Interactive Alerts
Details of the organization
Name *
Interactive Alerts
Country *
Pakistan
Website (URL)
http://irdresearch.org
Type *
Civil society entities
Information about the project
Project title *
Interactive Alerts
Description *
Interactive Alerts offers patient tracking and referral via general packet radio service (GPRS) using near field communication (NFC) mobile phones and radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. Interactive Alerts provides a J2ME mobile client application for data collection and a web based server side application for data monitoring and storage. IRD’s Interactive Alerts application sends SMS reminders about vaccination appointments to caregivers who enrol in a lottery system during an EPI centre visit. The amount of cash that caregivers are eligible to win in the lottery increases for each subsequent vaccine their children complete and for vaccinations completed on time.
Project website
http://irdresearch.org/ehealth
Geographical coverage *
Local implementation: Pakistan, Karachi
Status *
Fully implemented and active
from 01/06/2012
Partners
Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI), Sindh Province, Government of Pakistan, openXdata.org; Indus Hospital, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Funder: mHealth Alliance, Community Health Solutions
eHealth information
Target beneficiary groups *
Children between 5 and 12
Children under 5
New born
Pregnant women
Total number of beneficiaries served (approximate)
100000
Target user groups *
Community health worker
Nurse and midwife
Self-use/patient
Health topics addressed *
Immunization
Maternal, newborn, infant and child health
Patient safety
vaccine-preventable illnesses
Diseases addressed *
vaccine-preventable illnesses
eHealth applications *
Access to information and services
Appointment reminder
Data collection
Disease surveillance
Geographic information system
Health Information Systems (HIS)
Healthcare management
Patient monitoring
Treatment compliance
ICT infrastructure *
Satellite
Wired network
Wireless network
Equipment and devices *
Computers / Servers / Tablets
Mobile phones
Radio
Smartphones
Other technologies
GPRS, NFC, RFID, J2ME
Standards
None
Programme evaluation *
This project is evaluated?
No