Poctor is developing the Poctor Secure Network (PSN), a geographically distributed cloud hosting platform designed specifically for healthcare organizations. The PSN allows sensitive patient data to be securely stored, accessed, and shared across state lines in compliance with HIPAA. Poctor sees significant market potential as healthcare spending grows and organizations need secure data transmission solutions. The company projects strong financial growth by licensing the PSN to healthcare clients and other industries requiring secure interstate data transport such as financial services.
Exciting io t trends and predictions to look out for in 2022ArpitGautam20
Here are some emerging IoT Trends for 2022 that startups, SMEs, leading organizations and technology professionals should know about. https://arsr.tech/exciting-iot-trends-and-predictions-to-look-out-for-in-2022/
Presentation about how the IoT can be applied in the Insurance sector (eHealth, wearables, telematics, connected cars, connected homes...). Presentation held by Szymon Uczciwek at Comarch Benelux Insurance Breakfast on the 18th of September in Brussels.
Exciting io t trends and predictions to look out for in 2022ArpitGautam20
Here are some emerging IoT Trends for 2022 that startups, SMEs, leading organizations and technology professionals should know about. https://arsr.tech/exciting-iot-trends-and-predictions-to-look-out-for-in-2022/
Presentation about how the IoT can be applied in the Insurance sector (eHealth, wearables, telematics, connected cars, connected homes...). Presentation held by Szymon Uczciwek at Comarch Benelux Insurance Breakfast on the 18th of September in Brussels.
Are customers ready for smart home technology? Today, 2 out of 3 U.S. homeowners insurance customers would be willing to change insurance companies to get policy discounts for using smart home devices, including smart thermostats, smoke/carbon monoxide detectors and garage door openers.
NTT DATA's national research study uncovers consumers' interests in using smart home devices and their concerns around sharing data from those devices with insurance companies.
apidays LIVE London 2021 - A playground for Open Insurance by Francesco Zaini...apidays
apidays LIVE London 2021 - Reaching Maximum Potential in Banking & Insurance with API Mindset
October 27 & 28, 2021
Insurance and Industries APIs
A playground for Open Insurance
Francesco Zaini, Open Finance Director at G2 Startups
I'm pleased to share the first Singapore InsurTech Landscape. The focus is on the start-ups founded in SG, as well as those with regional HQs or major projects (such as Collab). Hats off to a vibrant ecosystem!
Please note that landscapes are living documents. Feel free to DM me on LinkedIn to agree, disagree or add your start-up to the landscape!
Check out the highlights from our 2014 #IoTuesday Twitter chats, and join us the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. ET to discuss how the Internet of Things is developing.
In October 2017, Initio was invited to participate as speaker to the Insurance Breakfast organized by Comarch in Brussels & Luxembourg.
For this event, we held a keynote about Connected Objects usage in Insurance. This is the synthetic resume and the slides of our presentation.
The internet of things – The next wave - InsuranceArqiva
Our Managing Director of Smart & M2M, Wendy McMillan, talks through the impact of the IoT on the insurance industry at the Insurance and Analytics convention in September 2014.
IoT - Data Management Trends, Best Practices, & Use CasesCloudera, Inc.
With billions of new devices, IoT is transforming how businesses capitalize on data. Data driven organizations are using IoT as as a means to improve their customer experience, drive operational efficiencies, and enable new business models. However, without the right data management strategy and tools, investments in IoT can yield limited results.
Join Cloudera and 451 Research for a joint webinar to learn more about some of the data management best practices and how organizations are using advanced analytics and machine learning to enable IoT use cases.
Infographic: The connected insurance customerBrian Banigan
Infographic featuring insights from the IBM Institute for Business Value study "Digital reinvention - Trust, transparency and technology in the insurance world of tomorrow"
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/thoughtleadership/digitalreinvention-insurance/
Technology is perhaps the greatest agent of change in the modern world. While never without risk,
technological breakthroughs promise innovative solutions to the most pressing global challenges of
our time. From batteries that can provide power to whole villages to microchips that could take the
place of organs in medical research, this year’s 10 emerging technologies offer a vivid glimpse of the
power of innovation to improve lives, transform industries and safeguard our planet.
To compile this list, the World Economic Forum’s Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies, a panel
of global experts, draws on the collective expertise of the Forum’s communities to identify the most
important recent technological trends. By doing so, the Meta-Council aims to raise awareness of
their potential and contribute to closing the gaps in investment, regulation and public understanding
that so often thwart progress.
apidays LIVE Singapore 2021 - Differentiating to win in the ecosystem economy...apidays
apidays LIVE Singapore 2021 - Digitisation, Connected Services and Embedded Finance
April 21 & 22, 2021
Differentiating to win in the ecosystem economy
Carol Mok, Senior Value Engineer at TIBCO
Are customers ready for smart home technology? Today, 2 out of 3 U.S. homeowners insurance customers would be willing to change insurance companies to get policy discounts for using smart home devices, including smart thermostats, smoke/carbon monoxide detectors and garage door openers.
NTT DATA's national research study uncovers consumers' interests in using smart home devices and their concerns around sharing data from those devices with insurance companies.
apidays LIVE London 2021 - A playground for Open Insurance by Francesco Zaini...apidays
apidays LIVE London 2021 - Reaching Maximum Potential in Banking & Insurance with API Mindset
October 27 & 28, 2021
Insurance and Industries APIs
A playground for Open Insurance
Francesco Zaini, Open Finance Director at G2 Startups
I'm pleased to share the first Singapore InsurTech Landscape. The focus is on the start-ups founded in SG, as well as those with regional HQs or major projects (such as Collab). Hats off to a vibrant ecosystem!
Please note that landscapes are living documents. Feel free to DM me on LinkedIn to agree, disagree or add your start-up to the landscape!
Check out the highlights from our 2014 #IoTuesday Twitter chats, and join us the third Tuesday of each month at 1:00 p.m. ET to discuss how the Internet of Things is developing.
In October 2017, Initio was invited to participate as speaker to the Insurance Breakfast organized by Comarch in Brussels & Luxembourg.
For this event, we held a keynote about Connected Objects usage in Insurance. This is the synthetic resume and the slides of our presentation.
The internet of things – The next wave - InsuranceArqiva
Our Managing Director of Smart & M2M, Wendy McMillan, talks through the impact of the IoT on the insurance industry at the Insurance and Analytics convention in September 2014.
IoT - Data Management Trends, Best Practices, & Use CasesCloudera, Inc.
With billions of new devices, IoT is transforming how businesses capitalize on data. Data driven organizations are using IoT as as a means to improve their customer experience, drive operational efficiencies, and enable new business models. However, without the right data management strategy and tools, investments in IoT can yield limited results.
Join Cloudera and 451 Research for a joint webinar to learn more about some of the data management best practices and how organizations are using advanced analytics and machine learning to enable IoT use cases.
Infographic: The connected insurance customerBrian Banigan
Infographic featuring insights from the IBM Institute for Business Value study "Digital reinvention - Trust, transparency and technology in the insurance world of tomorrow"
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/gbs/thoughtleadership/digitalreinvention-insurance/
Technology is perhaps the greatest agent of change in the modern world. While never without risk,
technological breakthroughs promise innovative solutions to the most pressing global challenges of
our time. From batteries that can provide power to whole villages to microchips that could take the
place of organs in medical research, this year’s 10 emerging technologies offer a vivid glimpse of the
power of innovation to improve lives, transform industries and safeguard our planet.
To compile this list, the World Economic Forum’s Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies, a panel
of global experts, draws on the collective expertise of the Forum’s communities to identify the most
important recent technological trends. By doing so, the Meta-Council aims to raise awareness of
their potential and contribute to closing the gaps in investment, regulation and public understanding
that so often thwart progress.
apidays LIVE Singapore 2021 - Differentiating to win in the ecosystem economy...apidays
apidays LIVE Singapore 2021 - Digitisation, Connected Services and Embedded Finance
April 21 & 22, 2021
Differentiating to win in the ecosystem economy
Carol Mok, Senior Value Engineer at TIBCO
Story Plant Media (SPM) is a production and creative development company that focuses on developing books, owned and published by SPM (third of which are on bestsellers lists), into full-production podcasts, theater, television, and film.
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Bettor:UP Sports makes live sporting events more exciting! We developed the first patented, real-time social sports betting application that allows sports fans to feel the rush of the game by making live sports betting legal and fun. Wager virtual cash against family and friends on what your favorite player will do as they step to the plate or line of scrimmage, Talk trash on sports knowledge, become your own odds maker and dictate the outcome of the game as the live event unfolds.
The subject of the project is a three-stage launch of state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary, sports medical centers with multiple sports medical satellite centers across The Netherlands, Euregion and Europe.
4M&I has developed a Business Lending Model that provides an alternative source of financing for companies. We are a lending solution for businesses and have developed a revolutionary secure lending program that we believe all types of businesses have long been waiting for.
**NOTICE: This summary does not constitute an offer to sell Securities of the Company. An offer may be made only by an authorized representative of the Company and the recipient must receive a complete copy of the Company’s Offering Memorandum, including all Exhibits. “For Accredited Investors only pursuant to Rule 506(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended."**
Knowlii is a travel app that connects users to local experts live and in real-time through a private chat.
Users then simply rate and tip based on the quality of the recommendations!
Digital Donations Technologies Investor DeckKeith Orlean
Innovation creates opportunity. The GIV Ecosystem is one of the most compelling and unique opportunities to emerge in the nonprofit industry today, creating a unique chance for early stage investors. With mass market appeal for charities, donors and merchants and lead by 79 million millennials who now outnumber baby boomers your timing could not be better. Your investment will help seed the future of giving.
Market Research Reports, Inc. has announced the addition of “The Mobile Healthcare (mHealth) Bible: 2015 - 2020” research report to their offering. See more at- http://mrr.cm/ZuA
Improving Efficiency and Outcomes in Healthcare using Internet of ThingsCitiusTech
With the adoption of cloud and big data technologies, healthcare organizations are in a position to begin experimenting with IoT. Ranging from home care to smart facilities, there are many ways in which provider organizations can benefit by using IoT in their patient care workflows. E.g., a mobile app with patient geo-fencing capabilities can help optimize physician rounds by dynamically routing the physician to the nearest patient
Payers can leverage insights generated by IoT infrastructure to improve population health, increase patient awareness and reduce healthcare costs. Payers can also design more effective reward and retention programs using IoT generated data.
As IoT is evolving, adoption is slow but steady, and investments are being made by both startups and industry leaders. Healthcare is among the top 5 industries investing in IoT.
This document discusses how IoT can be leveraged to drive efficiency in healthcare workflows and enhance clinical outcomes.
In this presentation, I tried to succinctly discuss the future technology trends and explain how they can impact the healthcare industry. Also Business Transformation, as a key to tackle, has been discussed.
Automatic Content Recognition Market Size and Forecast Report, 2024-2030Aryan Mishra
According to P&S Intelligence, the automatic content recognition market made a total revenue of USD 2,540.8 million in 2023, and it will reach USD 5,961.6 million by 2030, with a rate of 13% by the end of this decade.
How Disruptive Technologies Drive Innovation in the ChannelJay McBain
Speaker: Jay McBain, Co-Founder, ChannelEyes
A look at disruptive technologies such as the internet of things, pervasive computing, consumerization, connected advertising and marketing, smart factories, intelligent traffic management, parking space management, waste management systems, smart electricity grids, smart water systems and smart warehouses will drive future profit and innovation for the technology channel. The latest numbers on BYOD, BYOA and 7 futurist predictions on what the next 10 years will bring for the IT industry.
Building Reference Architectures for the Industrial IoTCapgemini
Building Reference Architectures for the Industrial IoT - Alina Chircu, Bentley University; Eldar Sultanow, Capgemini Germany
Workshop on Smart Manufacturing in Aerospace and Automotive Industries
AIS Special Interest Group for Big Data Application in Processes (SIGBD), AMCIS 2017, Boston, USA
Healthcare: Blockchain’s Curative Potential for Healthcare Efficiency and Qua...Cognizant
Blockchain promises to upend healthcare by streamlining operations, integrating patient medical records and creating new business models. Healthcare organizations must come to grips with the blockchain thinking and technology required to remedy key pain points, our latest research reveals.
Network Access Control Market Trends, Technological Analysis and Forecast Rep...natjordan6
Global Network Access Control Market was estimated over USD 551.6 million in 2014 and is anticipated to be worth USD 4.39 billion by 2022, with a CAGR at 30.2%. Increasing rate of data thefts and cyber-attacks have resulted in the development of Network Access Control that provide solution to combat these problems. NAC solutions have been accepted on a large scale at a rapid pace in order to ensure safety from malware attacks, hackers and malicious software thereby leading to a need for secure network infrastructure.
Finnish Information Security Cluster meeting on March 21st in Helsinki. IoT in healthcare and the various current and emerging cyber security risks IoT brings into healthcare environment, especially hospitals, and their security requirements and frameworks; includes some examples of dark web activity.
Content Delivery Network (CDN) Market PPT 2021: Size, Growth, Demand and For...IMARC Group
According to the latest report by IMARC Group,the global content delivery network (CDN) market reached a value of US$ 14.3 Billion during 2015-2020. A content delivery network (CDN) refers to a geographically distributed group of servers that provide content delivery through the Internet. It includes the delivery of scripts, graphics, text and media files, documents, portals, social media sites and software. CDN delivers content at high speeds to users and provides services by duplicating content from other servers and directing it from the nearest data center.
The increased use of mobile technologies and smart devices in the area of health has caused great impact on the world. Health experts are increasingly taking advantage of the benefits these technologies bring, thus generating a significant improvement in health care in clinical settings and out of them. Likewise, countless ordinary users are being served from the advantages of the MHealth (Mobile Health) applications and E-Health (health care supported by ICT) to improve, help and assist their health.
Applications that have had a major refuge for these users, so intuitive environment. The Internet of things is increasingly
allowing to integrate devices capable of connecting to the Internet and provide information on the state of health of patients and provide information in real time to doctors who assist.
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CHAPTER 1 SEMESTER V - ROLE OF PEADIATRIC NURSE.pdfSachin Sharma
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.
Leading the Way in Nephrology: Dr. David Greene's Work with Stem Cells for Ki...Dr. David Greene Arizona
As we watch Dr. Greene's continued efforts and research in Arizona, it's clear that stem cell therapy holds a promising key to unlocking new doors in the treatment of kidney disease. With each study and trial, we step closer to a world where kidney disease is no longer a life sentence but a treatable condition, thanks to pioneers like Dr. David Greene.
Explore our infographic on 'Essential Metrics for Palliative Care Management' which highlights key performance indicators crucial for enhancing the quality and efficiency of palliative care services.
This visual guide breaks down important metrics across four categories: Patient-Centered Metrics, Care Efficiency Metrics, Quality of Life Metrics, and Staff Metrics. Each section is designed to help healthcare professionals monitor and improve care delivery for patients facing serious illnesses. Understand how to implement these metrics in your palliative care practices for better outcomes and higher satisfaction levels.
CRISPR-Cas9, a revolutionary gene-editing tool, holds immense potential to reshape medicine, agriculture, and our understanding of life. But like any powerful tool, it comes with ethical considerations.
Unveiling CRISPR: This naturally occurring bacterial defense system (crRNA & Cas9 protein) fights viruses. Scientists repurposed it for precise gene editing (correction, deletion, insertion) by targeting specific DNA sequences.
The Promise: CRISPR offers exciting possibilities:
Gene Therapy: Correcting genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis.
Agriculture: Engineering crops resistant to pests and harsh environments.
Research: Studying gene function to unlock new knowledge.
The Peril: Ethical concerns demand attention:
Off-target Effects: Unintended DNA edits can have unforeseen consequences.
Eugenics: Misusing CRISPR for designer babies raises social and ethical questions.
Equity: High costs could limit access to this potentially life-saving technology.
The Path Forward: Responsible development is crucial:
International Collaboration: Clear guidelines are needed for research and human trials.
Public Education: Open discussions ensure informed decisions about CRISPR.
Prioritize Safety and Ethics: Safety and ethical principles must be paramount.
CRISPR offers a powerful tool for a better future, but responsible development and addressing ethical concerns are essential. By prioritizing safety, fostering open dialogue, and ensuring equitable access, we can harness CRISPR's power for the benefit of all. (2998 characters)
Defecation
Normal defecation begins with movement in the left colon, moving stool toward the anus. When stool reaches the rectum, the distention causes relaxation of the internal sphincter and an awareness of the need to defecate. At the time of defecation, the external sphincter relaxes, and abdominal muscles contract, increasing intrarectal pressure and forcing the stool out
The Valsalva maneuver exerts pressure to expel faeces through a voluntary contraction of the abdominal muscles while maintaining forced expiration against a closed airway. Patients with cardiovascular disease, glaucoma, increased intracranial pressure, or a new surgical wound are at greater risk for cardiac dysrhythmias and elevated blood pressure with the Valsalva maneuver and need to avoid straining to pass the stool.
Normal defecation is painless, resulting in passage of soft, formed stool
CONSTIPATION
Constipation is a symptom, not a disease. Improper diet, reduced fluid intake, lack of exercise, and certain medications can cause constipation. For example, patients receiving opiates for pain after surgery often require a stool softener or laxative to prevent constipation. The signs of constipation include infrequent bowel movements (less than every 3 days), difficulty passing stools, excessive straining, inability to defecate at will, and hard feaces
IMPACTION
Fecal impaction results from unrelieved constipation. It is a collection of hardened feces wedged in the rectum that a person cannot expel. In cases of severe impaction the mass extends up into the sigmoid colon.
DIARRHEA
Diarrhea is an increase in the number of stools and the passage of liquid, unformed feces. It is associated with disorders affecting digestion, absorption, and secretion in the GI tract. Intestinal contents pass through the small and large intestine too quickly to allow for the usual absorption of fluid and nutrients. Irritation within the colon results in increased mucus secretion. As a result, feces become watery, and the patient is unable to control the urge to defecate. Normally an anal bag is safe and effective in long-term treatment of patients with fecal incontinence at home, in hospice, or in the hospital. Fecal incontinence is expensive and a potentially dangerous condition in terms of contamination and risk of skin ulceration
HEMORRHOIDS
Hemorrhoids are dilated, engorged veins in the lining of the rectum. They are either external or internal.
FLATULENCE
As gas accumulates in the lumen of the intestines, the bowel wall stretches and distends (flatulence). It is a common cause of abdominal fullness, pain, and cramping. Normally intestinal gas escapes through the mouth (belching) or the anus (passing of flatus)
FECAL INCONTINENCE
Fecal incontinence is the inability to control passage of feces and gas from the anus. Incontinence harms a patient’s body image
PREPARATION AND GIVING OF LAXATIVESACCORDING TO POTTER AND PERRY,
An enema is the instillation of a solution into the rectum and sig
Antibiotic Stewardship by Anushri Srivastava.pptxAnushriSrivastav
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
2. Poctor Vision
The Poctor Secure Network (PSN) is a
geographically distributed, healthcare cloud-hosting
platform.
“Poctor is HIPAA secure, distributed AWS for
healthcare organizations and their patients.”
3. The Team
Co-Founder and President - Tom Capozza M.D., >18 yrs experience in the
healthcare industry, practicing physician board certified in
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, senior partner at PrimaCARE, P.C.
Co-Founder and Developer - Mike Plasse, >20 yrs experience in health
information technology, a self-taught freelance consultant in website
development, has been creating applications since 1999
Security and Encryption Advisor - Todd Cooper, >30 yrs experience in
security and encryption including Gen Dynamics, MIT/Lincoln Labs,
Cisco, Cobham Defense, iRobot, Intuit and Harvard University
Business Development Advisor - Geoff Grzywinski, >20 yrs experience in
management, including former President & COO, Go Green Global
Technologies Corp., Former IT Director & Executive Analyst, Reflexite
Corp.
Product and Technology Advisor - Jason Farrell, >16 years of experience
in project and product management/development, Senior Technology
Consultant and Project Manager at Advent Software
4. Poctor Milestones/Traction
2013: Poctor Inc. founded and incorporated in DE -- bootstrap development of
P2P app, operating system (mOS) and network prototype
6/2014: Two patents filed for Poctor network and app architecture
9/2014: Poctor trademarked and alpha test commenced with PrimaCARE GI
3/2015: Poctor network architecture with RI/MA and virtual servers complete
4/2015: Third patent filed “continuation in part” Poctor network architecture
8/2015: Poctor network and operating system certified by NCS
8/2016: Final submission for patents to U.S. PTO with legal team
5. Market Opportunity
In 2016, the U.S. is projected to spend >$4.0T on
healthcare
By 2020, the global mobile health (mHealth)
market will exceed >$49B
All HIPAA compliant communication options
available today need a secure network to serve
their customers (1.1 million medical providers
and 242 million adult patients in the U.S.)
6. Communication and Security are a
Problem
Data security remains the single largest deterrent to
mobile transmission of sensitive patient health
information
The Joint Commission: poor communication is the
second leading cause of sentinel events in
healthcare
Outdated communications systems cost hospitals $8.3
billion annually in lost productivity
Over 80% of physicians admit to texting patient health
information to colleagues in violation of HIPAA mandates
8. Revenue Model
Poctor can derive considerable revenue from
licensed access to the PSN, allowing companies to
utilize our infrastructure to host their web and
distributed data applications
Freemium model for medical organizations that
choose to use our Poctor P2P messaging app,
hosted on the PSN
9. Marketing and Growth
Strategic partnerships (i.e. secure messaging
providers, telemedicine providers, large healthcare or
insurance organizations, and medical schools)
Annual medical conventions, medical websites and
on-line journals
Vertical potential: licensing of the Poctor Secure
Network to any industry that requires secure data
transportation (virtual currency, i-gaming, financial
industry)
13. The PSN Advantage
Poctor’s distributed server configuration and
network architecture form a one-of-a-kind solution
Best-of-Breed solution – once established nationwide,
the PSN can be leveraged to transport sensitive data for
any industry with interstate business
Poctor’s unique routing of data, tagging of
information and layered encryption provide a new
healthcare industry standard
14. Thank You
For more information visit us at poctor.com
Poctor Secure Network (PSN) is a geographically
distributed, dynamic data-centric platform.
PSN allows an organization to store and interact with
sensitive data at it’s point of origin and need.
PSN can seamlessly manage data based on state-to-
state and federal privacy laws without the risk of
unintentionally breaking either state or federal
mandates.
Editor's Notes
By delivering a HIPAA compliant solution on our proprietary network, Poctor will improve doctor-patient relationships and save healthcare organizations millions of dollars
Our message to providers: “Get back to the business of healthcare and let Poctor provide the security and the network you need, so you can focus on what matters most... patients.”
We have gone beyond HIPAA standards by creating an architecture that will support federal and state mandates pertaining to the use, collection, and disclosure of medical information in the present and for the future.
Transform the healthcare data management space into a secure, accessible architecture that provides real time data when professionals need it
Thomas Capozza M.D., President
Company co-founder and physician with over 18 years of experience in healthcare, he served 10 years in the United States Navy with leadership positions managing and training physicians. He is now a senior partner and consultant at PrimaCARE P.C. a large multi-specialty medical practice in southeastern Massachusetts.
Michael Plasse, Product and Technology Manager
Company co-founder with 20 years of experience working in the health information technology arena. He is a self-taught freelance consultant in website development and has been creating applications since 1999.
Todd Cooper, Encryption and Security Advisor
Security and encryption consultant with 30 years of experience in the computer science industry. He has held senior technology positions at Cisco, Cobham Defense, iRobot, Intuit, and Harvard University. He was senior software engineer for General Dynamics and MIT/Lincoln Labs where he held DoD secret clearance.
Geoff Grzywinski, Finance and Business Advisor
Entrepreneurial corporate development consultant and business leader with 20 years of broad management experience including Strategic Planning, Financial Analysis, Operations, Engineering, Quality Information Systems, Marketing, and Product Development in a range of technology manufacturing industries, including both startups and established companies. Former President & COO, Go Green Global Technologies Corp. Former IT Director & Executive Analyst, Reflexite Corp.
Jason Farrell, Product and Technology Advisor
Technology advisor with over 16 years of experience in project and product management/development, as well as software architecture in the finance and healthcare sectors. Previously, he was the Director of Research and Development at Capital Systems in New York City. His current position at Advent Software includes Senior Technology Consultant and Senior Project Manager.
Two patent applications in June 2014 entitled “System and Method for Securely Managing Medical Interactions” (application numbers 14/316,980 and 14/316,984 with docket numbers P2078-700019 and P2078-700119 respectively. Application # 14/316,980 has Track 1 designation.
Third patent filed April 2015 as “Continuation in Part” (CIP) P2078-70330 expanding on 14/316,984
Poctor is also a registered trademark of Poctor, Inc. (September 2014/ serial number 86244008).
the global mHealth market will continue to make a mark in a serious way, with the industry poised to exceed $49.1 billion by 2020, according to a new market report (San Francisco-based market analysis and consulting firm Grand View Research)-- monitoring services are projected to remain the dominant and most rapidly growing market segment, with revenue topping $1.2 billion in 2012, and seeing a nearly 50 percent CAGR from 2014 to 2020.
Investors pumped a record $6.5 billion into digital health ventures during 2014, an increase of 125 percent from the 2013 level, according to StartUp Health's annual report.
The U.S. healthcare industry market for secure data management of electronic patient health information will approach 100% by 2015-2017 due to enforcement of existing HIPAA regulations and advent of Meaningful Use
There are over 870,000 physicians, over 180,000 nurse practitioners and 77,000 physician assistants registered in the U.S. And there are 242 Million adult (age >18) patients in the U.S.
Hospitals, physician offices, and insurance companies have “silos” of medical data that live within different EMRs and are not accessible to all medical professionals that need to make real-time, life and death decisions.
eMarketer estimated that 79 percent of internet users will access the internet through their mobile phone in 2014
Beyond the rapid pace of innovation in the cloud, the CIOs may have particular concerns about compliance – such as within what geographic jurisdiction sensitive data resides
CIOs may find that rather than do-it-yourself, they’d sacrifice some savings in exchange for more handholding Implementation partners that can offer a "white glove” service have an advantage in today’s segmented cloud IaaS marketplace.
“Deficiencies in communications lengthen patient discharge time, which currently averages about 101 minutes. 65% of survey respondents believe that secure text messaging can cut discharge time by 50 minutes, which could generate more than $3.1 billion in revenue per year across the healthcare industry.”— Ponemon Institute, 2013
Hospital based providers waste an average of 35 minutes per shift in workflows such as admissions, transfers, and emergency response coordination. These time wastages are due to the inefficient communication problems of pagers. Such wastage translates into an annual loss of about $1.75 million per U.S. hospital and more than $11 billion, industry-wide. – Ponemon Institute, 2013
- HIPAA compliance has always been required but now is being enforced by OCR
HHS “Wall of Shame” through 2014: 720 organizations/167 BA’s with HIPAA PHI data breaches; 27.8 million patient records total (12.9 million from BAs)
2015: Anthem (80 million) and Premara Blue Cross (11 million)
After the directory server authenticates a user on the Poctor network, the user is provided a URL to a specific local server based on his/her registered location.
All future communication for that user/session combination will be routed through, and stored on, that local server. Data use, logging, and expiration can be managed at that local server level, to comply with local and state mandates.
Encryption and Message Routing
Data in transit and at rest is fully encrypted. Passwords are salted/hashed making unauthorized retrieval virtually impossible. Server to server communication takes place inside a secure, site-to-site virtual private network (VPN). Data transport between servers is further encrypted along SSH.
The “Handshake” (Step 1)
During the initial “handshake”, the client device (tablet, desktop/laptop, or smartphone) is authenticated against the Poctor directory server over a 256-bit SSL connection.
The directory server authenticates, and provides the URL of the state server needed for this client. Inside the private site-to-site VPN, the directory server also updates the appropriate state server to prepare for messages from this client.
Session Communication (Step 2)
After the “handshake”, the client communicates directly with the state server, over SSL. Data is stored on an encrypted database, on the appropriate state server.
Differing state laws and control of ePHI as potential future and use HIPAA rule citations as reference:
Section 160.201 of the HIPAA Omnibus Rule
Section 264(c) of the HIPAA Privacy Rule
Section 13421(a) of the HITECH Act
Section 1178 of the Social Security Act
...concerned with the lack of uniform Federal and State privacy laws, we note that the preemption provisions of the HIPAA Rules are based on section 1178 of the Social Security Act and section 264(c)(2) of HIPAA. Through these statutory provisions, Congress made clear that the HIPAA privacy requirements are to supersede only contrary provisions of State law, and not even in all such cases, such as where the provision of State law provides more stringent privacy protections than the HIPAA Privacy Rule. Accordingly, the HIPAA Privacy Rule provides a Federal floor of privacy protections, with States free to impose more stringent privacy protections should they deem appropriate.
From BitGlass:
1. Secure Data, not Devices
By securing sensitive data as it flows down to end-user devices, healthcare organizations ensure that even if the device is lost or stolen, sensitive data is not compromised. Technologies such as on-the-fly encryption, redaction, DLP and DRM on sensitive data must be dynamically and automatically applied
2. Make Data Security a User-Friendly Experience
Mobility enables healthcare workers to spend more time on their patients. Any solution that hinders productivity is bound to attract workarounds that defeat security policies. In
-“Moore’s Law on Sharing” "It's sort of a social-networking version of Moore's Law,” -- Zuckerberg
Examples of strategic partners: Doximity, State Medical Societies, very large medical organizations (ie Partners, Steward, Lifespan in MA/RI)
- Target medical schools with free Poctor P2P to medical students during 3-4th yrs training (approx. 12,000/yr total) and target residency training programs with deeply discounted group rates for residents (approx. 110,000/yr total)
Revenues
-Target market includes U.S. based non-govt./trainee medical professionals. Includes >878K registered MD/DOs, >180K NPs and >77K PAs (source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division, 2012)– approx. 78% of providers are non-govt/trainee workers.
-Customer acquisition rate among Medical Professionals segment increases from 0.5% to 8%, doubling annually from 2016 to 2020.
-Patient utilization rates increase from 40% in year 1 to 60% in year 5, consistent with current 3rd party market research (source: Understanding Determinants of Consumer Mobile Health Usage Intentions, Assimilation, and Channel Preferences. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2013;15(8):e149
Capital Expense
Projections assume a 5-year build-out of our patent-pending Secure Geographically Aligned Data Management Network in order to minimize CAPEX needs in year 1. In subsequent years, profits are reinvested in additional hardware to complete the network build-out in a 3-phase approach:
Phase 1: Initial use of Poctor’s existing dedicated server for regional initial customer base in Mass./RI, with virtualized servers for other states.
Phase 2: Roll-out of dedicated hosted servers and co-located physical servers to expand network presence across 50 States.
Phase 3: Complete build-out with implementation of co-located physical servers (customized OEM servers and custom-built Poctor designed units) in all 50 States.
Our solution provides three distinct advantages – our core focus on patient communication, option for secure content sharing with outside providers and our proprietary distributed network, specifically designed for healthcare and HIPAA security.
Whereas our competition uses standard security measures and commercial cloud technology not designed with HIPAA in mind, our unique routing of data, tagging of information and layered encryption provide a new healthcare industry standard.
Our P2P mobile and web applications not only allow providers to communicate with their colleagues from all mobile and desktop platforms, but they also allow patients to communicate with their providers in a reciprocal fashion.
Poctor’s geographically distributed network of HIPAA secure servers allow us to dynamically manage electronic protected health information (ePHI) based on evolving federal and individual state mandates.
The geographically distributed architecture allows us to dynamically manage our resources (servers/storage/bandwidth) more efficiently based upon regional utilization or need.
Potential Customers: TigerText, Imprivata, Spok, PerfectServe, qLiqSoft, DocBookMD, DocHalo, PingMD, Cureatr, SafeTextMD, Medigram
-Poctor can derive sizeable revenues from licensed access to its patent pending secure network
-Specifically, we have a significant value proposition to offer competitive cloud-based messaging app providers, whereby the combination of their already-developed software operating over our proprietary network could represent a true best-of-breed solution in the industry, resulting in a significant competitive advantage for one of the established players in the space.
Once established nationwide, Poctor’s network can be leveraged to manage and store data for anyone requiring secure HIPAA compliant networking.
Several companies have already brought HIPAA-compliant secure messaging solutions to market and have amassed a sizeable customer base in recent years. None, however, offers the same comprehensive and complete solution to secure handling of ePHI as Poctor.
Poctor’s distinctive approach to routing of data, tagging of information, and layered encryption usage will represent a new industry standard, and will deliver a level of operability and security that is unmatched in the healthcare industry.
-Poctor can derive sizeable revenues from licensed access to its patent pending secure network
-Specifically, we have a significant value proposition to offer competitive cloud-based messaging app providers, whereby the combination of their already-developed software operating over our proprietary network could represent a true best-of-breed solution in the industry, resulting in a significant competitive advantage for one of the established players in the space.
Our message to providers: “Get back to the business of healthcare and let Poctor provide the security and the network you need, so you can focus on what matters most... patients.”
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