$300 Portable Clinic Affordable Health Services in the homes of URP URP (UnReached People) (c) Ashir, 2010 Background • Reaching the unreached – Mainly in remote areas 4 billion people (70% of the world – population) – Irregular access to quality physicians • Overcoming the challenges of building sustainable clinics in developing world • Testing for diagnoses – Health consultancy over mobile phone / Internet can offer counseling but difficult to identify the disease because of lack of diagnostic information • Making use of technologies to create portable on ‐ site diagnostic tools to save lives (c) Ashir, 2010
Health Checkup Booth: Prototyped by Kyushu University (c) ashir@grameen.com Assembled Booth: Present Architecture Height USB-Serial Adaptor Card Reader SD Card RS-232C ECG PC USB HUB Weight + Body Fat USB Not Connected (Input by user) Bodily Temp. Urine Tester Headphone Blood Pressure Glucose Level
Can we make it more efficient? Portable? Phase 1: System design of a clinic booth using traditional devices and SW tools (a) $3000 “Clinic Booth” with existing devices (d) FHR Urban doctor Viewer Rural Patients Diagnostic Tools (b) FHR Interfaces Cell Phone Patients visit clinic (c) FHR Application Server Phase 2: Develop a cost effective portable clinic Proposed $300 “Portable Clinic” Rural Patients Clinic visits patients FHR: Family Health Record $300 Portable Clinic (c) ashir@grameen.com
$300 portable clinic the clinic visits the patient • Expected feature – Portable – High ‐ tech diagnostic tools Blood ECG Urine Test 5 5 – Instant onsite testing (3) (3) Mother Mother – Communication facility with a … Temp Eye Board Board remote physicians 1 1 – Operated by local health Tool Tool assistants _1 _1 EC G (c) Ashir, 2010 Architecture and technical requirements 1. Standard interface for the diagnostic tools 2. Central touch panel display (2) Display (2) Display 3. Single processor to enable less intelligence and cost Printer Printer reduction of tools VRICS,SD VRICS,SD (3) Mother (3) Mother 4. Audio and video (4) A/V (4) A/V ePassbook ePassbook Board Board communication Network Network 1 1 5. Optional interfaces for Tool_ Tool_ Tool_ Tool_ Tool_ Tool_ Tool_x Tool_x future uses 1 2 n 1 2 n Urine ECG Blood Suitcase (c) Ashir, 2010
Other requirements Non functional Environmental/regional • Affordability < USD 300 • Use in flood ‐ prone areas • Portability < 3 kg • Tolerant of high temperature • Usability. Operate with minimum training • Consideration of universal readability. More digits and • Extendibility. Plug ‐ in facility graphs for future tools (c) Ashir, 2010 Consortium as a GTL project Medical Equipment Vendor Medical Equipment Vendor GTL@Dhaka …. eHealth Software Provider eHealth Software Provider $300 Portable $300 Portable Clinic Project Clinic Project KU …. Health Card (ePassbook) Health Card (ePassbook) GTL@Dhaka …... Experimental Support Experimental Support (c) Ashir, 2010
Plan and Schedule (very rough) (c) Ashir, 2010 Business Model (Draft) Grameen Kalyan… WHO, UN, Universities Nurse Training Centre.. Health Health Training Research Training Research Health Service Provider a Institute Health Service Provider Institute t a D l a Grameen Shakti, Grameen c i t s Distribution, Grameen i t Nurse training graduates a t Communications…. S Members, non ‐ members Device & Device & One Stop Maintenance Maintenance Health System Health Patient Patient Support Health Service Grameen Health ? Assistant Assistant Physicians Physicians GrameenPhone? Health Welfare Health Welfare Communication Communication Organization Organization Infrastructure Infrastructure Support Infrastructure Potential Customers (c) Ashir, 2010
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