Rationale for ICanFunction (mICF) mobile

health application based on ICF

17-23 October 2015 Manchester, United Kingdom

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Snyman S1, Kraus de Camargo O2, Anttila H3, Leonardi M4 on behalf of the International mICF Partnership

1University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; 2 CanChild, McMaster University, Canada; 3National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland; 4 Besta Institute, Italy

A AbstractWe are developing the ICanFunction (mICF) mobile health solution, a state-of-the-art

application and paradigm shifting platform for personalised health and social services. It is based on the WHO’s International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.

The International mICF partnership consisting of service users, service providers, specialists in ICF and health informatics are developing a user-friendly mobile application to assist people at point of service delivery to be able to enter what is important to them about their functioning and context so that health services can respond more appropriately. In the background ICF-related data (including patient-reported outcomes) will be amalgamated.

IntroductionThis will enable individualised, predictive service provision by utilising big data models. mICF can be a game changer in addressing health inequity by facilitating the necessary institutional reform as well as the transformation of health professions education by utilising person-driven and person-owned data to optimise individualised service provision and to strengthen systems for health.

transforming health service provider education1

person-centred approach1,2

implying a

competencies related to a bio-psycho-social-spiritual inter-

professional approach incorporating the complex interrelatedness of

changes in body functions and body structures, functioning and fulfilling

life roles - all in the context of barriers and facilitators of personal

and environmental factors influencing health (including social

determinants of health)3,4

resulting in

holistic care, shared decision-making and patient-reported outcomes4,5 creating the

opportunity for

reforming systems for health6

universal health coverage, reducing institutionalised care and

focusing on preventative healthcare7,8

focus on community-based practice1,6,7

interdependence in health-education harmonisation,

breaking down silo's and professional tribalism, embracing interprofessional

collaborative practice,and decreasing power relations1,4,6

predictive health care9

which requires through

to provide

ultimately resulting in

mobile technology utilising ICF

implying a

which is dependent on

obtained by utilising

made possible by

resulting in

BIG DATA9

PERSON-DRIVEN DATA4

Individualised service provision in strengthened

systems for health

HEALTH EQUITY

achieving

This mICF project is driven by the global priority to achieve

by by

This poster, presenting the rationale for mICF, is the first of a series of six posters presenting the progress made in the development of this solution.

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http://www.royalcollege.ca/common/documents/canmeds/framework/canmeds2015_framework_series_IV_e.pdf3. World Health Organization. A Practical Manual. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2013.4. World Health Organization. Framework for Action on Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice. 2010. Available from: http://www.who.int/hrh/nursing_midwifery/en/5. Thistlethwaite JE, Forman D, Matthews LR, Rogers GD, Steketee C, Yassine T. Competencies and frameworks in interprofessional education: a comparative analysis. Acad Med [Internet]. 2014;89(6):869–75. Available from:

http://content.wkhealth.com/linkback/openurl?sid=WKPTLP:landingpage&an=00001888-900000000-99110\nhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24871237 6. World Health Organization. Transforming and scaling up health professionals’ education and training: World Health Organization guidelines 2013. 2013. Available from: http://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/936357. World Health Organization. Universal Health Coverage. 2015. Available from: http:/www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs395/en/8. Mehl G, Labrique A. Prioritizing integrated mHealth strategies for universal health coverage. Science. 2014;345(6202):1284–7.9. Caulfield BM, Donnelly SC. What is connected health and why will it change your practice? Q J Med. 2013;106(8):703–707.

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