Every day we write about new technology that drives new trends in healthcare. Sometimes it’s easy to see how cancer treatment or diabetes care will be different in five or 10 or 15 years. Other times it’s harder to see what the future of healthcare will look like. The picture is still fuzzy even if you squint.
I can see a new morning routine shaped by four companies: Predictably Well, Adamant Technology, Bionym and ChartSpan Medical Technology. These companies are among my favorites from MedCityNews.com October Startups Index, providing activity on healthcare startups for the month of September.
We will need advances in a few other areas, but these startups will drive the new way of managing your health. The future of healthcare is not too far away.
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When you wake up after a good night’s sleep thanks to Beddit, you pick up your phone. Your Nymi wristband unlocks it and downloads the last 12 hours of your heart-rate and blood-pressure data to your phone.
You check your a five-day wellness forecast from Predictably Well and see that pollen counts are off the charts. You grab extra allergy medication and put them in your laptop bag, just in case.
As you make your first phone call of the day, the Adamant sensor on your phone analyzes the metabolites your breath. This data too goes to your phone.
All of this data goes to the personal health record on your phone that syncs with your tablet, thanks to ChartSpan’s personal health record. You have shared this record with a personal health coach. It’s the first of the month, so you get a monthly report from her: Sleep is better, cholesterol is still a little high, holding steady on the total daily steps. She also reminds you of your upcoming doctor’s appointment and includes a link for sharing your PHR data with the office.
This is only the home and personal side of health. These same ideas will help at hospitals and skilled nursing facilities as well. There will be even more tech advancements to improve care and safety in those settings as well.
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