The EuMHA Manchester MHealth Ecosystem

The EuMHA Manchester MHealth ecosystem brings together health and community care providers, a world-class research university, local government, major international companies and MHealth SMEs in a permanent partnership. The ecosystem serves a diverse population of 2.5M within a 10 mile radius of the centre of the UK’s second city, delivering services to > 2 million patients p.a.

The partners share a vision of health and social care, transformed by mobile technology and recognise the need for concerted action to move MHealth into the mainstream.  At the core of the ecosystem is Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre an existing partnership between the University of Manchester and the NHS comprising 8 Hospitals with 3,700 beds and ~ 23,500 NHS staff , plus primary, community and social care covering the full spectrum of healthcare: acute, specialist, mental health, primary care, and commissioning; a major clinical research network; industry partners include Intel, Janssen Healthcare Innovation (a division of Johnson and Johnson), and Bosch Healthcare as well as a number of SMEs.

The ecosystem partners have worked together to identified key priorities for ecosystem projects (driven by clinical need and commercial interest) in the hospital, community and home settings. The initial projects will focus on real-time access to patient information at the point of care, and social networking support for older people and those with long term conditions. EuMHA the European MHealth Alliance www.eumha.com is also planning additional MHealth Ecosystems, initially in Finland and Catalonia, Spain. This international network of MHealth Ecosytems will have Manchester as its Flagship and will enable all EuMHA members to participate and contribute to the shared vision.

Ecosystem Members

Adherence Science Ltd	Bosch Healthcare
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust	Intel Corporation
Greater Manchester Comprehensive Local Research Network	Janssen Healthcare Innovation
Manchester Digital Development Agency	Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust
MIMIT	NW eHealth
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust	Salford PCT
Trafford NHS Trust	Trafford TPH Ltd
Trafford Provider Services	RegPoint Ltd
University of Manchester	University Hospital of South Manchester
Wragge & Co LLP
Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, Saint Mary’s Hospital and University Dental Hospital)

Getting involved

The ecosystem welcomes private and public sector organisations, who share a vision of health and social care transformed by mobile technology and a commitment to concerted action to move MHealth into the mainstream, who wish to become members of EuMHA www.eumha.com and participate in the EuMHA eco-systems. Contact Carmel Dickinson, Programme Manager, Manchester Informatics, University of Manchester (carmel.dickinson@manchester.ac.uk) in the first instance.

mHealth ecosystem Projects

The ecosystem has a number of projects completed and currently underway and a number of others are in the process of development, details below.

Completed projects	Current projects
Intel/Salford Royal Foundation Trust – Mobile Point of Care for phlebotomy staff. Since its introduction, use of MPOC has spread to many other areas of the Hospital and a further piece of work is in hand to review and evaluate this success	University of Manchester/Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust – Mobile technology for experience sampling to support patients with Schizophrenia.
Intel/Macclesfield Hospital – Mobile Point of Care for pharmacy staff.	Intel/Central Manchester Foundation Trust – Touch screen devices to manage staff workflow.
Central Manchester Foundation Trust – automated tracking of vital signs in intensive care unit.	University of Manchester – Smart, self-adaptive environments for falls prediction and prevention to support older people in their own homes.
CLAHRC for Greater Manchester – Lifestyle intervention for patients with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).
University of Manchester – using mobile to deliver CBT directly to employees absent from work due to mental health difficulties.
Projects in development Trusts and companies involved in these projects will be holding detailed discussions over the next few weeks to scope out the project identify solutions and develop detailed plans for trial and adoption.	Project proposals Members are welcome to propose projects (either solutions-driven or needs-driven) for consideration by other members
Central Manchester Foundation Trust – supporting a mobile work force of health visitors with the appropriate knowledge management systems.	RegPoint – A mobile solution for chronic disease and life style management
University Hospital of South Manchester – access to patient records for both community and ward staff.	Adherence Science – Palliative Care Support in A&E.
University Hospital of South Manchester – providing on line social networking support for patients with long term conditions.	University of Manchester/Intel – patient focused social networking system providing both peer support and healthcare advice for patients with lung cancer.