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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
www.aerotel.com
