MIT Solve

Solution Overview

Solution Name:

VSTELEHEALTH

One-line solution summary:

VSTELEHEALTH app brings Health and Vision Care to people wherever they are around the world and round the clock.

Pitch your solution.

VSTELEHEALTH platform is a valuable tool for healthcare facilities and healthcare practice around the world. Vitalstreams telehealth platform is easy and specially designed for healthcare practice in developing countries. VSTELEHEALTH is an easy, affordable platform design to improve remote video consulting . The platform takes into account health care challenges around the world and especially in developing countries. The platform also allows patient data management and instant retrieval from anywhere around the world. Currently, in the USA and around the world the hurdle with telemedicine consultation is live consultation that allows physicians to consult and make decisions. In our platform, we have an option that we plan to upgrade with a small remotely controlled camera. That option will solve the current hurdle of telemedicine consultations. Finally, our platform is cheap and affordable compared to existing platforms. Our plan is to help developing countries deal with the pandemic.

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What specific problem are you solving?

VSTELEHEALTH aims to improve healthcare practices in developing countries and around the world by providing Teleconsultation
service, instant access to medical history anywhere around the world, and Medical Prescriptions. VSTELEHEALTH aims to provide tourism Telemedicine that allows physicians to get a second opinion before designing their treatment strategies, Patients can also consult a physician abroad in conjunction with their personal physicians in Africa. Finally, VSTELEHEALTH aims to address the current telemedicine hurdle by providing remote control accessories that allow physicians to perform live teleconsultations. We plan to provide a platform that is affordable and easy to use for people around the world.

What is your solution?

With the Covid19 pandemic, numerous telemedicine companies have been set up in the USA and around the world. However, there are still major hurdles for comfortable consultation. We are proposing to develop a remote-controlled pen-size camera that will cost about 20 dollars (affordable to any patient). People will have it and when a physician calls them for consultation, the physician will take control of the camera and do the remote consultation through live consultation and pictures taking. This camera will allow physicians for example to see clearly patients' throats, noses, eyes, and ears. The camera will also allow physicians to take live vital signs. I had a friend of mine who lost $85 through a teleconsultation but was not able to get a prescription because the physician could not see clearly his throat for Staphylococcus infection. With our pen-size camera, this issue will be solved. This pen-size camera will be vital for rural areas around the world.

Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?

Vitalstreams solution serves patients around the world from developed and developing countries. It will allow them to get better remote consultations and get prescriptions without having forcibly to travel to point of care unless it is a major health issue or an emergency issue.

Currently, telemedicine platforms are being established around the world. The hurdle is how physicians can get clear images of patients' body parts. For example for staphylococcus infection, the physician needs to see clearly the throat of the patients. Currently, it is not possible and many patients are losing their money after consulting physicians because they cannot get prescriptions. Physicians do not want to take the risk of prescribing without clear pictures of the situation. So, with our pen-size camera that will be remotely controlled by physicians, it will be possible to resolve all these issues.

Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?

Other

Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the Challenge.

Our solution is in the digital health field, which is one of the sections of the MIT solve challenges. We are proposing a solution to address a worldwide hurdle. Our solution is simple and will be affordable to people around the world.

We want to develop a pen-size camera that will be remotely controlled by physicians and allow them to perform comfortably their teleconsultations.

In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?

Austin, TX, USA

What is your solution’s stage of development?

Prototype: A venture or organization building and testing its product, service, or business model.

Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution.

We already have our platform VSTELEHEALTH up and running. We are now in the process of adding the option of live remote-controlled camera consultation to the platform. This option will make a difference between vitalstreams VSTELEHEALTH platform and the currently existing platforms around the world.

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Dr. Kissaou Tchedre, CEO, Founder

More About Your Solution

If your solution has a website or an app, provide the links here:

https://vstelehealth.com/

Which of the following categories best describes your solution?

A new application of an existing technology

What makes your solution innovative?

The covid 19 pandemics have seen the explosion of telemedicine platforms around the world. However, there are still hurdles using telemedicine platforms. Physicians are not able to see clearly patients' body parts and therefore, are unable to prescribe. For example, my friend had a staphylococcus infection. He paid $85 to consult a physician via a telemedicine platform. On the day of the consultation, the physician called him and asked him to direct his smartphone camera to his throat. He did that, but the physician said he could not see his throat. he did everything at the end the physician refused to prescribe him medication because he could not see his throat clearly. My friend had to drive to a hospital at the end to get his diagnosis of staphylococcus infections. With our pen-size remote-controlled camera, this issue will be resolved.

Please select the technologies currently used in your solution:

Software and Mobile Applications

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?

Our solution targets populations around the world. We are at our early stage, but we expect our solution to be expanded quickly once people discover it.

How are you measuring your progress toward your impact goals?

We will measure our progress through the quality of teleconsultation around the world, and especially from developing countries.

About Your Team

Your Business Model & Partnerships

Partnership & Prize Funding Opportunities

Why are you applying to Solve?

looking for partners, support, mentoring, exposure, and fundings

In which of the following areas do you most need partners or support?

Human Capital (e.g. sourcing talent, board development, etc.)
Business model (e.g. product-market fit, strategy & development)
Financial (e.g. improving accounting practices, pitching to investors)
Public Relations (e.g. branding/marketing strategy, social and global media)
Monitoring & Evaluation (e.g. collecting/using data, measuring impact)
Product / Service Distribution (e.g. expanding client base)
Technology (e.g. software or hardware, web development/design, data analysis, etc.)

Please explain in more detail here.

We are at our early stage so we welcome any help from MIT solve challenge

What organizations would you like to partner with, and how would you like to partner with them?

MIT faculties in IT digital health

Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Prize? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.

Yes, I wish to apply for this prize

Explain how you are qualified for this prize. How will your team use Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Prize to advance your solution?

Currently, telemedicine platforms are numerous in the USA. However, none of them have an incorporated pen-sized remote-controlled camera for significant teleconsultations. We think our device will significantly improve teleconsultation practice in America. And since Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Prize help address some of America’s most pressing health challenges, we think we are eligible to apply for that prize.

Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for The Andan Prize for Innovation in Refugee Inclusion? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.

No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution

Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for the Innovation for Women Prize? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.

No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution

Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for The AI for Humanity Prize? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.

Yes, I wish to apply for this prize
No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution

Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for The Global Fund Prize? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.

Yes
No