Evolution of Personal Telemedicine - Telemedicine Seminar Israel (Nov. 2009)

Evolution of Personal

Health Systems

Telemedicine Seminar

Petach Tikvah

29 November, 2009

www.aerotel.com

Aerotel Medical Systems• A global supplier of personal wireless & home based telemedicine solutions

• Customer base in 50+ countries

• Established in 1998

• HQ in Holon

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Or telehealth / telecare / e-Health …..

• The use of information and communications technologies for

the delivery of healthcare services over a distance

• Continuity of care

• Inside and outside the hospital

• Prevention -> diagnosis -> treatment -> follow-up -> rehabilitation

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What is Telemedicine?

Market Forecast

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DM = Disease Management

Healthcare becomes personal

• Evolution of point of care:

• Hospital

• Homecare (“hospital at home”)

• Personal/Wearable

• What next: Implantable??

• Evolution of technologies:

• Telephone systems (PSTN)

• Internet / VPN

• Wireless / cellular

• Wearable / mobile

• What next: Smart clothes?? BAN?? Virtual reality??

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Evolution of Telemedicine

Acoustic Transmission of ECG

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Taking ECG with

HeartView™

Acoustic transmission of

ECG via phone

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PC-Based Homecare System

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Hub-Based Homecare System

9• Available models for PSTN, IP and GPRS

Mobile ECG

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GPRS/UMTS

Aerotel HeartView™

P12/8 BT

Personal

12-Lead ECG

Medical

Center

BT

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Mobile-CliniQ™: M-Health System

Web-Based Health Portals

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Future M-Health System

Mobile

Monitoring

Device

Remote Web

Access Alerts

Patient Monitoring Center

Physician or Caregiver

Medical,

Situation,

Location

Data & Alerts

Sensor

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BT

Cellular

External ECG

Recorder

What Next?

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What is Required to Make it Happen?

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• Reducing costs

• Making advanced technology invisible for end-users (small, light,

seamless…)

• Educating medical professionals to use technology

• Overcoming reimbursement issues

• Standardizing data-exchange protocols

• Protecting data privacy

• Providing sufficient evidence of cost-savings and improved quality

• Concentrated effort of many stakeholders

!תודה רבה

Ofer Atzmon

VP Business Development

Aerotel Medical Systems

+972-52-2451771

Ofer.Atzmon@Aerotel.com

www.aerotel.com