Qualcomm Wireless Reach and The George Institute are collaborating to set up a center for mHealth innovation in China to satisfy a government goal to improve access to healthcare in the country. The center will be located at The George Institute for Global Health at Peking University Health Science Center and will be funded by Qualcomm Wireless Reach.
Among the goals of the center, according to the statement, will be:
- Develop and evaluate mHealth platforms designed to provide community healthcare workers with evidence-based, personalized guidance about the care of individual patients;
- Target the 10 leading causes of premature death and disability in China;
- Provide solutions that are effective in both urban and rural settings;
- Assist with the integration of mHealth strategies into national and provincial policies and guidelines;
- Support the development and expanded use of mHealth technologies globally.
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The George Institute is a nonprofit medical and healthcare research organization based in Sydney Australia that’s all about working with decision makers to reduce chronic diseases, particularly with an eye to low income, vulnerable members of the population.
It’s still in the planning stages but the center plans to develop and field test one mHealth program for chronic disease management in the first year with more, larger scale programs in the future. China has a population of about 1.35 billion and migrant workers tend to be the most vulnerable. It will be interesting to see how this center takes shape and how it will influence care delivery in the country.
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Update: It is Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach initiative that is collaborating with the George Institute. It has backed similar initiatives in other countries.
