Here's an e-portal for caregivers to track patients without visiting
Alert conditions are sent via SMS.
ConnectedHealth is a wireless health innovator committed to developing health monitoring connectivity solutions that drive down healthcare costs by improving patient compliance.
Among its latest product offerings include eHealth flatform, nursing manager applictaion and secure medical tablet.
ConnectedHealth claims that its eHealth Platform product is the first to provide an end to end connected solution for remote health management.
ConnectedHealth's home diabetes kit, incorporated in the e-health platform, for instance can simplify the collection,analysis and tracking of key medical information for Diabetic and Pre-diabetic patients.
Here is how it works:
The Diabetes Kit consists of two key components: 1) A Health Manager Application , running on an Android mobile phones, that captures data from medical devices and transfers the data via the internet to the Connected Health Portal 2) The Connected Health Portal, which securely stores and selectively shares Patient Personal Health Records with authorized Caregivers.
Using the Home Diabetes Kit, Patients can:
Automatically capture data from medical devices, such as Glucose Meters, Weighing Scales, Blood Pressure Monitors
Automatically transfer the data to the ConnectedHealth portal. Patient can review historical data
Selectively and securely share information with Caregivers.
Receive automated alerts based on conditions set by the Caregiver.
Purchase low cost consumables and medication through Connected- Health's Online portal.
Through the Connected Health Portal, the Caregiver can:
Track the status of multiple patients, without the need for the patient to visit.
Set Alert conditions on a patient by patient basis.
Receive email or SMS notification if Alert conditions for a specific patient are met.
The Home Diabetes Kit consists of the following items:
An Entra™ FDA Approved Bluetooth Glucose Meter and measurement strips
A Nexus S phone, preconfigured with an the ConnectedHealth Android Health Manager application.
Login/account details to access the ConnectedHealth portal.
According to ConnectedHealth's CEO Mike Holt, it's eHealth Platform is deployed into two large US health care groups and has demonstrated a per patient annual savings of $33,000.
Holt is positive with the future of wireless home health market amidst increasing recognition of wireless medical monitoring systems including remote patient monitoring and management to reduce resource challenges.
"According to Juniper research, Global Cumulative Healthcare Cost-savings Opportunity from mHealth Monitoring 2013-2018: $36 Billion. ConnectedHealth is well positioned to help hospitals realize this costs saving via our proven deployment, lowest cost per patient approach and most scalable mHealth platform,he said.
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COMPANY PROFILE
Name of the company: ConnectedHealth
Founder/Founders: Mike Holt and Hari Ramachandran
Website: www.connhealth.com
Major Investors: Koh Boon Hwee, Get2Volume, National research Foundation
Total funding at hand: $1.1M (equity) $300K grants
Target fund: $2M
Source of funding: In discussion with Series A investors and strategics
Start of operation: March, 2010