Verizon Launches Cloud-Based Patient Monitoring System

 
Posted by Rick Schadelbauer on Monday, November 4, 2013

Verizon’s Enterprise Solutions Division has launched a new service that will facilitate the instantaneous transfer of patient medical monitoring data to the cloud, where it can be monitored by health care professionals between face-to-face appointments.

Verizon’s Converged Health Management service will witlessly transmit data from home monitoring devices to a secure server that resides in Verizon’s cloud, where it can be accessed and analyzed by the user’s physician.

While the cloud service is currently able to collect data from blood pressure cuffs, weight scales, pulse oximeters (for measuring oxygen saturation) and glucose meters, additional devices are expected to be added over time.

By facilitating the flow of data between patient and doctor, Converged Health Management offers the promise of higher quality health care. “Patient outcomes are often the result of what individuals do when they are away from their care providers,” said Verizon chief medical officer Dr. Peter Tippett. “[Converged Health Management] allows the patient and physician to review a dashboard, and the clinician can prioritize how their patients are doing.”

The service also provides positive motivation to users—patients may receive money-saving coupons and personalized healthy lifestyle suggestions.

Officially classified as a medical device, Converged Health Management received FDA approval in August.