Mobile Health Asia Summit - IBC Asia Conference

Day 1

Conference Day One: Tuesday 23 August, 2011

08:00
Registration & morning coffee / tea

08:45 Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Tam Shepherd, Executive Director, Information Division, Queensland Health, Australia mHealth Implementation Platforms and Applications

09:00
Shaping the future of mHealth in a Rapidly Aging Society

Review the outline of the current mHealth landscape, recent developments in Singapore and globall
What are the challenges and the opportunities in developing digital healthcare?
Creating the supporting “info-structure” and the importance of foundational e-Health components
Understanding the utmost need to leverage on existing infrastructure to maximize ROI
Going beyond the hype: Ensuring universal acceptance and long term sustainability

Dr Sarah Muttitt, Chief Information Officer, Ministry of Health Holdings, Singapore

09:40
Real-time Patients Management in Hospital via Integrated IT System

Optimizing technology with workflow system to gain maximum efficiency within the hospital
Structuring efficiently the equipment and people to maximize the positive impact of IT system inside the hospital
Monitoring the accurate translation of information flow and availability across departments
Optimizing updates, usage and real-time transmission of information through the nursing team

Pascal Tse, Chief Information Technology Officer, St. Teresa’s Hospital, Hong Kong

10:20 Optimizing Out-patient and Post-op Follow-Up While Reducing the Burden on Cost, Manpower, and Facilities

mHealth solutions to address the shortages in staffing, equipment and facilities
How can mHealth enhance follow-up treatment for medical tourists when they return home?
How can we evaluate the effectiveness of mHealth?

Prof Chae Young Moon, Professor, Department of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, South Korea

11:00 Morning Refreshments

11:30 Enhancing Preventive Care for Early Detection of Burden Diseases

Avoiding costly episodic diagnosis and treatment through continuous and reliable remote healthcare
Effectively reducing the incidence and prevalence of acute diseases
Promoting self-monitoring with the development of social networking and mobile applications endorsed by healthcare providers

Prof Yogesan Kanagasingam, Research Director, The Australian E-Health Research Centre; President, Australian Telehealth Society, Australia

12:10
Extending Healthcare Delivery – Remote Monitoring through mHealth Technology

Cost-effectively monitoring with easy to use technologies/devices through remote clinical applications
Improving follow up and proving efficacy in innovative mHealthassisted chronic disease management
What are the benefits of mHealth for vulnerable or ‘high-risk’ patients? A case study of home-based cardiac rehabilitation
The advantages of mHealth in quickly reducing the cost and increasing benefits for patients, payers and healthcare professionals

Moderator:
Prof Jai Mohan, Professor, Health Informatics & Paediatrics, International Medical University, Malaysia

Panellists:
Dr Mahendran Maliapen, Director, National University Health System, Singapore

Dr Mohan Karunanithi, Team Leader, Smart Methods, The Australian E-Health Research Centre, Australia

Prof Chae Young Moon, Professor, Department of Health Informatics, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, South Korea

13:00
Networking Lunch

14:00
Maximizing Use of Time with mHealth in Emergency Situations

Introducing technical communication background: CT, 3G and
Satellite etc
Enabling effective in-ambulance data transmission to provide highquality
mobile service coverage

Prof Isao Nakajima, MD, Professor, Tokai University School of Medicine, Japan

14:40 Empowering Knowledge Exchange with Mobile Medical Education

Expanding on-going education or training to healthcare providers through mHealth
Creating a university without borders, allowing direct learning possibilities
Providing readily accessible evidence-based supporting information to physicians in assisting multi-party consultation and decisionmaking
Raising the awareness of patients and achieving higher level of public health knowledge

Prof Jai Mohan, Professor, Health Informatics & Paediatrics, International Medical University, Malaysia

15:20
Afternoon Refreshments

Harmonizing Infrastructure, and Interoperability with Existing Technologies

15:50
Connecting Affordable, Easy to Use Devices to Enable mHealth Delivery

Current international standards of certified medical sensors and types of devices available
Choosing the appropriate medical devices to fit perfectly the needs of patients
Working together with device providers to clinically validate the product for use while establishing a win-win partnership

Dr Kumar Menon, Chief of Department of Telemedicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, India

16:30
End-to-end Flow of Data and Information Sharing Within and Across Healthcare Providers

Increasing trends and necessity of developing an integrated mHealth ecosystem and uniform medical controls
How can interoperability of data and systems/equipment contribute to better collaboration between hospitals and clinics?
Integrating and providing comprehensive information for physicians from multiple data sources eg scanning, monitoring, diagnostics equipment etc
Enabling efficient exchange of information for consultation, diagnosis, and treatment plans between multiple physicians

Prof Naoki Nakashima, Professor, Department of Medical Informatics, Kyushu University Hospital, Japan

17:10
Ensuring Consistency of Broadband/Data Transmission for Time/Image Sensitive Applications

Overview of current existing imagery and telecom devices and their usage to ensure reliability
What is the impact of broadband capacity and availability of roaming service on quality of mHealth delivery?
What are the currents standards and safeguards to ensure that image/data rich/critical applications run smoothly?
What do mHealth practitioners need from network providers to optimise ROI in mhealth?

[This is an opportunity for expert technology/service providers to present an interactive educational tutorial on the benefits of mobile healthcare solutions in improving healthcare delivery. If you would like to host a tutorial, please contact Janice Tan, at +65 6508 2470, or Janice.tan@ ibcasia.com.sg]

17:40
Chairperson’s Remarks and End of Day One

Day 2

Conference Day Two: Wednesday 24 August, 2011

09:00
Chairperson’s Opening Remarks

Tam Shepherd, Executive Director, Information Division, Queensland Health, Australia

Funding and Winning Buy-In to mHealth from Primary Stakeholders

09:10
Determining Cost and Benefits: Funding and Investment Return in Developed Countries

Is mHealth a sunk investment or a strategic investment that enables quantifiable healthcare benefits?
How is the benefit translated to cashable and non-cashable return?
Progress update from Australia (Queensland Health)

Tam Shepherd, Executive Director, Information Division, Queensland Health, Australia

09:50
Hospitals Perspective: Weighing up the Benefits and ROI from mHealth

Opportunities to reduce costs from mHealth eg by discharging patients earlier, offsite monitoring and other applications
Improving and extending healthcare delivery while increasing efficiencies and convenience for patients
Allocation of funding for mHealth programmes by hospitals to ensure increase in ROI

Dr Sameer Khan, Director, Medical Technology & Planning, Fortis Healthcare Limited, India

10:30
Morning Refreshments

11:00
The Future of Healthcare Delivery: Winning Acceptance and Ownership from Physicians and Patients

Changing healthcare delivery to meet changing lifestyles – the importance of mHealth and its immediate benefits
Pros and cons of traditional care approach with mHealth in delivering healthcare
How can developed and validated mHealth devices help doctors in improving efficiency and decision-making?
Sharing responsibility with patients through mHealth in order to improve the quality of care

Dr Poon Wai-Kwong, Nurse Administrator, Hong Kong Adventist Hospital & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Accident & Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

11:40
Maximizing Your ROI with Optimized mHealth System Solutions

Sensors or medical devices
Smartphone and Apps
Cloud storage solutions
HMR/EHR management system

[This is an opportunity for expert technology/service providers to present an interactive educational tutorial on the benefits of mobile healthcare solutions in improving healthcare delivery. If you would like to host a tutorial, please contact Janice Tan, at +65 6508 2470, or Janice.tan@ibcasia.com.sg]

12:10
Networking Lunch

13:30
Personal Health Management: Singapore’s National Strategy to Engage People and Communities Through Innovative Consumer Health Technologies

Overview of Singapore’s national approach to engage people and communities to achieve national health outcomes
Next steps in the development of Singapore’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) programme, which has provided an “infostructure” foundation for innovation and development of personal health technologies
Challenges and opportunities in mobilizing people and communities to be more engaged in their health
The key technologies enabling support of people and communities in the management of their care: mHealth, Health 2.0, interactive television and health games

Tikki Gee, Assistant Director, CIO Office, Ministry of Health Holdings, Singapore

Regulation of mHealth and Ethical Management of Data

14:10
Formulating Regulatory Policy and Legislating for Provision
of mHealth

Understanding framework and policy related challenges in emerging markets
How can mHealth implementations and PPP help form regulations to drive the industry?
Why is standardization required in telemedicine and what needs to be standardized?
Mobile phone Apps, medical devices, software networks – Lessons from successful government initiatives

Prof B S Bedi, Advisor, Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Ministry of Communication & IT, India and

Dr Ruchi Dass, Advisor Commonwealth Connect Program, Department of IT & Government of India; Council Member Gerson Lehrman Group, USA

14:50
Building a Complete Database on the Side Effects of Medications Through E-Prescriptions

Spotlight on Japan’s Kagawa Medical Information Network (K-MIX)
Aiming for an integrated collection of data starting from the foetus across the lifespan of individuals
Exploring the benefits of E-prescription in prescription and clinical practice

Prof Naomi Iihara, Professor, Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri University, Japan

15:30
Afternoon Refreshments

16:00
Convergence of Health and Computing: Health Data on Mobile Transmission

Highlighting challenges while moving health databases to the mobile platform
Using SMS for synchronization: confidentiality and privacy concerns
Development of a triage service for tele-medicine support and targeting to provide triage access on feature phones
How to apply collaborative techniques in constrained devices and environments

Prof Cedric Festin, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of the Philippines, Philippines

Healthcare Delivery in Developing Countries and Remote Areas

16:40
Early Diagnosis in Rural Hospitals to Reduce Mortality Rates

Developing mHealth to meet the utmost needs in remote areas: reducing mortality and increasing life expectancy
Overcoming the challenges of lack of maintenance of equipment and lack of expertise
How mHealth saves the expenses of patients and fosters the collaboration of healthcare workers?

Dr Shinetugs Bayanbileg, Reproductive Health Adviser, United Nations Population Fund, Mongolia

Trends of Future Development of mHealth in Asia

17:20
How and When Will the Benefits of mHealth be a Reality Across Asia? Collaboration and Winning Propositions for Stakeholders

Realizing the booming sectors and exploring the opportunities in mHealth, both in developed and developing countries in Asia
Exploring various ways to fund mHealth effectively in the future
Eliminating unnecessary conflict by optimizing rules in formulating mHealth programmes
Analyzing and learning from successful initiatives in Europe and the US
How can technologies in hardware, software and network foster mHealth?

Moderator:
Tam Shepherd, Executive Director, Information Division, Queensland Health, Australia

Panellists:
Dr Colin Quek, Vice President, Operations, Singapore HealthPartner, Singapore

Pascal Tse, Chief Information Technology Officer, St. Teresa’s Hospital, Hong Kong

Dr Shinetugs Bayanbileg, Reproductive Health Adviser, United Nations Population Fund, Mongolia

Ashvanni Srivastava, Director, HealthHiway, India

18:00
Chairperson’s Closing Remarks & End of Conference

Workshops

Pre-Summit Workshops: Monday 22 August 2011

These workshops will run from 09:00 – 12:30 and 14:00 – 17:30 respectively, with a mid morning/afternoon refreshment break. Lunch is provided for delegates attending the full day ie both workshops. Registration begins 30 minutes before each workshop commences.

Workshop A:
09:00-12:30: Effectively Monetizing mHealth Services and Applications

Workshop Objectives:
This workshop will help you to understand the essential elements in a successful mHealth business model. It will give you an in-depth view of different stakeholders involved and their roles and needs and will help you to assess the opportunities and to build up sustainable partnerships in mHealth. This workshop will bring pioneers together and highlight the latest cases studies.

Workshop Outline:

Who is driving the mHealth revolution?

mHealth technologies and stakeholder collaboration
The need in emerging markets and how wireless healthcare can address the
opportunities

Understand how physicians and other health care providers can utilize the latest wireless technologies to improve patient interaction and treatment outcomes
Wireless healthcare and applications - opportunities for monetization

Reviewing business models and partnerships for successful mobile healthcare
How are mobile operators addressing the need for new healthcare and wellness systems and practices?
How can different players in the industry work together to further mHealth
deployments?
Efficiency in hospitals through digital healthcare
Transforming real-time vital signs data acquisition and analysis at the bedside for
delivering continual observation and patient management

Empowering patients

Using mHealth to help patients to be more engaged in their treatment and wellbeing

Road to successful mHealth

What are the barriers to progress in mHealth?
Improving community based care
The role of government & regulators
Stakeholders & partnerships for successful deployments

About Your Workshop Leaders & Partners:

Ashvanni Srivastava
Director, HealthHiway, India
Ashvanni is a passionate Healthcare IT proponent and works with the industry, government and business leaders in India, APAC & MENA region for collaboration and promoting the adoption of ICT in healthcare. He is a Board Director at HealthHiway, the first ‘Health Information Network’ in India, where he conceived and operationalized high transactional solutions connecting over 1100+ healthcare providers, multiple TPA and payer systems and over 10,000 Doctor Practices. Prior to HealthHiway, as President of Strategic Initiatives at Apollo Hospitals Group, he worked in strategy formulation and successful expansion of Apollo’s Telemedicine Network, Retail Pharmacies and development of an integrated IT platform enabling enterprise wide EMR and One Patient view.

Dr. Mahendran Maliapen
Director, National University Health System, Singapore
Dr Mahendran has architected the biomedical java services framework and analytical front ends that support both clinical and research capabilities in several US and Canadian Academic Medical Centres including iCapture and Mayo Clinic. He has implemented the Enterprise Citrix XenDesktop architecture and application layers with 2FA for National University Health System pioneering mobile healthcare computing for physicians and nurses. He has developed and tested Android mobile healthcare applications for chronic disease management.

Callum Bir
Director, Deloitte Life Sciences & Healthcare Lead, Consulting, Singapore
Callum has over 13 years’ experience in the health industry with a strong focus on industry specific management consulting and technology working across Asia Pacific & Japan. He specializes in Life Sciences & Healthcare, Due Diligence, Business Strategy, Post-Merger Integration and Technology. Prior to joining Deloitte, Callum was Senior Director at Oracle and was responsible for industry strategy and execution of business architecture in the areas of Electronic Health Records, and Clinical Trials.

Workshop B:
14:00-17:30: Diagnosing and Resolving the Barriers of mHealth Delivery in Developing Countries

Workshop Objectives:
This workshop will help you to gain insights into the main barriers in developing mHealth and to learn how mHealth is most effectively applied in developing countries. It provides an in-depth vision and analysis for governments, NGOs, healthcare and insurance providers. More importantly, this is a must-attend workshop for mobile operators, device manufacturers, software applications developers etc. It will help you to ascertain knowledge in exploring the markets in developing countries and equip you with the essential methodology of building a realistic and profitable business plan and robust win-win partnerships.

Workshop Outline:

Overview of mHealth in developing countries such as India and establishing the mHealth ecosystem and the role of each stakeholder
Identifying the main barriers to mHealth in developing countries, eg. connectivity,
infrastructure, cost/affordability, language etc
Understanding and addressing ways to remove these barriers and using revenue and cost models to build a realistic business plan
How is mHealth being applied most effectively eg in telemedicine, medical education?

About Your Workshop Leaders:

Adi Codaty
Head Innovation and R&D, UnitedHealth Group, India
As an innovation evangelist, Adi is focused on developing and deploying innovative healthcare solutions that will change the way healthcare is delivered in developing and emerging markets. He is currently conceptualizing a world class “innovation centre” in UHG India aimed at accelerating healthcare innovation and developing solutions to improve access, efficiency and lower cost in delivering healthcare. In an individual capacity, Adi also sits on the advisory board of ‘Telemedicon India’, a global telehealth event featuring around 600 experts from over 20 countries.

Post-Summit Workshop – Thursday 25 August 2011

Workshop C :
09:00-12:30: Building a Successful mHealth Programme: from Concept to Market

Workshop Objectives:
This workshop will take you through elements in establishing an mHealth programme, including conceptualization, design of solution, implementation and go-to-market strategies.

The workshop is meant to be interactive and there will be simple exercises to promote better understanding. The workshop leader will also share with participants some consumer health and mHealth research papers and surveys in his collection.

Workshop Outline:

Framing mHealth’s value proposition and defining the “problem” statement
Stakeholder engagement and building a strong business case for mHealth
The governance structure needed to support the programme including regulatory and certification matters
Sustainability, ensuring an appropriate business model to sustain the programme
Design of mHealth solutions: the need to focus on usability, interoperability and enterprise architecture approach
Launching consumer health solutions in Singapore: what the personal health management (PHM) platform offers and funding options

About Your Workshop Leader:

Tikki Gee , Assistant Director, CIO Office, Ministry of Health Holdings, Singapore
Tikki has more than 15 years of technology and process re-engineering experience including senior management roles in MNCs. He has strong Asia-Pacific implementation experience, delivering a variety of technology-enabled solutions for Fortune 100 Companies. He holds an MBA and Masters of Science in Quality Engineering from one of the UK's top universities. Tikki joined Singapore’s MOH Holdings in 2008 and is responsible for developing and implementing Singapore’s Personal Health Management Strategy. He tweets regularly about mHealth via pseudonym: @connected_care.