2. the body
There’ll be over 2 billion people
aged 60 or more by 2050, but a
shortage of doctors to care for them
Researchers say such
solutions could save
Qualcomm Life and Orange are $197 billion in the US
developing remote solutions to monitor over the next 25 years
chronic conditions such as diabetes or
kidney failure
3. the head
strokes cost the US
$43 billion per
year
The Stroke
20%
Association is testing of stroke
iPad and Wii apps
which enable
victims
aphasia sufferers to develop
communicate with
gestures aphasia
4. the skin
if caught early, the 5 year melanoma survival rate is 91%
left unchecked this falls to 15%
200,000 melanoma cases diagnosed worldwide in 2008
the SkinScan
app checks
risk, speeding
diagnosis and
scanning for improving
melanoma… survival rates
5. the heart
37% of Americans suffer phone sends
signals from the
heart disease, costing pacemaker
$273 billion (2010) in
medical care
those implanted with
cardiac rhythm
management (CRM) server in the
devices need regular cloud parses
in-clinic checks: signals
Orange and Sorin’s M2M
heart monitoring solution triggers alarms
cuts care costs and on a GP’s
improves patient well being dashboard
6. the hands
no
paper
492 million work
smartphones
sold in 2011
send from
phone to
Orange’s Care In Motion doctor
solution saves health pros
over an hour a day by
making patient note-taking
mobile, creating more time
for caring over 1 hour
saved per
day
7. the pancreas
346 million people worldwide have
diabetes, costing $465 billion in 2011
Dr. Diabetes uses handheld devices, an app and cloud
servers to monitor the health of diabetes
sufferers, sending data to doctors for review and
reducing care costs by 73%
Dr. Diabetes app sends
data to doctors
reduces care
costs by 73%
8. the feet
Omnilink’s RF-based tracking
devices can help carers find
lost patients
An estimated 5.4 million Americans
suffer from Alzheimer’s disease
50% of sufferers who become lost face
injury or death if not found in 24-hours
9. the stomach
worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980
2008men
200 million
300 million women } obese
2010
43 million children
under 5 years old } overweight
obesity is preventable with education, exercise, good diet
and calorie control
Smartphone apps such as
LiVe, Carb Master or Intelli-Diet
help maintain healthier habits
10. Pew Internet Survey, Cancer Research, World
Health Organisation, Orange
Health, IBM/Novartis, House of Commons, US
Congress, Alzheimer’s Association, IDC, Stroke
Association