telehealth success stories - medinisrael medical device summit tel aviv (june 2012)

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

תודה רבה

Ofer AtzmonVP Business Development and Marketing+972-3-5593222 ext. 109ofer@aerotel.comwww.aerotel.com