Enabling connected personal telehealth

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Enabling connected personal telehealth

• David L. Whitlinger
• President and Board Chairman, Continua Health
  Alliance
• Director, Healthcare Device Standards, Intel
  CorporationFor more information
  david.l.whitlinger_at_intel.com Phone (503)
  456-9717

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The Continua Health Alliance

• A non-profit, open industry alliance of the
  finest healthcare and technology companies in the
  world joining together in collaboration to
  improve the quality of personal healthcare

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Health WellnessOne billion adults overweight
world wide
Glucose meter

• Health Wellness
• Weight loss
• Fitness
• Worried Well vital sign monitoring
• Weight
• Blood pressure
• Glucose
• Cholesterol
• Activity level
• Personal Health Records

Blood-pressure Cuff
Pedometer
Digital Home
Weight Scale
Fitness equipment
Healthy family
MedicationTracking

• In the future
• Extension of healthcaresystem into the home
• Initial triage of conditions
• Vital signs
• Images
• Email / chat / video
• Appointment scheduling

Internet
Personal Health Record
Weight loss and fitness coaching
Healthcare Professionals
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Disease Management860 million chronic disease
patients world wide
Implant
Pedometer
Weight
Digital Home

• Disease Management
• Vital sign monitoring (RPM)
• Medication reminders and compliance
• Utilize home network to locate devices in logical
  places
• Scale in bathroom
• Pill minder in kitchen
• BP cuff in living room
• Trend analysis and alerts
• Email, chat, video
• Appointment scheduling

Cell Phone
Pulse Ox
Blood-pressure Cuff
Personal Health System
PC

• Chronic disease
• Post trauma
• Pre-op

Fitness equipment
MedicationTracking
Internet
Personal Health Record
Healthcare provider
Familycare givers
Disease management service
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Aging Independently600 million elderly
individuals world wide
Implant
Pedometer
Weight
Digital Home

• Aging Independently
• An adult child helping their elderly parents age
  gracefully in their own home.
• Basic life monitoring as appropriate (ADL)
• Bed pressure (sleep)
• Bathroom sensor
• Gas / water sensor
• Emergency sensor
• Vital sign monitoring (RPM)
• Medication reminders and compliance
• Trend analysis and alerts
• Email, chat, video
• Appointment scheduling

Cell Phone
Pulse Ox

• Independent living
• Chronic disease

Blood-pressure Cuff
Personal Health System
PC
Fitness equipment
Home Automation Control
MedicationTracking
Internet
Diet wellness services
Disease management service, healthcare provider
Elderly monitoring service
Familycare givers
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Promoters
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Contributors
Rauland Borg ResMed SHL Telemedicine Silicon and
Software Systems Stichting IMEC -
Nederland STMicroelectronics Suunto Textronics
Inc. The Lewin Group Timex Corporation Toshiba
Consumer Marketing Corporation Toumaz Technology
Limited Training Peaks, LLC Tyco
Electronics Verizon Services Corporation Wipro You
r Choice Living Zarlink Semiconductor
Agilent Technologies Altera Corporation AMC
Health BDNA Corporation Better Health
Technologies BiancaMed BL Healthcare, Inc. Bridge
Technology Holdings British Telecommunications Cap
tial Health Card Guard Ltd. Cardiff
University Cardionet Carematix, Inc. Christus
Health Dynastream Innovations EarlySense empirica
GmbH
FitSense Technology Fullpower Technologies Healths
ense Home Diagnostics Inc. Honeywell /
HomMed Hospital Clinic Institute of
Biomedical Interactive Medical
Developments Jennic Ltd. Lifescan LG
Electronics Lusora Healthcare MedCare
Systems Medred, LLC MCR Group Molex Inc. Neusoft
Medical Systems Novo Nordisk Proskauer Rose LLP
Over 115 companies are now part of Continua!
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WiFi Alliance- Successful Example
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WiFi Alliance- Successful Example
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Guidelines ? Certification ? Logo

• GUIDELINESContinua member companies will select
  connectivity standards and publish Guidelines for
  strict interoperability.
• CERTIFICATION LOGOContinua will establish a
  certification program with a consumer
  recognizable logo signifying the promise of
  interoperability with other certified products.

Home Automation Control
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Working Group Structure
Over 300 people participating in the different
Working Groups
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Requirements Process
Requirement Matrix
Core Use Cases
TWG
Final- 10/13/06
Final- 11/20/06
Votable Use Cases
Device Team
IP Lan Team
Service Team
HF Team
EM Team
DM Team
Final- 11/20/06
Collateral
Iterate
Elaboration
. . .
Requirements
UCWG
Final Consolidation
11/28/06
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Standards/Guidelines Process

• Identify available standards.
• Analyze standards and requirements.
• Document findings and recommendation.
• Conduct TWG vote and reconcile comments.
• Bring to BOD for ratification.

Standards Assessment
Requirements
Gap Analysis
Gap Filling

• In order of preference
• Utilize SDO liaisons to fill gaps in standards.
• Use Continua interoperability guidelines to fill
  gaps.
• Review requirement.

SDO information
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Version One Interfaces
HF Application Server
AI Application Server
DM Application Server
Aggregation Hub
Aggregation Hub
Aggregation Hub
Device Proxy/ PAN adapter
HF Device
Sensor Devices
Medical Device
Disease Management
Aging Independently
Health Fitness
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2007 Continua Roadmap
Architecture refinement (doc, brief)
Requirements
Standards Selection
Technical Committee
Gap Analysis
Engage external SDOs- evolve standards to fill
gaps
Guideline Development
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Working Group Structure
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Reimbursement WG

• Public/Private Payer Strategy
• Get results from the RPM Trial Research Project
  (RFP)expect the results to indicate inconclusive
  evidence to support RPM reimbursement.
• Engage in dialogue with major payers in US,
  Europe and Asia to determine gaps in trial data
  and what data industry (Continua) needs to
  provide to move reimbursement forward.
• Consolidate payer discussion feedback into report
  out to Reimbursement WG and Board
• Develop strategy to address

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Reimbursement WG Plans

• Employer HR Benefits Sub-Committee
• Formation
• Bring together HR Benefits directors and managers
  from Continua member companies
• Include Continua member companies that provide
  fitness, wellness and employee benefit
  programsbased on personal telehealth systems
  (future Continua products).
• Develop plans for trials and demonstrations that
  move adoption for employer based personal
  telehealth systems forward addressing self
  insured employer health benefit requirements.

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Working Group Structure
Over 300 people participating in the different
Working Groups
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• Any company can joincome work with us!
• www.continuaalliance.org
• Thank you for your time.