HERO Award
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Congratulations to the Winner of the HERO Award, Autumn 2011!Rizli Avriananda and Nursani Rahmatullah from Indonesia
Winning mHealth application: Micropayment for Health Insurance
This app makes micropayments for health insurance possible even for those at the bottom of the social pyramid.
Be a HERO, too! Watch out for the next season of the HERO Award!
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OverviewThe existence of gadgets or mobile apps is no longer for social network or telling you who's nearby. Mobile apps may save your life. The development of mobile apps, especially for the healthcare industry, is very significant in many countries around the world. From finding out how many calories you burn, monitoring your pulse/blood pressure to reporting an emergency. |
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About HERO
Borderless Healthcare Group is searching for the original and best mobile health app concept from mobile app developers around the world. The winner will be selected to receive the HERO Award in Singapore during the Borderless Healthcare Forum 2011. Have your award be witnessed by Healthcare Technology, Media and Telecommunication Key Opinion Leaders around the world!
The Mobile Health App HERO contest is only open to mobile health apps concepts which are not yet publicly available. If you are the lucky winner, the HERO Award will fund your mobile health app with a US$25,000 worth of mHealth incubation program managed by a global team of experts ranging from renowned medical doctors, medical legal counsel, investment bankers, telecommunication leaders and many more. Further investment opportunities will also be created for you after successful development of the pilot app. A cohort of health consumers or a geographical region will be selected for test bedding of your mHealth app for collection of public feedback and further assessment.
Don’t miss this very exciting event! Register now and submit as many ideas as you want! Closing date for submission of entries is September 23, 2011
For enquiries and more information, please contact BH Mobile Pte Ltd at
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Singapore:
Hee Jung Foo
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+65 6838 1063 | Indonesia:
Alia Wahid
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+62 812 1080 568 | Philippines:
Lani Santiago
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+63 927 501 2272 |
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Hear What Experts Have to Say: |
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"Whether it is ubiquitously extending the reach and timeliness of critical medical information or simply enhancing personal health management, realizing the full potential of mobilising Healthcare applications is just beginning,"
- Terry Clontz, former StarHub CEO |
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“Generation one health centric mobile apps with basic content or simple algorithm would soon be obsolete as consumers are shifting to an investigative – health monitoring mode in terms of mHealth apps adoption,“
- Frank Levering, Director of IT Strategy of BH Mobile Pte Ltd |
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"This is an exciting platform for mobile app developers to bring change to the current global healthcare landscape. Regular competitions such as this will now engage our younger generation of mobile app developers meaningfully to spur new innovations in mobile phone applications"
- Professor Desai Narasimhalu, Director, Institute of Innovation and Management at Singapore Management University |
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“The explosive smart phone users based in Indonesia may make mHealth one of the key drivers to facilitate healthcare access throughout the country,”
- Shinta W Dhanuwardoyo, founder of renowned digital agency BUBU.com, Indonesia |
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“I’m really glad there’s finally a platform such as this for mobile app developers in Indonesia to contribute to global healthcare transformation. And I hope this competition can be done regularly and inspire the young generation to be engaged in meaningful mHealth initiative and encourage new breakthroughs for mobile app developers,”
- Dr. Eng. Ir. T. A. Sanny, M.Sc, President Director of Bandung High Tech Valley |
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"High quality health apps are becoming more and more important in Indonesia. The main problem we are facing at the moment is finding the best way in providing access to healthcare services to reach out to the nation’s 200 million in population. The digital services provide this accessibility in terms of cost and location. Digital mobile excellence innovation combined with world-class health services is needed by the Indonesian community. Healthcare services are becoming an opportunity for young innovators to develop creativity, social awareness and sense of entrepreneurship.”
- Dr. Armein Langi, Head of Information Technology and Communication Development Centre, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Indonesia |
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"The Institute Technology of Bandung's Innovation Development and Entrepreneurship Organization (LPIK ITB) welcomes the HERO mHealth application competition as an attempt to elaborate the creativity of the Indonesian youth. Based on my experiences in conducting mobile application development competitions, the youth has a huge potential that continues to grow and needs to be developed. LPIK ITB has built a facility with innovation laboratories that are equipped with high-level network platform-based 4G. It provides an easy to carry mobile application development to support this. With the growing demand for health apps, it has become essential to support the HERO mHealth competition."
- DR. Suhono Supangkat, Director of Innovation Development and Entrepreneurship Organization, Institute Technology of Bandung |
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"Mobile devices have become a part of our daily lives; they have become the next best thing that help us with our health needs. There is a wide variety of health apps that can be developed, which need excellent technical support and manpower for better outcomes. Therefore start-ups in technology industry are very much anticipated and embraced. I hope this HERO initiative can give meaningful contributions to those two things."
- DR. Budi Raharjo, ICT Enterpreneuer ICT, Electro Technique Docent, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Indonesia |
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"Many patients have begun to see the benefits and payoff themselves, utilizing mHealth apps for better care coordination and increased engagement. Whether it's through apps that offer health coaching for the management and promotion of a healthier lifestyle, or those that allow for better treatment of chronic illnesses, we're seeing new, patient-driven options truly start to make an impact. The HERO Award is for that entrepreneur and application that will help revolutionize healthcare delivery especially from the developing markets perspective, I am all excited to be a part of it."
- Dr Ruchi Dass,
Founder & CEO, Healthcursor Consulting Advisor, Commonwealth Connect Program, DIT, Govt. of India
Council Member, Gerson Lehrman Group, Pennsylvania, USA |
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“Everyone is talking about globalization and with the advent of new tools in communications, everyone is within reach. Second opinions and interpretation of medical tests are just a click away.”
- Dr Joseph Barril, renowned cardiac surgeon at Asian Hospital and Medical Center |
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“The Philippines has a solid history of mobile technology innovations. The HERO contest leverages this strength to help address the challenges and needs of Philippine healthcare. No doubt this contest and the incubation lab will help pioneer the use of mobile health applications in solving real world problems,”
-Dr Mike Muin, Healthcare IT Professional; Chief Information Officer for The Medical City. |
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Accept the Challenge and Submit your Idea
To submit your entries, please download and fill out this form and email to
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