490 - AI-Powered Monitoring: Predicting Health Issues and Enhancing Patient Care Remotely

In this episode of Talking HealthTech, host Peter Birch speaks with Serge Lauriou from My Medic Watch about integrating smart technology in healthcare, focusing on their smartwatch applications.

This episode was recorded during HLTH 2024 in Las Vegas and discusses My Medic Watch's journey and future direction, highlighting consumer and provider benefits.

Key Takeaways:

• Purpose and Scope: My Medic Watch develops smartwatch applications that detect seizures, falls, and cardiac events, aiming to provide immediate assistance through automated alerts to caregivers.
• Data and AI Integration: The company is leveraging AI and machine learning to predict medical events before they occur, potentially preventing falls and seizures.
• Consumer and B2B Shifts: Initially a consumer-focused product, My Medic Watch is transitioning to a B2B model to better integrate into healthcare systems and provide comprehensive patient monitoring.
• Commercial Smartwatches: The application is designed to work on existing commercial smartwatches, utilising their health data and sensors.
• Predictive Analytics: Emphasis on capturing continuous health data to create predictive models for medical events, highlighting a proactive approach in healthcare.

Check out the episode and full show notes on the Talking HealthTech website.

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