VivoMetrics, Inc.

The LifeShirt functions as an extension of the physician, continuously collecting data on physiology, posture and activity. This allows for virtual physician-patient interactions wherein objective longitudinal data can be observed indicating changes in health status and treatment effects.

Situation

1. There are insufficient facilities and medical personnel to deal with current and future chronic care patients.
   
2. Because information required for diagnosis and treatment requires interrogation by medical personnel, the cost of obtaining patient status is costly
   
3. Patient self-reporting is biased, inaccurate, inefficient and not fact based.
   
4. Chronic care facility monitoring is medical personnel based. Post-discharge monitoring is done by visiting nurses collecting infrequent “snapshots.”

Solution

Continuous ambulatory monitoring using the LifeShirt in patient’s natural environment (outside the hospital, clinic or doctor’s office) provides a “movie” of health (vs. the current clinical “snapshot”). The LifeShirt functions as an extension of the physician, continuously collecting data on physiology, posture and activity. This allows for virtual physician-patient interactions wherein objective longitudinal data can be observed indicating changes in health status and treatment effects.

Reducing the number of face-to-face encounters while simultaneously increasing the quality of patient data permits non-physician medical personnel to monitor patient status. This increases the number of patients a physician can care for while reducing the cost associated with patients’ monitoring.

Having continuous data permits earlier identification of negative trends permitting earlier intervention and the avoidance of costlier post-event heroic measures.

Using LifeShirt’s multi-patient, real-time, continuous monitoring capability in facility permits few-to-many observations. Because of the objective nature of collected data, earlier and better decisions and interventions are possible.

Continuous ambulatory monitoring permits earlier discharge and in-community monitoring resulting in fewer and more appropriate re-admits.

Better Health & Lower Costs
 

1. Rehabilitation hospital (part of an IDS) monitors stroke patients in facility allowing for appropriate treatment level and fewer but more meaningful physician-patient interactions.
   
2. Continuous data permits earlier problem identification reducing re-admits to referring tertiary hospitals resulting in avoidance of re-admission cost.
   
3. Ambulatory monitoring permits earlier discharge of stabilized patients who otherwise would be kept for monitoring only. This reduces cost per patient and ALOS.