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Solution Overview

Solution Name:

Wireless Pulse

One-line solution summary:

Wireless Pulse transmits real-time vitals in order to prevent unnecessary medical events and costs using AI for early detection & prevention

Pitch your solution.

Traditional healthcare is delivered in physical buildings at high-cost and physicians require a physical visit in order to obtain vital health information in order to make accurate diagnosis and recommend treatment. This results in extremely high costs and limited access. Wireless Pulse makes it possible for healthcare professionals to view real-time health information regardless of the patients location and enables them to provide care via smartphone on demand without delay. The platform includes a wearable health wrist band and a secure HIPAA compliant cloud service to store medical records and use AI to monitor health and provide early warning alerts to family members and/or physicians. Care provides can communicate with the patient using voice, data or video all fully secured and HIPAA compliant - on demand.

653 million people at-risk

What specific problem are you solving?

Health pandemics can impact large population groups and economies. The current healthcare system is too expense and slow and requires patients to congregate in physical buildings. Wireless Pulse is a wearable health band that transmits vital health information 24/7 and stores data in a fully secured HIPAA compliant health cloud which uses AI to detect changes in real-time data to provide early detection and alerts of at-risk persons. The platform can prevent unnecessary medical events, reduce costs and prevent premature death. Physicians can view real-time health metrics regardless of patient location on demand and then provide care via smartphone without delay. The Wireless Pulse Platform creates a HIPAA compliant app store for healthcare providers to provide care via smartphones and speed new solutions to market at very low cost. Senior citizens and at-risk population segments such as obesity, diabetics, heart disease, respiratory problems, high blood pressure and first responders should all wear a Wireless Pulse. This impacts over 653 million people within our initial target market and over 1 billion people globally.

What is your solution?

Our solution is a platform which consists of four key elements:

1 - Wireless Pulse Health Band (Wrist Band)

2 - Wireless Pulse Health Cloud (HIPAA Compliant)

3 - AI based Software (used to monitor real-time data & provide alerts)

4 - Applet Store (delivers healthcare through smartphones using our app)

These elements combine to create a platform which can be used by any healthcare provider to view real-time health metrics and interact with patients in a fully secure HIPAA compliant container for voice, data & video.

This platform becomes a new delivery system for healthcare providers to offer care through smartphones without the need for a physical visit.

This lowers the cost of healthcare and eliminates unnecessary visits to the hospital, emergency room or doctors offices.

This also reduces anxiety between family members as they can go "beyond the call" and know with certainty the health of those they love.

By providing early detection and alerts and using AI to predict future medical events we can prevent the spread of infectious disease and provide early treatment to prevent premature death.

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

Senior citizens age 65 and over and at-risk population groups with medical conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure, arrhythmia, diabetes, obesity, respiratory problems and first responders are our target audience. These population segments are the most at-risk to suffer serious medical conditions or premature death from Covid 19 or other pandemics where early treatment is critical. The high cost of healthcare and delay of early diagnosis and treatment is very problematic or even deadly. Our goal is provide everyone in our target audience with a Wireless Pulse Health Band with no upfront cost (we don't sell hardware) but included in a $30 per month subscription (just $1 per day) which includes the hardware, software, mobile app, cloud services and alerts for family members and physicians. We are engaging senior citizens in assisted living centers along with their family members to help reduce anxiety and facilitate better communication through our mobile app. We are also planning to launch our service with healthcare providers who will offer our service at no cost to at-risk patients in order lower overall costs and provide better care. Our solution monitors real-time health metrics and provides early warning alerts to family members and physicians who can then communicate via our mobile app on-demand in a fully secure HIPAA compliant platform. We help patients get the care they need on-demand and help family members reduce anxiety as they can know for certain, the current health of those they love. Our platform will be used to educate people how to stay in health and get testing or treatment on-demand whenever necessary.

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

Equip last-mile primary healthcare providers with the necessary tools and knowledge to detect disease outbreaks quickly and respond to them effectively.

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

Our solution actually meets all four dimensions of your challenge:

1 - Equipping the last mile primary healthcare providers with the tools and necessary knowledge to detect disease outbreaks and respond quickly.

2 - Strengthen disease surveillance, early warning predictive systems to detect, slow or halt future diseases.

3 - Protect the spread of misinformation and inspire individuals to protect themselves.

4 - Combat loneliness and depression and mental health impacts of disease outbreaks.

We report real-time health metrics (no guesswork) and use AI to detect patterns and provide alerts and on-demand care and facilitate communication between physicians and patients.

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

Alpharetta, GA, 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 have invested our own capital to develop the hardware, software and service required. We are now ready to begin testing our solution in assisted living centers and seniors that desire to age-in-place as well as population segments that are at-risk. We have already integrated multiple healthcare partners with genetic testing now available for Covid 19 and other conditions. In order to proceed, we need capital to manufacture a large quantity of wearable health bands as plan to give them away free with subscription to our service. We believe this to be important to remove any barrier to entry.

Who is the Team Lead for your solution?

Michael Metcalf