Design + Detailed Wireframes

Functional Mockup

Interaction Design

Usability Design

Who is Ideafarms?

Farming ideas and providing enterprise solutions since 2002

Innovation + Design company with Technology capabilities

A powerful approach to designing solutions – Industrial Design concepts and approaches in Information Technology

Combining the value of interdisciplinary inputs and usability

Early players in user experience in the Mobile space (x-platform – iOS, Android)

Innovators in the field of technology for Social impact


Ideation & Paper prototyping

Wireframes

Visual Design + Detailed Wireframes

Functional Mockup

Interaction Design

Usability Design

Who is Ideafarms?


Clients

Automotive

Verticals

Healthcare

HVAC Engineering

Telecom

IT

Importance of Data in Surveillance

Importance of Data in Surveillance


Data in Surveillance

Capture Display Interaction Analysis

Data Chain

Data are our most valuable assets


Data Capture in Surveillance

Data Capture Data Display Data Interaction Data Analysis

Paper formsRecording Data entry Upload

D A T A S E C U R I T Y

Web forms





Delay

Incomplete


Web forms





Delay

Incomplete

Accuracy

Data Loss


Web forms





Lag

Integrity

Delay

Incomplete

Accuracy

Data Loss


Web forms


From Benedict Evans’ presentation ‘Mobile is eating the world’

Skip the

Data Entry

Middleman?




Data Display in Surveillance


Spreadsheets

Reports

Dashboards


The Power of Maps

Nepal EarthquakeSaturday 25 April 2015

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002926#general_summary


The Power of Maps

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002926#general_summary


Data Interaction in Surveillance








ZOOM




ZOOM




ZOOM

&CLICK




ZOOM

&CLICK

Value of Mobile Data Collection





Is the Smartphone under-utilised?

Phone

Chat email

Address

Book

Navigator

Social

Media

Camera

Handycam

VCP

Album

ComputerWalkman





Lag

Integrity

Delay

Incomplete

Accuracy

Data Loss


Web forms



Timeliness

- Digital capture of data

- Real time syncing

Data Integrity

- In-built data validation

- Eliminate data entry

Data Authenticity

- Map data to users & devices

HealthWatch

Smartphone-powered Disease Surveillance Platform

HealthWatch

Smartphone-powered Disease Surveillance Platform


Case Study:HealthWatch epidemics

Disease Surveillance Platform



Wired Magazine 19 Dec 2014


About HealthWatch

HealthWatch is part of the #DESi initiative of Ideafarms in collaboration with Community Health Department, St. Stephen's Hospital to map the spread of diseases and manage epidemics

Healthwatch is a registered trademark of St.Stephen's Hospital

Stakeholders:

World Health Organization

National Centre for Disease Control

Integrated Disease Surveillance Project

Epidemiologists

Researchers

Health & Life Sciences NGOs

Civic Agencies

Media

http://www.who.int/en/

http://www.ncdc.gov.in/

http://idsp.nic.in/


The Platform

Mobile Application1 Web Reporting Dashboard 2


Mobile Application

Doctors and health workers can:

Report diseases and related symptoms

View report of diseases reported by them

View the diseases reported by other doctors around them


Reporting a Disease

Select a symptom Select the diagnosed disease Disease reported corresponding

to doctor’s location

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View history of diseases

reported by doctor

View all diseases reported

around doctor’s location

Disease Reports


Web Reporting Dashboard

Epidemiologists and researchers can analyze:

The spread of diseases across different locations

Disease trends across different time periods

Link to Demo

http://ideafarms.com/healthwatch/index.php/dashboard/showreport

The future

Crowds and Technology for Public Health Surveillance.

The future

Crowds and Technology for Public Health Surveillance.


The shape of things to come


The shape of things to come

Social Media

Big Data


'Diseases Can Be Forecast' With Technology

CDC: Diseases can be forecast with technology –

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMkDDVSUWMI




Real-time ‘Outbreaks Near Me’

Healthmap: Global Health, Local Information

https://vimeo.com/27433633




From Weever Apps’ presentation ‘5 reasons to switch from paper to mobile data collection’

SAVE TREES

…Go Mobile!


REFERENCES

FURTHER READING

1. Internet of Things for Hospitals – http://www.centrak.com/blog.aspx

2. The Savvy Plan to Combat Malaria With Mobile Phones – http://www.wired.com/2014/12/malaria-no-more-

google/

3. CDC: Diseases can be forecast with technology – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMkDDVSUWMI

4. Healthmap: Global Health, Local Information – http://www.healthmap.org/site/about

1. 5 reasons to switch from paper to mobile data collection – http://www.slideshare.net/WeeverApps/5-reasons-to-

switch-from-paper-to-mobile-data-collection?related=1


Proposals for partnerships to [email protected]

Ideafarms

C 94A South City I

Gurgaon, Haryana – 122001

Tel: +91(0)124-407-5513

Email: [email protected]

On the web:

www.ideafarms.com

facebook.com/ Ideafarms

twitter.com/ideafarms

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ideafarms.healthwatch

http://ideafarms.com/healthwatch/index.php/dashboard/showreport

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