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The Human Impact
Barriers to Consider
Connecting the Dots
The Future

Advancing Patient-Centered Healthcare

The Path to Ubiquitous Connectivity

The digital future of healthcare revolves around predictive, proactive care focused on keeping people well based on their unique needs and lifestyles.

Advancing Patient-Centered Healthcare

Advancing Patient-Centered Healthcare

The digital future of healthcare revolves around predictive, proactive care designed to keep people well, focusing on their unique needs and lifestyles.

The digital future of healthcare revolves around predictive, proactive care designed to keep people well, focusing on their unique needs and lifestyles.
Healthcare Is at a Crossroads
Healthcare Is at a Crossroads
Healthcare Is at a Crossroads
The value of digital healthcare is becoming more evident every day. Healthcare is at a crossroads — hospitals are facing financial and resource constraints, while consumers are looking for more personalized care. This problem has become more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical professionals needed a way to serve their patients without putting themselves or other patients at risk.
Even before COVID-19, many healthcare providers had already adopted smaller, smarter devices that move with the patient. For example, patients wearing wristwatch-like devices could proceed with their daily routine while their blood pressure is continuously monitored. But to make predictive and preventative medicine truly scalable, these technologies must be fully integrated.
Advancements in low-power precision components have led to fully integrated systems that enable real-time predictive medical insights. A patient wearing a wrist-based monitor  proceeds with their daily routine as it continuously measures blood pressure. The device then records the information in a smartphone app that sends the report to the clinician for review.
Blood Pressure Treatment Comparisons
Over a 12 month period, telemonitoring led to better outcomes than 24 months of standard in-person care, yielding a...
126% ROI at a net cost savings of $1,900 per patient.
12 Month Period of Telemonitoring
24 Months of
Standard In-Person Care
Healthcare Is at a Crossroads
Healthcare Is at a Crossroads
The value of digital healthcare is becoming more evident every day. Healthcare is at a crossroads — hospitals are facing financial and resource constraints, while consumers are looking for more personalized care. This problem has become more pronounced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Medical professionals needed a way to serve their patients without putting themselves or other patients at risk.
Even before COVID-19, many healthcare providers had already adopted smaller, smarter devices that move with the patient. For example, patients wearing wristwatch-like devices could proceed with their daily routine while their blood pressure is continuously monitored. But to make predictive and preventative medicine truly scalable, these technologies must be fully integrated.
Advancements in low-power precision components have led to fully integrated systems that enable real-time predictive medical insights. A patient wearing a wrist-based monitor  proceeds with their daily routine as it continuously measures blood pressure. The device then records the information in a smartphone app that sends the report to the clinician for review.
Blood Pressure Treatment Comparisons
Twelve months of telemonitoring lowered blood pressure more compared to 24 months of standard in-person care, yielding a...
126% ROI at a net cost savings of $1,900 per patient.
12 Month Period of Telemonitoring
24 Months of
Standard In-Person Care
The promise of a wearable blood pressure watch is still on the horizon. While studies support the benefits of hypertension monitoring, so far all have failed to deliver predictive insights. In contrast, devices that measure other conditions that may contribute to high blood pressure could prevent future complications. One example might be a wrist-based monitor to capture sleep quality and flag sleep apnea. Such devices measure more than just blood pressure. They monitor other vital signs, like SpO2 and respiration rate, both of which are attainable with a wrist-based solution, where blood pressure has proven to be more challenging.
The promise of a wearable blood pressure watch is still very elusive. Studies support the benefits hypertension monitoring, but so far all have failed to deliver predictive insights. However, devices that measure other conditions that may lead to high blood pressure could prevent future complications. This includes a wrist-based monitor to capture sleep quality and flag sleep apnea. These devices measure more than just blood pressure. They consider other vital signs, like SpO2 and respiration rate, both of which are attainable in a way the blood pressure example would be more challenging.
The promise of a wearable blood pressure watch is still on the horizon. While studies support the benefits of hypertension monitoring, so far all have failed to deliver predictive insights. In contrast, devices that measure other conditions that may contribute to high blood pressure could prevent future complications. One example might be a wrist-based monitor to capture sleep quality and flag sleep apnea. Such devices measure more than just blood pressure. They monitor other vital signs, like SpO2 and respiration rate, both of which are attainable with a wrist-based solution, where blood pressure has proven to be more challenging.

URGENT CARE

URGENT CARE
The Case for Digital Health
The Case for Digital Health
The world wants more sustainable energy solutions. Think about the advancements made toward EVs; about a decade ago, they were still considered a novelty. Now, they are considered the norm in many countries, like Norway. In the U.S., Tesla and other automakers continue to make major strides in bringing EVs to market. But electrification is more than just EVs. Batteries are bringing light to remote locations where electricity was once unimaginable.
Experts agree that new approaches to healthcare are needed to address a growing gap between different populations. Social determinants of health, such as income level, access to care and transportation and social support, have a significant impact on overall health outcomes.
Americans earning less than 35K per year are more likely to have . . .

Source: Patient Engagement HIT, “3 Top Strategies to Address the Social Determinants of Health,” Feb. 26, 2019.

World Economic Forum, “Forget genes: it’s your zip code that influences your health,” June 30, 2016.

The Human Impact of IoT in Healthcare

The Human Impact of IoT in Healthcare
Social Factors
According to a PricewaterhouseCoopers report, technology is one of the keys to reducing the impact that social factors have on patient health. It “holds significant potential to advance social determinants of health strategies and help healthcare organizations and governments reach rural areas or underserved neighborhoods.”
Key Benefits

Artificial Intelligence

AI (Artificial Intelligence) and analytics will help doctors understand how different socioeconomic factors impact patients’ health. Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York is using an analytics platform to identify the social needs of its 400,000 members and match them with appropriate follow-up care. The platform pulls information from various sources, including census data and credit agencies, and then combines that with claims data. The platform then applies AI and machine learning algorithms to produce predictive modeling for patients at risk of hospital admission.


“It’s a step toward providing patient-centered care,” notes Scott Weingarten, M.D., Chief Clinical and Innovation Officer at healthcare solutions provider Premier, Inc. AI-driven insights might tell a doctor whether a patient lives alone or has a caregiver. The information helps providers understand each patient as a person to provide more personalized care rather than relying on a standard disease management program.

Diagnosis and Post Care

Other benefits of IoT include the ability to improve diagnoses and post care. In many cases, the identification of potential tumors can be challenging, even with common, widespread diseases. False negatives are still common. AI can improve accuracy by enhancing imaging quality and reading the scans themselves. This reduces the risk for human error. In fact, in some instances AI algorithms have been more effective than radiologists at identifying cancer in CT scans, according to studies.

At Home IoT

At home, IoT has a positive impact on follow-up care. For instance, bio-sensing wearables can transmit data to an electronic health record. Physicians can view the patient’s medical history and real-time information to make a fast diagnosis and prevent a potential crisis. At-home monitoring can reduce costs by eliminating unnecessary visits as well. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Magee-Women’s Hospital found that remote blood pressure monitoring of pregnant women allowed 57% of participating patients to skip their first appointment.

Digital Health Barriers to Consider

The advantages of smart technologies in healthcare have been backed by medical experts, policymakers, and patients. However, many medical providers are not realizing the full value of their digital investments due to a lack of true analytical capabilities.

27%

27%

of healthcare executives responding to a survey by CareMount Medical, the largest independent multispecialty medical group in New York state, indicated that they had not used data analytics in any significant way to power population health management and care management work.

49%

49%

of healthcare executives responding to the survey by CareMount Medical agreed that they are early in their efforts to use data analytics to power their population health management and care management work.

71%

71%

of medical technology companies responding to a Deloitte survey believe that healthcare providers and clinicians are not ready to use data generated from connected medical devices.
Barriers to Adoption Often Include
Implementation Challenges
System Reliability
Issues

Low Confidence in
Digital Technology

Integrated sensing and measurement technologies enable the transmission of fast yet reliable data for precise information. Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) continues to develop sensing and measurement systems to monitor multiple vital sign modalities and capture clinical-grade health data. Each technology is clinical grade, which means it meets the standards for direct therapeutic use.
While there are some technology obstacles, in many cases the biggest are often around the business model. Understanding who is responsible for payment in the ecosystem and when payment occurs is a source of friction. While technology may have been the limiting factor in the past, now technology has matured while the business models are struggling to catch up.
Successful Solutions Will Need to Be
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Simple to use and intuitive without clinical expertise and oversight.
2
Comfortable for patients, with a long battery life and small form factor to discretely fit into daily life.
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Highly trusted, offering clinical-grade monitoring.
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Readily delivered at established cost points.

Connecting the Dots to Digitalization

Connecting the Dots to Digitalization
Within hours, medical labs can identify strains of bacteria that cause infections. In the past, it would take days to receive the results. ADI is enabling sensor technology that is highly sensitive and can be used to determine strains of bacteria that cause infections in a much shorter timeframe. The primary benefit is the ability to treat patients faster with the appropriate antibiotic so they can recover more rapidly.

This capability provides breakthrough point-of-care diagnostics by detecting a specific molecule that is linked to a health condition, offering actionable insight into what’s happening inside a patient. Emerging sensor technologies can be integrated with different form factors, such as small handheld devices for greater testing mobility. But digital platforms must deliver more than results to enable truly comprehensive care. In addition to sensing capabilities, platforms such as ADI’s Vital Signs Monitoring Study Watch include the ability to collect, store, measure and transmit information that biosensors detect. This provides opportunities to further analyze the data so medical practitioners can manage a patient’s health more effectively.
Additional Ways Digital Technologies Are Transforming Healthcare

Chronic Disease Management & Wellness Tools

Diabetes is a condition that requires regular monitoring. Glucose monitors track blood sugar levels throughout the day and provide both patients and doctors with insight into trends and patterns that can cause complications, such as neuropathy or diabetic ulcers.

The ability to observe or collect patients’ data outside of a clinical setting provides medical professionals with a better understanding of how a patient is managing their health at home or work and what behaviors or risks could be influencing care. Delivering these insights to providers often requires an integrated set of sensing technologies. One example might be the need for vital sign monitoring in patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes or heart disease.

With 40% of adults in the U.S. having two or more chronic diseases, solutions must address more complicated medical histories. This complete wearables platform solution incorporates the hardware as well as the software or algorithms to detect abnormalities in various vital signs, including temperature, heart rate and blood pressure.

Medical & Mobile Imaging Open Opportunities

Predictive and preventive healthcare will also require the ability to capture high-resolution images in real time. These advanced imaging technologies capture precise, high-quality images using lower radiation, which allows for accurate imaging that is safer for younger people. This is particularly true in Europe, where radiation dose limits exist for children. As a result, an emergence in more portable devices and applications is taking place. For example, some medical facilities offer noninvasive imaging to evaluate abnormal narrowing or enlargement of blood vessels in the chest, abdomen, pelvis, and extremities due to its smaller footprint. This opens the door for new applications, such as the ability to replace stethoscopes as a physician’s’ primary examination tool or increasing the availability of medical imaging in remote communities where access to larger, more costly imaging equipment may be limited.


Imaging solutions will also become mobile. Small, handheld devices allow healthcare practitioners to move between patients quickly, which isn’t possible with large ultrasound or other scanning machines. During the COVID-19 pandemic, point-of-care ultrasounds supplied by Butterfly Network, Inc. helped Atrium Health in Charlotte, North Carolina, assess “initial lung and cardiac involvement, as well as to monitor disease progression for patients isolated in urgent care facilities, quarantined in the home or even in Atrium Health’s COVID-19 Virtual Hospital,” said Dr. John Martin, Butterfly’s Chief Medical Officer.


ADI’s low-power, high-precision sensing and measurement technologies have been designed to meet the efficiency and size targets for these types of portable applications.

Big Data & AI Revolutionize Predictive & Preventive Medicine

AI-assisted diagnosis of major diseases and predictive indicators of future health issues are becoming a reality. AI-driven insights can dramatically improve treatment and lead to the faster discovery of new medical innovations. This information will drive individualized healthcare solutions for years to come. Dr. David B. Agus, a professor of medicine and engineering at the University of Southern California, tells WebMD that AI allows him to immediately match a patient’s symptoms with other patients with similar indicators. Machine learning and AI look for associations that the human brain isn’t capable of computing, which provides doctors with more in-depth information about a patient’s conditions, Agus says.

 

AI is dependent upon access to big data, and ADI is increasingly integrating software and algorithms into solutions that will help doctors access large amounts of patient data in a safe and secure manner.

The Future of Digital Health: What’s Possible
The Future of Digital Health: What’s Possible

The digital healthcare revolution is already underway. ADI’s advancements in low-power precision components have enabled the rapid growth of predictive and preventive healthcare solutions. ADI’s system expertise and fully integrated technology platforms are the building blocks for smart, sensor-based digital healthcare. Providers need reliable, robust patient monitoring solutions for better prevention and disease management to lower costs while improving patient outcomes and access.

 

ADI offers integrated health solutions that allow for seamless data collection, delivery, and analytics in real or near-real time.

Key Business Impacts From These Integrated Health Solutions Include:
  • Improving patient quality of life and opening new opportunities for patient care.
  • Intelligent insights that make it possible to deliver more predictive rather than reactive care.
  • Maximized image quality while reducing scan times, radiation doses, power consumption and cost.
  • Highly precise sensing and monitoring for more personalized testing and treatment of patients.

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Vital Sign Technologies:
Conditioned-Based
Monitoring

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