How Connected Health will change the way we practice medicine Seamas Donnelly March 3 rd 2016
…. what connected health means to me
…. we will all be patients some day
Escalating Healthcare Costs
$5,152 (2001) $12,019 (2015)
Healthcare Costs Heart Failure COPD Asthma Diabetes Thrombosis
An Ageing Population million
An Ageing Population million million
… impediments
……. joining the dots
reimbursement model
Affordable Care Act (2014)
Cell & Molecular Biologist
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Inhaler Compliance
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Clinical Trials
Smart Inhaler encrypted electronic date stamp
Definition: ……… Precision medicine is identifying which approaches will be effective for which patients based on genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors ……...
“Precision medicine -- gives us one of the greatest opportunities for new medical breakthroughs that we have ever seen” - President Barack Obama, January 30 th 2015
Better Disease Phenotypes Tailor therapy to individual patients Maximising patient engagement Influence individual behaviour Maximising patient engagement Influence individual behaviour
Disease Phenotypes Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Disease Phenotypes Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Influence an individuals behaviour
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Maximising Activity & Independence
2 nd Salthill 47 th Connacht 278 th Ireland
…. we will all be patients some day