Pathways for patient facing apps using ResearchKit, HealthKit and CareKitMobisoft Infotech LLC
Technology now can manage healthcare and medical apps development from academic research clinical trials to care coordination from service providers. Tools from Apple, Google, Samsung will be intrinsic part of development process. Researchers can facilitate academic or pre-commercial clinical trials using ResearchKit by Apple or less-known ResearchStack by Google. Healthcare Startups can take advantage of HealthKit and Google Fit repositories on your mobile devices. Finally, services provider can utilize CareKit to manage treatment and coordinate care plans with patients.
This Slide talks about Apple's ResearchKit which is an open source framework introduced by Apple that allows researchers and developers to create powerful apps for medical research
In this data driven world, health conscious people are actively tracking and analyzing multiple activities like sleep cycle, calories consumed, monitoring bodily functions, etc. Deriving the maximum output from apps is still a challenge for many users and providers as data in silos doesn’t really have power to paint the complete picture of your well being.
Imagine a system where an app that monitors your calorie intake and is able to share the calorie consumption data to your fitness/workout app. The workout app, based on this new information, adjusts your activity goals to maintain the desired levels of fitness.
HealthKit intends to bring in a holistic approach to your wellness with easy collection and sharing of data among various wellness/fitness and health apps from one centralized location.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
Opportunities and challenges in mhealth, wellness and fitness domain
HealthKit: The overview, advantages of HealthKit and its usage determining factors
HealthKit in action- Live demo
HealthKit application areas - Present and future
The healthcare ecosystem is witnessing a huge transformation lately; propelled by improved care and patient outcomes as the critical drivers. Briefly put, organizations (providers, hospitals and all) are leveraging the potential of Internet of Things, to empower their people, patients to take control of their own health. In a subtle way, redefining the way people, sensors, apps, devices and wearables can interact with each other in a secure environment, and take the healthcare experience to the next level.
A recent survey by Forrester Consulting suggests 90% of the Healthcare IT departments are ready to adapt IoT based solutions. And, 52% of the surveyed respondents are already incorporating IoT technology.
With IoT as a powerful enabler, innovative apps and wearables are taking strong roots in the healthcare ecosystem; health bands, fitness devices, calorie meters, heart rate monitors, to name a few. Such healthcare devices are used by physicians to record patient’s biometric information as they deliver exceptional patient monitoring and management results on-the-go.
Matteo Crippa: ResearchKit: an open source framework by Apple for medical re...Mobile Trends
Matteo Crippa - ResearchKit - an open source framework by Apple for medical research.
During early 2015 Apple has released an awesome open source framework to allow researchers and developers to create powerful apps for medical research and clinical trials. Are you ready to improve the framework with a pull request and help other people’s life?
IOT is revolutionizing various industries and we cannot ignore the huge transformation it can bring to the health care industry. IOT combined with the analytics and cloud can provide unprecedented capabilities in healthcare – virtual healthcare, predictive diagnostics, preventive care and targeted care to name a few. It can help in improving effectiveness and quality of patient care at the same time help the healthcare organizations to improve efficiency and improve their financial and administrative performance.
Pathways for patient facing apps using ResearchKit, HealthKit and CareKitMobisoft Infotech LLC
Technology now can manage healthcare and medical apps development from academic research clinical trials to care coordination from service providers. Tools from Apple, Google, Samsung will be intrinsic part of development process. Researchers can facilitate academic or pre-commercial clinical trials using ResearchKit by Apple or less-known ResearchStack by Google. Healthcare Startups can take advantage of HealthKit and Google Fit repositories on your mobile devices. Finally, services provider can utilize CareKit to manage treatment and coordinate care plans with patients.
This Slide talks about Apple's ResearchKit which is an open source framework introduced by Apple that allows researchers and developers to create powerful apps for medical research
In this data driven world, health conscious people are actively tracking and analyzing multiple activities like sleep cycle, calories consumed, monitoring bodily functions, etc. Deriving the maximum output from apps is still a challenge for many users and providers as data in silos doesn’t really have power to paint the complete picture of your well being.
Imagine a system where an app that monitors your calorie intake and is able to share the calorie consumption data to your fitness/workout app. The workout app, based on this new information, adjusts your activity goals to maintain the desired levels of fitness.
HealthKit intends to bring in a holistic approach to your wellness with easy collection and sharing of data among various wellness/fitness and health apps from one centralized location.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
Opportunities and challenges in mhealth, wellness and fitness domain
HealthKit: The overview, advantages of HealthKit and its usage determining factors
HealthKit in action- Live demo
HealthKit application areas - Present and future
The healthcare ecosystem is witnessing a huge transformation lately; propelled by improved care and patient outcomes as the critical drivers. Briefly put, organizations (providers, hospitals and all) are leveraging the potential of Internet of Things, to empower their people, patients to take control of their own health. In a subtle way, redefining the way people, sensors, apps, devices and wearables can interact with each other in a secure environment, and take the healthcare experience to the next level.
A recent survey by Forrester Consulting suggests 90% of the Healthcare IT departments are ready to adapt IoT based solutions. And, 52% of the surveyed respondents are already incorporating IoT technology.
With IoT as a powerful enabler, innovative apps and wearables are taking strong roots in the healthcare ecosystem; health bands, fitness devices, calorie meters, heart rate monitors, to name a few. Such healthcare devices are used by physicians to record patient’s biometric information as they deliver exceptional patient monitoring and management results on-the-go.
Matteo Crippa: ResearchKit: an open source framework by Apple for medical re...Mobile Trends
Matteo Crippa - ResearchKit - an open source framework by Apple for medical research.
During early 2015 Apple has released an awesome open source framework to allow researchers and developers to create powerful apps for medical research and clinical trials. Are you ready to improve the framework with a pull request and help other people’s life?
IOT is revolutionizing various industries and we cannot ignore the huge transformation it can bring to the health care industry. IOT combined with the analytics and cloud can provide unprecedented capabilities in healthcare – virtual healthcare, predictive diagnostics, preventive care and targeted care to name a few. It can help in improving effectiveness and quality of patient care at the same time help the healthcare organizations to improve efficiency and improve their financial and administrative performance.
Healthcare ecosystem is witnessing a huge transformation lately propelled by improved care and patient outcomes as the critical drivers, in addition mobile technology and IoT are leading the way for innovation in the healthcare industry, by integration sensor network such as Beacons, NFC, RFID etc.. that will play an important roles to improvise the quality of services in Intelligent Healthcare sectors .
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Vator Splash Health, Wellness & Wearables 2017
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Where is wearable technology heading and what can we expect from the wearables market? When it comes to biometric wearables and hearables, we've only scratched the surface of what's possible. In this webinar, Dr. Steven LeBoeuf takes a look back at trends and achievements in wearables in 2018 and weighs in on the outcomes of last year's predictions. We also highlight some unexpected changes you need to be ready for in 2019 and beyond.
With new Apples New Updates and launches at Event on Sep 9 2015. An Application called Health, which makes company’s direction towards gathering and organizing your health data.
Now Wearable Technology Shifted Focus To Chronic Medical IllnessDivyaConsagous
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Through new telehealth technologies and increased data analysis physicians are gaining insights into patients like never before, allowing them to facilitate early interventions, improve adherence, and reduce readmission rates -- not to mention at a price more affordable than ever. The companies you’ll hear from in this session are using a healthy and innovative mix of data, educational tools, sensors, and more to improve patient outcomes.
The objective of project is to improve end-users’ Healthcare experience through its IoT-based Healthcare services and to support business incubation scheme with better
regulatory support
State of Wearables Today - 2018 Consumer SurveyValencell, Inc
A new national survey released today on wearables revealed that actionable, accurate health insights from wearables will be increasingly important to the success of the industry and 63% of respondents have owned a wearable device at some point, up from 42% in 2016. The online survey polled 826 consumers from a wide range of U.S. regions, ages, and income levels on their experiences and preferences around wearables. The 2018 survey is a follow-up from the same survey conducted by Valencell in 2016.
Mobile Applications for Heart and Blood Pressure MonitoringEMMAIntl
Nowadays, there are mobile applications for almost every utility and in every domain. From e-commerce, finance, education, food-industry to healthcare, mobile applications provide impeccable services as these software tools in our mini-computers provide the best user experience and equivalent internet access as observed in a web browser. February is the American Heart Association month and at EMMA International we celebrate this month by presenting this blog on mobile applications that provide services for heart and blood pressure monitoring...
Healthcare ecosystem is witnessing a huge transformation lately propelled by improved care and patient outcomes as the critical drivers, in addition mobile technology and IoT are leading the way for innovation in the healthcare industry, by integration sensor network such as Beacons, NFC, RFID etc.. that will play an important roles to improvise the quality of services in Intelligent Healthcare sectors .
Synoptek health assistant_mobile_app_business_case_april_2020Nandita Nityanandam
Synoptek developed a Health Assistance Mobile App that helps users to manage their patients’ vitals by connecting with various devices to measure glucose level, blood pressure, weight, and other activitiesfor a Patientcare Solutions Provider
Vator Splash Health, Wellness & Wearables 2017
A presentation on the Vator conference in San Francisco, CA. Perhaps one of my favorite conference series in health tech featuring many perspectives: tech, insurance, genomics, behavioral health, diagnostics, devices and more.
Top Wearables Predictions for the Year Ahead and 2018: Year in ReviewValencell, Inc
Where is wearable technology heading and what can we expect from the wearables market? When it comes to biometric wearables and hearables, we've only scratched the surface of what's possible. In this webinar, Dr. Steven LeBoeuf takes a look back at trends and achievements in wearables in 2018 and weighs in on the outcomes of last year's predictions. We also highlight some unexpected changes you need to be ready for in 2019 and beyond.
With new Apples New Updates and launches at Event on Sep 9 2015. An Application called Health, which makes company’s direction towards gathering and organizing your health data.
Now Wearable Technology Shifted Focus To Chronic Medical IllnessDivyaConsagous
Every year around $2.9 Tn is spent on healthcare and out of which 75% is spent on the treatment of chronic diseases. Although digital machines have remarkably helped the number of patients suffering from chronic diseases but wearable technology has dramatically shifted the ground by it's amazing features and trackable devices. Let’s take a look at our new post which briefs you about how wearable technology shifted focus to chronic medical illness.
HXR 2016: The Health IoT: Remote Care and Mobile Solutions -Andrew Hooge, Val...HxRefactored
Through new telehealth technologies and increased data analysis physicians are gaining insights into patients like never before, allowing them to facilitate early interventions, improve adherence, and reduce readmission rates -- not to mention at a price more affordable than ever. The companies you’ll hear from in this session are using a healthy and innovative mix of data, educational tools, sensors, and more to improve patient outcomes.
The objective of project is to improve end-users’ Healthcare experience through its IoT-based Healthcare services and to support business incubation scheme with better
regulatory support
State of Wearables Today - 2018 Consumer SurveyValencell, Inc
A new national survey released today on wearables revealed that actionable, accurate health insights from wearables will be increasingly important to the success of the industry and 63% of respondents have owned a wearable device at some point, up from 42% in 2016. The online survey polled 826 consumers from a wide range of U.S. regions, ages, and income levels on their experiences and preferences around wearables. The 2018 survey is a follow-up from the same survey conducted by Valencell in 2016.
Mobile Applications for Heart and Blood Pressure MonitoringEMMAIntl
Nowadays, there are mobile applications for almost every utility and in every domain. From e-commerce, finance, education, food-industry to healthcare, mobile applications provide impeccable services as these software tools in our mini-computers provide the best user experience and equivalent internet access as observed in a web browser. February is the American Heart Association month and at EMMA International we celebrate this month by presenting this blog on mobile applications that provide services for heart and blood pressure monitoring...
WIth the RegisterPatient Facebook application, your medical practice can allow for patients to register for and schedule their appointments through Facebook.
This saves time in the waiting room, and increases patient care along with your practices accuracies and inefficiencies.
Harness the power of internal social mediasikandarbansal
Without a clear sense of the value social media creates, it’s perhaps not surprising that why we don’t feel comfortable when Organization go beyond mere “experiments” with social-media strategy. A social dynamic seems to have entered the very nature of any business. The technologically advanced stage that business operates in, and the social media savvy talent pool that is fast making its way into the workforce, have made social media gain acceptance in organization much faster than the WWW in 1995 or the ERP in the 1980.
Social media is extending the disruptive impact of the digital era across a broad range of functions. From the days when the debate centered on whether or not to allow social networking sites in workplace for the fear of drop in productivity, to a time when today organizations are increasingly incorporating such practices within the formal system, Social media has found its business relevance. Organizations are gradually accepting the power of this medium and are actively making transition from being broadcasters to being mediators of a conversation.
In fact, we can precisely determine the buzz surrounding our product or brand and then calculate how social media drives. And then ensure that social media complements broader strategies— we must obviously coordinate data, tools, technology, and talent across multiple functions. In many cases, senior management should open up their agendas and recognize the importance of supporting and even undertaking initiatives that may traditionally have been left to the marketing or communications department.
Health device makers, to date, have primarily targeted consumers who are either fitness focused or chronically ill. But between these two extremes sits a large, fragmented and often overlooked population who seek better information to effectively manage their health. Our research suggests that successful solution providers will approach this market opportunity as an ecosystem of partners – with an integrated solution that extends beyond the device itself. By plugging the information gap for these consumers, solution providers can help fuel healthcare innovation.
Health device makers, to date, have primarily targeted consumers who are either fitness focused or chronically ill. But between these two extremes sits a large, fragmented and often overlooked population who seek better information to effectively manage their health. Our research suggests that successful solution providers will approach this market opportunity as an ecosystem of partners – with an integrated solution that extends beyond the device itself. By plugging the information gap for these consumers, solution providers can help fuel healthcare innovation.
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ensure compliances are met. This document outlines some of the key evaluation criteria on regulations and security considerations in healthcare sector that need to be addressed while
implementing mobility applications.
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Most developed nations are experiencing a dramatic aging of the population, which is putting pressure our healthcare systems to provide care outside of medical facilities and driving opportunities for remote patient monitoring systems. In fact, 90% of family caregivers want a way to monitor their loved ones, receive alerts and be involved in their care. This webinar will discuss the trends driving remote patient monitoring today and how these systems are utilizing wearable technology to elevate the level of care possible outside of medical facilities. You won’t want to miss this webinar!
2016 IBM Interconnect - medical devices transformationElizabeth Koumpan
Emerging technologies such as Internet of Things, 3D Printing are driving the creation of new business models and forcing the Industry for transformation. The product centric model where the Industry main objective was to develop the device, is moving to software and services model, with the focus on Big Data & Analytics, Integration and Cloud.
The maturation of technologies such as social, mobile, analytics, cloud, 3D printing, bio- and nanotechnology are rapidly shifting the competitive landscape. These emerging technologies create an environment that is connected and open, simple and intelligent, fast and scalable. Organizations must embrace disruptive technologies to drive innovation
This deck will provide an overview of the value of APIs in the health and wellness industry, exploring how the growth in health and wellness related apps (specifically wearables) is driving innovation in this industry and how APIs are further enabling market growth - within the Vitality program and in the industry overall. Access to data, interoperability, and security are key requirements and the discussion will look at how these factors are enabling and impacting the adoption of APIs in the wellness industry.
Watch the session on-demand here: https://wso2.com/library/summit-2020/emea/healthy-apis/
[WSO2 Summit Americas 2020] Healthcare Interoperability Through FHIR® APIs.pdfWSO2
Rapid advancements in healthcare have led to new opportunities for healthcare IT. As the US healthcare system moves forward, health IT has to keep pace and define an interoperable ecosystem. FHIR® is becoming the standard for healthcare information exchange. Murad will share Prime’s journey on how they have partnered with WSO2 towards this evolution.
The term Internet of Things (Often abbreviated IOT) was coined more than ten years ago by industry researchers but has emerged into mainstream public view only more recently. Some claim the Internet of Things will completely transform how computer networks are used for the next 10 or 100 years, while others believe Internet Of Things is hype that won't much impact the daily lives of most people.
Healthcare App Development Company USA & India Shelly Megan
Biz4Solutions, offers robust Healthcare App Development Services with our expert healthcare app developers. We have expertise in developing HIPAA Compliant Apps
Similar to Apple HealthKit Impact on HealthIT: Rough Draft (20)
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M Capital Group (“MCG”) predicts that with, against, despite, and even without the global pandemic, the medical technology (MedTech) industry shows signs of continuous healthy growth, driven by smaller, faster, and cheaper devices, growing demand for home-based applications, technological innovation, strategic acquisitions, investments, and SPAC listings. MCG predicts that this should reflects itself in annual growth of over 6%, well beyond 2028.
According to Chris Mouchabhani, Managing Partner at M Capital Group, “Despite all economic scenarios that one may consider, beyond overall economic shocks, medical technology should remain one of the most promising and robust sectors over the short to medium term and well beyond 2028.”
There is a movement towards home-based care for the elderly, next generation scanning and MRI devices, wearable technology, artificial intelligence incorporation, and online connectivity. Experts also see a focus on predictive, preventive, personalized, participatory, and precision medicine, with rising levels of integration of home care and technological innovation.
The average cost of treatment has been rising across the board, creating additional financial burdens to governments, healthcare providers and insurance companies. According to MCG, cost-per-inpatient-stay in the United States alone rose on average annually by over 13% between 2014 to 2021, leading MedTech to focus research efforts on optimized medical equipment at lower price points, whilst emphasizing portability and ease of use. Namely, 46% of the 1,008 medical technology companies in the 2021 MedTech Innovator (“MTI”) database are focusing on prevention, wellness, detection, or diagnosis, signaling a clear push for preventive care to also tackle costs.
In addition, there has also been a lasting impact on consumer and medical demand for home care, supported by the pandemic. Lockdowns, closure of care facilities, and healthcare systems subjected to capacity pressure, accelerated demand away from traditional inpatient care. Now, outpatient care solutions are driving industry production, with nearly 70% of recent diagnostics start-up companies producing products in areas such as ambulatory clinics, at-home care, and self-administered diagnostics.
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Stewardship is the act of taking good care of something.
Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics), improves patient outcomes, reduces microbial resistance, and decreases the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms.
WHO launched the Global Antimicrobial Resistance and Use Surveillance System (GLASS) in 2015 to fill knowledge gaps and inform strategies at all levels.
ACCORDING TO apic.org,
Antimicrobial stewardship is a coordinated program that promotes the appropriate use of antimicrobials (including antibiotics), improves patient outcomes, reduces microbial resistance, and decreases the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant organisms.
ACCORDING TO pewtrusts.org,
Antibiotic stewardship refers to efforts in doctors’ offices, hospitals, long term care facilities, and other health care settings to ensure that antibiotics are used only when necessary and appropriate
According to WHO,
Antimicrobial stewardship is a systematic approach to educate and support health care professionals to follow evidence-based guidelines for prescribing and administering antimicrobials
In 1996, John McGowan and Dale Gerding first applied the term antimicrobial stewardship, where they suggested a causal association between antimicrobial agent use and resistance. They also focused on the urgency of large-scale controlled trials of antimicrobial-use regulation employing sophisticated epidemiologic methods, molecular typing, and precise resistance mechanism analysis.
Antimicrobial Stewardship(AMS) refers to the optimal selection, dosing, and duration of antimicrobial treatment resulting in the best clinical outcome with minimal side effects to the patients and minimal impact on subsequent resistance.
According to the 2019 report, in the US, more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur each year, and more than 35000 people die. In addition to this, it also mentioned that 223,900 cases of Clostridoides difficile occurred in 2017, of which 12800 people died. The report did not include viruses or parasites
VISION
Being proactive
Supporting optimal animal and human health
Exploring ways to reduce overall use of antimicrobials
Using the drugs that prevent and treat disease by killing microscopic organisms in a responsible way
GOAL
to prevent the generation and spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Doing so will preserve the effectiveness of these drugs in animals and humans for years to come.
being to preserve human and animal health and the effectiveness of antimicrobial medications.
to implement a multidisciplinary approach in assembling a stewardship team to include an infectious disease physician, a clinical pharmacist with infectious diseases training, infection preventionist, and a close collaboration with the staff in the clinical microbiology laboratory
to prevent antimicrobial overuse, misuse and abuse.
to minimize the developme
One of the most developed cities of India, the city of Chennai is the capital of Tamilnadu and many people from different parts of India come here to earn their bread and butter. Being a metropolitan, the city is filled with towering building and beaches but the sad part as with almost every Indian city
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The dimensions of healthcare quality refer to various attributes or aspects that define the standard of healthcare services. These dimensions are used to evaluate, measure, and improve the quality of care provided to patients. A comprehensive understanding of these dimensions ensures that healthcare systems can address various aspects of patient care effectively and holistically. Dimensions of Healthcare Quality and Performance of care include the following; Appropriateness, Availability, Competence, Continuity, Effectiveness, Efficiency, Efficacy, Prevention, Respect and Care, Safety as well as Timeliness.
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Pediatric nurses play a vital role in the health and well-being of children. Their responsibilities are wide-ranging, and their objectives can be categorized into several key areas:
1. Direct Patient Care:
Objective: Provide comprehensive and compassionate care to infants, children, and adolescents in various healthcare settings (hospitals, clinics, etc.).
This includes tasks like:
Monitoring vital signs and physical condition.
Administering medications and treatments.
Performing procedures as directed by doctors.
Assisting with daily living activities (bathing, feeding).
Providing emotional support and pain management.
2. Health Promotion and Education:
Objective: Promote healthy behaviors and educate children, families, and communities about preventive healthcare.
This includes tasks like:
Administering vaccinations.
Providing education on nutrition, hygiene, and development.
Offering breastfeeding and childbirth support.
Counseling families on safety and injury prevention.
3. Collaboration and Advocacy:
Objective: Collaborate effectively with doctors, social workers, therapists, and other healthcare professionals to ensure coordinated care for children.
Objective: Advocate for the rights and best interests of their patients, especially when children cannot speak for themselves.
This includes tasks like:
Communicating effectively with healthcare teams.
Identifying and addressing potential risks to child welfare.
Educating families about their child's condition and treatment options.
4. Professional Development and Research:
Objective: Stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in pediatric healthcare through continuing education and research.
Objective: Contribute to improving the quality of care for children by participating in research initiatives.
This includes tasks like:
Attending workshops and conferences on pediatric nursing.
Participating in clinical trials related to child health.
Implementing evidence-based practices into their daily routines.
By fulfilling these objectives, pediatric nurses play a crucial role in ensuring the optimal health and well-being of children throughout all stages of their development.
1. Approaching Healthcare Technology
In 2015:
The Impact of Hardware on Telemedicine
Advancement
September 15, 2014
Rough Draft: Version 1.0
2. Situational Overview: Using HealthKit For
TeleMedicine Development
September 10, 2014
• Payment- Insurance auto-payment via TeleHealth appointments. (Cigna/Apple Appointments) —
> could possibly be integrated into iCal
• Video- Advanced video from iPhone6 will allow for more advanced remote patient appointments.
• Image Stabilization & Medical Purposes- The image stabilization features of the advanced
camera can be used
• Doctors w/o Borders & Specialists in US- Integrating doctors without borders with Epic
Health Systems specialists to provide high-quality medical care to patients being treated
abroad.
• iWatch & Wearables- Impact of iWatch on patient/predictive analytics and remote patient
monitoring.
• AT&T & Verizon- AT&T has suggested that they will be responsible for covering the wireless
services of major health providers. (I.E. hooking up all the iPads with WiFi & the server rooms
with remote monitoring/chronic disease management constant sharing capabilities)
3. The Providers: Verizon /
AT&T
• Provider Key Roles-
• Remote Patient
Monitoring/Chronic Disease
Management- Providing wireless
service to care providers for
purposes of remote patient
monitoring data transfer.
• AT&T- Will work with large hospital
systems and existing care providers.
Likely that Verizon will have their
own group of large-scale contracts
with care providers, but AT&T has
stated that this is a strong
monetization strategy in their future
(when it comes to healthcare data
technology.)
4. New Devices & Why They
Matter
• iPhone6 (Music, Camera) = TeleHealth
• iWatch (Health, Payment) = Nike Fuel For Every1
5. Breaking Down Individual
Hardware Significance
• iPhone6- The iPhone6 will allow for advancement in the technical medical
technologies available for mobile consumption.
• New Camera- Will allow for the advancement of telemedicine facilitation through
mobile devices. The powerful camera (which will be used by medical providers
across the world), will be equipped with the software/hardware to conduct
“significant” medical review through remote appointment.
• Fitness Calibrator- The fitness calibrator makes the iPhone into a wearable-like
device, which hasn’t been massively available previously. The phone could
possibly serve as an activity tracker, meaning that people would only need to
have their phone on them (or near them with the iWatch), and have this activity
data automatically uploaded to their activity data charts.
• iWatch- The significance of the iWatch is the mass-market for wearables and
advanced medical activity monitoring.
6. EHR Add-Ons & Certification
Requirements
• Certification Requirements- EMR Add-on
companies currently have to get approved by a
third-party for “medical clearance” to be adapted to
an existing EMR system.
• Drummonds & EMR Certification Companies-
Will these companies that exist entirely for this
purpose be forced out of the market? Do these
certifications, which cost tens of thousands of
dollars, still have any credibility or requirement?
7. Retail Health & Centralized
Patient Data
• “You’re Sick, We’re Quick”- Partnerships with CVS Health will
allow for patients to go to minute clinic and allow them to easily
access patient records and accrued medical data from
wearables.
• WalMart- WalMart has encouraged health data innovation, and
could play a strong role in releasing the healthcare technology
movement to non-urban regions throughout the US.
• CVS / Walgreens- Could be fighting a battle to be the primary
instant care provider of patients across the US. Would assume
that the would partner with insurance companies to make sure
that their services are covered under common patient insurance
plans— meaning that patients would no longer be required to
have a primary care physican, and could instead easily just pull-up
to a CVS whenever they’re sick. This concept could have a
major impact on healthcare revenues from major provider
groups. (Need to do a thorough analysis of healthcare provider
revenues).
8. Using Medicare & Medicaid Correctly:
Advancement of Free Healthcare
• Retail Healthcare- The increased patient data, and
likely centralized patient record system, will allow for
the onset of “retail healthcare,” in which medical
care will be offered at retailers like Wal-Mart and
CVS.
• CVS Health-
9. Developing “EHR Modulars” w/
HealthKit:
Building IAAS/PAAS Add-Ons
• EPIC Systems Connection- This initial partnership could
be a signal to major health information technology
providers to make partnerships with HealthKit and
ApplePay for purposes of appointment processing and
medical data storage/transfer.
• Hospital Systems & Patients- One hospital system
integration is the equivalent to thousands of providers for
start-ups with a per provider revenue structure. (The Fee
Model) —> $79.99/review for disease diagnosis
facilitation could easily run up revenues in the billions
under the right product.
10. Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals
• Eli Lilly’s Medication Adherence Department- The
Big Pharma giant has recently taken an interest in
medication adherence innovation
12. NYC Start-Ups To
Watch
• AdhereTech- Medication adherence technology
“hardware” provider with an interactive pill bottle.
• HelloHealth- Application system that facilitates
telemedicine appointments/ “transactions”. (looks like they
switched to a revenue cycle management platform—
which would exclude them from the race, as ApplePay will
likely integrate with a major RCM provider.) ——could be
also integrated with a major supplier of employer
healthcare finance management providers. (recently
public one could be a major partner)
14. Impact of New Health
Indicators
• Activity- Pulling Nike+ metrics
• Blood Pressure/Blood Sugar- New data indicators integrated from third-party medical
hardware add-on devices.
• Heartrate-
• Hydration-
• Nutrition-
• Oxygen Saturation-
• Respiratory Rate-
• Sleep-
• Weight-
15. iPhone 6 Individual
Features & Healthcare
Impact
Maximizing Hardware Offerings When Developing For
HealthKit
16. Using The Fitness Calibrator
For Fitness Applications
• Start-Up Casualty: Amiigo- The whole concept of this start-up was to have a wearable
that adapted like the calibrator does. (Lifting Weights, Running Upstairs, etc.)
• Advancement of Shoe Clip- The shoe clip could be a powerful wearable for fitness,
etc. Applying advanced footwear wearables to specified sporting activities could be a
smart market pivot. (Assuming that the advanced technology specific to this individual
wearable will be outpaced by the advancements in the iWatch & Apple’s wearable
strategy. (iPod —> iPod Mini, etc.)
• Price For Amiigo- Depending on the intellectual property, Amiigo is likely to be
valued low (depending on their current orders)—the product is currently in a pre-launch
stage, and has been active on KickStarter. Acquisition of the company could
be an important part of the cycling sneaker wearable integration strategy. The real
value in this acquisition would be the technology for integrating the calibrator
specifically into a sneaker (or footwear). This intellectual property value would
significantly decline if the iPhone6 basic technology can map foot steps and foot
calibration as accurately, or more accurately, than the existing technology that powers
the Amiigo footwear device.
17. Medical ID: Stored Patient
Registration via ApplePay/Passbook
Medical ID Concept-
Patients will be able to store
their medical history on
ApplePay, and transfer this
data to providers through
NFC/ApplePay secure
payment.
21. Shared Care Plan Management:
HealthKit Functionalities
• Shared Care Plan
Management- Apple’s family
sharing invitation technology
indicates that patients will
easily be able to share their
medical data stored on iOS8
with family members through
a pre-formatted data sharing
platform. This ability to share
medical data with family
members can easily be
applied to care providers of an
individual patient.
22. Learning From The Amiigo Casualty:
Developing Fitness Applications For The
Calibrator
• Accelerometer- Not much without the
accelerometer?. The major concept of the wearable
was the ability to track workouts and the intensity of
individual sets.
• Customized Fitness Applications- Athletes will be
able to review their workouts with precision—
knowing the intensity of the workout, weak spots,
and immediately receive a comparison analysis to
previous workouts.
23. Personal Health Data
Management
• More Data, New Data- The increase in wearables, in addition to the iPhone6, is bringing both larger amounts of
patient data along with new forms of patient data into the healthcare data “ecosystem.” In addition to the new
advanced forms of wearable data that will be integrated into Epic Systems, it should be noted that there has not be
any data transmitted automatically from wearables into a major health information system to date. This is a
significant note, as the concept could span hundreds of millions (if not billions) of people as the iPhone/iWatch
technology becomes more prominent globally.
• Apps For The New Data- Much of the health data that will be collected through the iPhone6 & iWatch has yet to be
introduced into the healthcare data ecosystem. This new data can be used for advanced predictive algorithms for
medical analysis by care providers, as well as for chronic disease and personal care management.
• Device Add-Ons- Market for new hardware that can connect to the iPhone6 & integrate with HealthKit likely to be
a major growth sector in the healthcare technology market. Apple has discussed the requirements for medical
device certification with the FDA— meaning that it is likely that these hardware add-ons will not require FDA
approval, making the development process much more open and easy.
• Individualized Athletic Profile- Developing a software that will allow for athletes to capture an accurate measure of
their current athletic state.
• Actual Medical Metrics- Using add-ons to the iPhone6, patients will be able to measure and record vitals that
were previously not commonly taken, yet alone recorded through technology for long-term analysis. These metrics
include glucose levels, blood pressure, hydration, sleep cycles, and advanced activity data. These metrics can be
used to develop an individualized overall health concept for patients to measure their health/fitness performance
against a metric customized to their body and “ideal fitness state.”
24. Determining Overall Athletic Health Using
Fitness Metrics: Capturing An Accurate
Depiction of an Athlete’s Current Fitness State
• Collecting An Accurate Image of An Athlete’s Current
State- Combining all of the metrics that are produced
through wearables into individual metrics that focus on
athletic strength and core fitness as the metric for
“healthiness.” Meaning that the concept would be to
determine the ideal fitness level of an individual person,
and develop their fitness metrics to measure their current
fitness state in relation to this idealized “fit” state.
• The Combo- Activity, Dehydration, Blood Sugar, Blood
Pressure, Long-Term Sleep Patterns w/ Analysis
25. FaceTime HD: Making The
Appointment More Authentic
• Increased Call Clarity (Camera/WiFi combo)- The
ability for TeleMedicine appointments to appear more
authentic when performed through a mobile device
through enhanced camera technology that makes up
FaceTime HD.
• “Doctor Relationship”- Could psychologically make
people feel more comfortable with performing a medical
appointment over the phone, as they will be able to
very clearly see their medical provider. This could be a
significant deal when addressing the on boarding of
elderly patients, etc.
26. Wi-Fi Carriers: Using Wi-Fi
calls for TeleMedicine
• Advantage: Using WiFi for TeleMedicine- Using WiFi-only strategy
means that patients only require access to a wireless network, instead of
LTE, etc.
• Middle America- This is important when addressing the telemedicine
needs of “Middle America.” Many of these Americans have dial-up
internet connection, which would have previously prevented them from
participating in telemedicine/only verification because of the speed
requirements for this type of internet function.
• Network Speeds & TeleHealth- Using a WiFi only strategy, telemedicine
companies will have the opportunity to reach all patients despite their
home internet connection speeds.
• Public WiFi- Easily could partner with AT&T, Verizon, etc. and offer
WiFi technologies for the public in mass ranges.
28. Processing Health Insurance
Payments via Apple Pay
• Concept: ApplePay will allow for insurance
verification transactions through partnerships with
insurance providers.
• Major Partners- Insurance Providers: Cigna,
Aetna, Humana (fill these out— and add significant
insurance providers and their patient numbers)
• Health Data- ApplePay could allow for patients to
securely send their patient data through NFC. (See
Patient Registration NFC concept graph)
29.
30. Developing Technologies For Apple Pay
Insurance & Patient Information
Verification
• Concept: Patients would have
the ability to send their data
through ApplePay, along with
their insurance verification
information. The patient
information could be stored in
the “ApplePay” information
docket, and be administered to
a care provider through NFC.
31.
32. Chip & Pin: NFC Insurance
Verification For Non-Device Users
• Chip & Pin Card Provider Opportunity- Could
possibly be a good play when it comes to the
insurance cards— as they can easily be the provider
of the NFC insurance cards that will hold patient
registration and insurance verification data.
• How It Works- To solve this, banks and retailers
are replacing traditional magnetic stripe equipment
with smartcard technology, where credit and debit
cards contain an embedded microchip and are
authenticated automatically using a personal
identification number (PIN). When a customer
wishes to pay for goods using this system, the card
is placed into a "Point of Sale" (POS) terminal,
which connects to the chip on the card. To complete
the transaction, the customer enters a 4-digit PIN.
When the POS terminal is connected to the
network, the authenticity of the card and chip can be
confirmed, along with the PIN, with the bank
servers. If the POS terminal is not connected to the
network, the chip can confirm to the terminal if PIN
was entered correctly.
33. Eliminating Emdeon w/ Apple Pay:
$1T in Payment Processing Now Available
• Eliminating Emdeon- Possibility that Apple has conceived away to work around Emdeon for
insurance payment processing. The company claims to process as much as $1 Trillion worth of
insurance claims per year, which could easily be processed through a system devised by Apple.
• Blackstone Group- This could have a potential impact on Blackstone, as they have control of the
company—it could possibly not have a reason to go public again, if Apple figures out a way to
process insurance payments using ApplePay. (See Apple, Visa, Cigna strategy) —Either way,
Emdeon is worth more than what they paid for it, despite the fact that it is in technological
shambles, and will likely be unable to keep up with/maintain the complexity that is ApplePay and
insurance verification.
• Taking Emdeon’s Core Market- If insurance payment processing is removed from the Emdeon
revenue flow, that would leave it only with revenue cycle management. This would be under the
assumption that their current revenue is focused on taking a percentage from the insurance
payment process—leaving them without a main revenue source, only the ability to possibly license
out their revenue cycle management software to healthcare finance management firms. Currently,
the major claim to fame for the company is their insurance gateway with “unlimited” access to
providers. Apple could possibly remove the requirement for this network, which would in hand
remove the requirement of working with/accepting insurance on a telemedicine platform.
34. Mobile Payment: Automated
Insurance Verification 2.0
• Cigna- Current leader of health insurance
technology in terms of engaging with the
patient/plan holder. Using Cigna with ApplePay will
allow for providers
• Aetna- Aetna had the Carepass, but stopped
development as of recent.
35. Apple Pay: Insurance Verification Network
• Emdeon Intelligent Network- This could be a strong play for Apple to cut out
Emdeon from the revenue processing algorithm. Currently, Emdeon is processing
$1T worth of insurance payments per year through an outdated insurance
exchange system. The development of ApplePay across payment providers has
the potential to eventually eliminate Emdeon from the patient payment process.
• Really need to consider the scale of this operation, and also the scale of the
operation that Apple has setup with ApplePay.
• Wi-Fi Processing Payments- Would be apple to process insurance payments
using only a Wi-Fi connection using an ApplePay insurance verification platform.
Emdeon is currently processing insurance numbers over the phone—meaning
that a receptionist is taking a copy of the patient’s insurance card and literally
calling the number in for verification and revenue cycle “management.” They still
are using paper/phone as a means to process insurance payments
(medicare/medicaid), and the mass-adoption of NFC across iPhone & Android
users.
36. Processing Patient Deductibles:
Streamlining The Joint Payment
Situation
• ApplePay & Patient Deductibles- Patients will have the ability to
pay for their “co-pay”/deductibles automatically through ApplePay.
• Insurance Processing/Credit Card Payments- Patients will be
able to automatically charge their co-pay deductibles through
ApplePay—all while processing the insurance automatically.
• Patient Payment & Healthcare “Debt” Management
Applications- Advanced data about patient medical expenses
has become available directly to the iPhone through the onset of
healthcare technology integration into the patient/provider
relationship. HealthKit developers have the opportunity to create
applications that can help patients (or employers possibly)
manage their healthcare costs automatically.
38. Main Theme of iWatch Health
Announcement:
Everyone Will Accrue Personal Health Data
• Multiple Sources of Patient Data- In addition to
standard wearables, there will be an additional
mass-source of patient data collected from the
iWatch. (In addition to the data that will naturally
be collected from the iPhone6)
• Mass Market Consumer- Wearables are no
longer focused on marketing to the athletic
consumer, and instead are just massively
available. (Concept: High-End —> Mainstream)
39. Current Wearables
Technology Leader: Nike+
• Nike+ & Apple Fitness Management
Integration- Athletes will be able to easily access
the information processed through their Nike
activity tracking software directly on the
dashboard of their iPhone6. Theoretically, this
data will cause for patients to take their activity
data more seriously, and in turn organically
develop a “fitness craze” (get a better term)—>
that will advance the “quantified self” and integrate
it into the patient/doctor relationship.
40. TeleMedicine Appointment
Processing: Situational Overview
• The Network- Processing appointments/payments through WiFi, with
the eventual opportunity for all providers to
• AT&T will be providing the infrastructure for remote patient
monitoring for care providers. Verizon will likely be doing the same, if
not more, coverage of care providers for remote patient monitoring—
the point here is that they are being addressed by major carriers.
• T-Mobile will be encouraging the use of WiFi calling, and the sale of
phones that support WiFi calling.
• Addressing Their Market- T-Mobile’s on-boarding of WiFi phones
allows for their market to be on boarded to the telemedicine patient
population.
41. Epic: Using Epic Systems To Develop
HealthKit Based Technologies
• Large Hospital Systems- Major benefit of using Epic as part of your HealthKit strategy is the access to large-scale
health systems (such as universities, and public hospitals).
• Chronic Disease Management & Patient Records- The EPIC software will include access to currently existing patient
records. This access to existing patient records can be a strong asset for chronic disease management softwares, and
can use existing patient data to analyze and develop “comprehensive” chronic disease management plans.
• Nurses’ Notes Software: Approaching Healthcare Technologies For Providers- Building out specific applications
that benefit individual providers, and participants in the healthcare treatment workflow.
• Nurses- Softwares haven’t focused on the providers of healthcare, instead have focused on the patient. As Apple
takes the consumer-side of the healthcare market, the major healthcare circuit is going to have a hard time
developing softwares that will maximize this data integration into the patient care workflow.
• Registered Nurses & LPNS, etc- Developing software that allows for the delegation and management of tasks by
assignment hospital workers. This concept hasn’t quite been considered in the healthcare technology development
scene, and could be a major trend in the feature functionality development though 2020.
• Specialists via TeleMedicine- The collaboration between Epic & Apple will allow for increased access to “high-quality/
preferred” providers that are currently working at university health programs, or prestigious hospitals that
already have Epic (mostly due to financial reasons). HealthKit developers will be able to create applications that are
focused on providing patients with the highest quality healthcare providers, taking into consideration the concept that
the best providers (in theory?) will have access to the software first.
43. The New Patient Engagement
Pyramid: Identifying Each Level
• “Patients As Consumers”- This strategy should
apply when developing technologies for healthcare.
Patients should be seen as consumers of healthcare
services, with applications intent on enhancing this
consumption experience through direct and two-way
communication engagement platforms.
44. Addressing Meaningful Use
Requirements with $APL
• Develop complex wireframe of MU application of
ApplePay & iPhone6/Wearable Data
45. Questions For The Health
IT Industry:
• ICD-10- Will everything be coded in ICD-10, or will
there be a new method for coding medical data to
prevent hacking.
• Finger Print- Accessing and transmitting medical
data through the finger print click?
• Meaningful Use-