Meeting Report on First International Mobile Health Seminar: Shiraz, Iran, 17th and 18th May 2015

Abstract

Mobile Health (mHealth) is an evolving and rapidly developing field which has the potential to play a part in the transformation of healthcare and increase its quality and efficiency. Shiraz International mHealth Seminar brought together researchers, policy makers, information, communication and technology programmers, academics and civil society representatives for two days synergy meeting in Shiraz city, Iran, to review regional and global evidence-based mHealth research, review mHealth technologies and develop a framework for scale-up of evidence-based mHealth interventions in Iran. The workshop was held in May 2015 in Shiraz and was hosted by the health policy research center, Shiraz university of medical sciences.