TEDMED Video: Medicine’s wireless future

By: Brian Dolan | Feb 24, 2010        

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We attended the TEDMED event this past October in San Diego, because it included a number of speakers discussing wireless health innovations: West Wireless Health Institute’s Dr. Eric Topol, NeuroVigil’s Dr. Phillip Low, Proteus Biomedical’s Andrew Thompson as well as speakers from Intel, Qualcomm and more.

TEDMED’s organizers recently posted a video documenting Dr. Topol’s presentation at the event:

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  • Paul Sonnier

    Dr. Eric Topol: Ten Targets for Wireless Medicine (plus Aging in Place) #mHealth

    I had previously heard Dr. Topol speak about targets for wireless medicine at a UCSD event, so it was great to see him list these Ten Targets for Wireless Medicine (plus Aging in Place) in this presentation.

    My understanding is that the numbers are for the United States only, which currently has an estimated population of 308 million as of Jan 1st, 2010. I also don’t know the year(s) associated with the following estimates. Nonetheless, the list tells the story of both the problem we are experiencing and the opportunity for wireless and mobile health to improve our health and the way we deliver healthcare.

    DISEASE – NUMBER AFFECTED – WIRELESS SOLUTIONS
    Alzheimer’s – 5M – Vital signs, location, activity, balance
    Asthma – 23M – RR, FEV1, Air quality, oximetry, pollen count
    Breast cancer – 3M – Ultrasound self-exam -> Web
    COPD – 10M – RR, FEV1, Air quality, oximetry,
    Depression – 21M – Med Compliance, Activity, Communication
    Diabetes – 24M – Glucose, Hemoglobin A1C
    Heart Failure – 5M – Cardiac pressures, weight, BP, fluid status
    Hypertension – 74M – Continuous BP, Med compliance
    Obesity – 80M – Smart scales, Glucose, Caloric in/out, Activity
    Sleep Disorders – 40M – Sleep phases, quality, apnea, vital signs

    There was also this on “Aging in Place” – Elderly Monitoring with Wireless Sensor Networks

    The Problem:
    95% of Seniors Want to Stay in Their Home, Falls in 40% of Seniors, 300k broken hips/yr, #1 Cause of accidental Death
    The Solution:
    PERS-Personal Emergency Response System, Motion Sensors, Activity Detection, Video Cameras, Vital Signs, Pill Compliance, iShoe

    Video:
    http://www.tedmed.com/videos
    Alternate:
    http://mobihealthnews.com/6686/tedmed-video-medicines-wireless-future/

    Reference:
    U.S. Census Bureau – Projection for U.S. population on Jan. 1, 2010
    http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/014511.html
    Best,
    Paul

    Paul Sonnier
    Founder, Wireless Health group on LinkedIn
    http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2181454
    Co-Chair, Healthcare Communications SIG at CommNexus San Diego