微信扫描二维码关注启航考研( qh_kaoyan ) 考研自学平台咋学微信号: 咋学网( z axueapp ) M-powered 移动医疗,动力无穷[] The Economist BILL GATES seems to relish being the skunk at the garden party. The former boss of Microsoft, now a global-health philanthropist, was invited to address a big “ m-health ” conference in Washington, DC, this week. Some 2,400 proponents of delivering health services over wireless s, from the private and public sectors, gathered to celebrate the dozens of pilot projects under way around the world. Mr Gates, however, warned the participants not to celebrate too soon. Just because an m-health pilot scheme appears to work in some remote locale, he insisted, don ’t“ fool yourself ” into thinking it really works unless it can be replicate d at scale. Rafael Anta of the Inter-American Development Bank was even more cautious : “ We know little about impact and nothing about business models. ” Happily, evidence of m-health ’s usefulness is at last starting to trickle study this week in the Lancet, a medical journal, shows that something as simple as sending text messages to remind Kenyan patients to take their HIV drugs properly improved adherence to the therapy by 12%. WellDoc, an American firm, found ina recent trial that an m-health scheme that relies on behavioural psychology to give diabetics advice on managing their ailment has more effect than putting them on the leading diab