Submitted
Last Updated April 29, 2020
2020 Health Security & Pandemics
meTrack - IoT Self Quarantine Management
Team Leader
Ravindranath A.V
Solution Overview
Solution Name:
meTrack - IoT Self Quarantine Management
One-line solution summary:
meTrack is an IoT based solution that uses Bluetooth Smart Bands for Self Quarantine Management
Pitch your solution.
- meTrack is an IoT based solution for quick and effective Self Quarantine Management. (www.metrack.io)
- The solution uses Bluetooth Smart Bands along with a Smart Phone app to track/locate and manage self-quarantine in real-time.
- meTrack solution helps minimize infection control by tracking, engaging, monitoring patients in real-time. By leveraging the solution, government authorities and health departments can get real-time information and detailed analytics to plan their self-quarantine operations.
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What specific problem are you solving?
- As infections grow globally, a big section of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients will need to be managed with efficient self-quarantine protocols to free up hospital capacity. Government and health authorities need a reliable platform to track, locate and engage with self-quarantined patients in real-time in order to ensure effective quarantine.
- Post the immediate crisis phase, as global travel start limping back to normal, there will be increased quarantine procedures at borders,port of entry. Simple, reliable ad easy-to-use self quarantine management systems will be critical to ensure cross border travel can commence sooner.
What is your solution?
- Using Bluetooth (BLE) devices couple with Smart phone application, government authorities can quickly deploy an effective self-quarantine protocol that can be monitored remotely in real time. Using the meTrack platform, all aspects of patient engagement, management and reporting can be performed seamlessly at enterprise scale.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
- Effective self-quarantine will ensure that only critical patients are sent to hospitals for treatment and ensure bed availability. Similarly, self-quarantine will be a critical element of all future cross border travel in the short-term.
- By leveraging meTrack platform governments can effectively perform elf-quarantine along with some level of oversight on the quarantined patients. The platform provides easy-to-use IoT hardware along with personalized communication channels for quarantined patients to ensure that they continue to received critical support during the self-quarantine period.
- The collective features of meTrack will make self-quarantine a seamless experience for patients, without compromising patient care as well as government oversight.
Explain how the problem, your solution, and your solution’s target population relate to the Challenge.
- Self-quarantine will become a new normal in the short-term future while the COVID-19 crisis phases out. However the self-quarantine process will be relatively new to whole segment of the target population.
- Corona being a global pandemic, the target population is diverse. Hence a cost-effective and reliable technology platform that can serve these diverse target population is essential
- The meTrack solution hence leverages cheap, reliable technology that (most) people have ready access to (like Bluetooth + Smart Phone + Internet) along with a enterprise IoT platform that can process data at scale for the benefit of providing effective self-quarantine globally.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
India
What is your solution’s stage of development?
- Growth: An organization with an established product, service, or business model rolled out in one or, ideally, several communities, which is poised for further growth
Who is the primary delegate for your solution?
Ravindranath A.V C.E.O
More About Your Solution
If your solution has a website, provide a link here:
https://www.metrack.io
Which of the following categories best describes your solution?
- A new application of an existing technology
Describe the core technology that powers your solution.
IoT, Bluetooth 4.0, Web Applications, Smart Phone Apps (Android + iOS)
Please select the technologies currently used in your solution:
- Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning
- Big Data
- Internet of Things
What is your theory of change?
- Reliable solution
- Trusted technology (readily accessible by user base as well)
- 6 years of R&D and effort in perfecting IoT platform
Select the key characteristics of your target population.
- Women & Girls
- Pregnant Women
- LGBTQ+
- Infants
- Children & Adolescents
- Elderly
- Rural
- Peri-Urban
- Urban
- Poor
- Low-Income
- Middle-Income
- Refugees & Internally Displaced Persons
- Minorities & Previously Excluded Populations
- Persons with Disabilities
Which of the UN Sustainable Development Goals does your solution address?
- 3. Good Health and Well-Being
How many people does your solution currently serve? How many will it serve in one year? In five years?
Current : 10,000
1 yr : +1-1.5 MM
5 yr : 5 MM
What are your goals within the next year and within the next five years?
- 1 Yr - Maximise use of platform and increase usage base
- 5 Yr - Reduce unit cost of device to <$1 USD
What barriers currently exist for you to accomplish your goals in the next year and in the next five years?
- Reduce unit hardware cost
- Improve global supply chain logistics by diversifying manufacturing
- Technology restrictions
How do you plan to overcome these barriers?
- Diversify manufacturing locations to low-cost countries
- Establish strategic distribution points globally
- Be part of technology architecture panels to improve Bluetooth technology standards
About Your Team
What type of organization is your solution team?
- For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
If you selected Other, please explain here.
Larger Organisation : Pinmicro KK (Holding company of Pinmicro India Private Limited)
How many people work on your solution team?
42
How many years have you worked on your solution?
6
Why are you and your team well-positioned to deliver this solution?
- Over 150+ years of combines IT services and produce development among st leadership team
- 500+ customers
- One of the leaders in the RTLS IoT space
Your Business Model & Funding
What is your business model?
Bootstrapped
Do you primarily provide products or services directly to individuals, or to other organizations?
- Organizations (B2B)
What is your path to financial sustainability?
Raising investment capital within 5 years for strategic expansion
Partnership & Prize Funding Opportunities
Why are you applying to Solve?
Leverage MIT-backed network and receive personalized support from Solve's community of peers, investors, and experts to advance innovation on our platform
In which of the following areas do you most need partners or support?
- Solution technology
- Product/service distribution
- Funding and revenue model
- Board members or advisors
- Legal or regulatory matters
- Marketing, media, and exposure
Please explain in more detail here.
N/A
What organizations would you like to partner with, and how would you like to partner with them?
Organizations, MIT faculty or initiatives, or Solve Members
Solution Team:
Ravindranath A.V