Telehealth Success Stories - MEDinIsrael Medical Device Summit Tel Aviv (June 2012)
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Ofer AtzmonVP Business Development and Marketing
Telehealth Success Stories
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Introduction and Definitions
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Aerotel Medical Systems: Improving people’s health, safety and quality of life
Aerotel is a global provider of advanced personal telehealth and telecare solutions
Headquartered in Israel
More than 15 years of experience
Ownership: 67% Israeli private investors; 33% Neusoft (China)
Our solutions are used by homecare agencies and remote monitoring service providers in more than 50 countries
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Telehealth Vision
Image Credit: Luis Vazquez/Gulf News
Patient
Cloud
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Cade Studies
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(1) Personal ECG Monitoring
Personal Mobile ECG
Monitor
Monitoring
Center
Fixed or Mobile
Phone
BT
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Remote ECG Monitoring – The Benefits
Reduced hospital admissions by 30%
Reduce death rates by 45%
Peace of mind for high-risk patients
High satisfaction by users and professionals
Significant cost savings
Fast return on investment
Source: Studies in the USA and UK
(2) Chronic Disease Management 500 million patients in the worldwide suffer from chronic diseases
This will increase dramatically by 10%-20% over the next 10 years
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) chronic diseases are the leading cause of mortality, representing 60% of all deaths
Prevention programs can provide valuable information, eliminate risks and enable effective decision making and timely intervention
Insurance companies try to lower their expanses and reduce hospital admissions
The result: Significant growth in home monitoring of chronic diseases
9 Source: GBI, Juniper Research, Berg Insight, InMedica
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Aerotel’s Home Monitoring System
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CHF Patient Monitoring (USA)
Detect changes and intervene before the patient has to be hospitalized
Instead of constantly going to the doctor, the monitoring service can detect immediately if the patient has a problem
Faster evaluation of suspected heart failures
30% reduction in hospitalization for heart-failure patients
Cost savings: $6,300 for a Medicaid heart patient's typical hospital stay vs. a $630 wireless monitoring system (10:1 ratio)
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COPD Patients Monitoring (Spain)
Source: Princesa University Hospital (Madrid), Air Products
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COPD Study Outcomes
days in hospital
visits to
emergency
units
hospitalizations
Telemedicine
Group
Control Group
Source: Air Products
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Conclusions: Telehealth Benefits
Telehealth can allow doctors to see more patients within given time
Sensors can monitor vital signs and provide the data to healthcare providers
Telehealth systems can watch patient’s location and conditions
Monitoring can automatically alert a doctor or healthcare facility when necessary
Early detection of acute conditions and prevention of deterioration
Real-time information can make the difference between life and death
Telehealth helps reduce the high costs
Eliminate unnecessary hospitalizations
Improve quality of life
Thank you
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Ofer AtzmonVP Business Development and Marketing+972-3-5593222 ext. [email protected]