Strengthening Affordable Healthcare using Portable Health Clinic
Details of the organization
Name *
Kyushu University
Country *
Japan
Website (URL)
http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/
Type *
Others
Information about the project
Project title *
Strengthening Affordable Healthcare using Portable Health Clinic
Title acronym
PHC
Description *
The project addresses morbidity (poor health) in unreached communities with affordable technology and empowered local health workers. The design is a briefcase containing medical sensors for primary health check up. The eHealth application “GramHealth” embedded in the system assists the health worker to diagnose patient morbidity. High risk patients are provided remote consultancy to a doctor in the project’s call center. The project has partnered with Grameen in Bangladesh and provided healthcare services to 20,000 remote patients. A business model has been developed to sustainably serve millions of patients as well as create thousands of empowered health workers.
Project website
http://ehealth.gramweb.net/
Geographical coverage *
International implementation
Countries of implementation
Bangladesh, Japan
Status *
Ongoing
from 01/04/2012
to
31/03/2014
Partners
Grameen Communications, Kyushu University, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Square Hospitals Limited, Omron Healthcare
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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ICT applications: benefits in all aspects of life
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E-health
Millenium Declaration Goals related to this project
Goal 3: Promote gender equality & empower women
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and other diseases
Project type *
Project
eHealth information
Target beneficiary groups *
Adult
Elderly
Total number of beneficiaries served (approximate)
15000
Target user groups *
Community health worker
Physician
Health topics addressed *
Ageing
Chronic diseases
Healthy living
Diseases addressed *
Cardiovascular diseases
Diabetes
eHealth applications *
Decision support systems
Telehealth/telemedicine
ICT infrastructure *
Wireless network
Equipment and devices *
Audio-visual
Computers / Servers / Tablets
Medical special devices
Sensors
Standards
Common terminologies
Data structure standards
Information and communication technology standards
Programme evaluation *
This project is evaluated?
Planned