Tuesday 15 November 2016

Table 1: Current innovations that are digitally dissrupting the Malawi healthcare industry and their impact on customer expectations and value [data summarized from Malawi Digital Health Dashboard available at http://healthenabled.org]

Area of Innovation
Technology
Implementing organization
Customer expectations and innovation impact on customer value
Data  management
Mobile Apps and Monitoring Platform: eg CStock
Malawi Government, Ministry of Health
Improved availability of drugs  in public facilities due to improved monitoring and control
electronic Health Information Management Systems (HIMS): eg the mobile District Health System  (DHSMobile)
Malawi Government
Improved health data quality; integrity, timeliness, security, accuracy
Service delivery: Treatment and patient support
health education and awareness
mHealth/Mobile Apps: On both feature and smart phones used to remind women and girls to take contraceptives
Village Reach, Mamaye
Increased personalization,  Increased adherence to drugs 
Insurance
USSD: For subscribing to and managing insurance services on mobile  phones
Micro Insurer (Malawi and Zambia) in partnership with telecommunication companies eg TNM and Airtel
More affordable and easy subscription to health insurance

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