What do you need to be aware of when integratingmHealth into a health system?

Stages and topics of interest

What do you need to be aware of when integratingmHealth into a health system?

INITIATION

1. Needs assessment
2. Stakeholder and political support
3. Stakeholder/ecosystem analysis
4. Legal/regulatory analysis
5. Scope and resources
6. mHealth opportunities

PLANNING

7. Workplan development
8. Creating partnerships
9. Technical infrastructure requirements
10. Interoperability with existing systems
11. Feasibility studies
12. Alignment with clinical guidelines
13. Business case and reimbursement
14. Cultural change – digital skills
15. Governance for mHealth
16. User centered design considerations
17. Commissioning mHealth

EXECUTION

  1. Integration with EHR
  2. Authentication – Authorization
  3. Patient reported data
  4. Open data models
  5. Interoperability models
  6. Data security – legal framework
  7. Third party integrators
  8. Solution testing and validation
  9. Legal/ethical compliance

MONITORING & EVALUATION

  1. Monitoring and evaluation
  2. Outcome-based reporting
  3. Secondary use of data
  4. Continuous improvement
  5. Quality control