# Presentation: 662814

## Overview Presentation	Enabling connected personal health for the world

- David L. Whitlinger
- President and Board Chairman, Continua Health Alliance
- Director, Healthcare Device Standards, Intel CorporationFor more information:  _[david.l.whitlinger@intel.com](mailto:david.l.whitlinger@intel.com)_   Phone: (503) 456-9717

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## The Continua Health Alliance

- A non-profit, open industry alliance of the finest healthcare and technology companies in the world joining together in collaboration to improve the quality of personal healthcare

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## The Challenge & The Opportunity

- Source: World Health Organization; McKinsey

- Worldwide today:
- 1 billion adults overweight
- 860 million chronic disease patients
- 600 million elders age 60 or older
- 75-85% of healthcare spending is on chronic disease management
- 200K hospitals, 18M hospital beds

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## The Continua Health Alliance Mission

- “Our Mission is to establish an eco-system of interoperable personal health systems that empower people & organizations to better manage their health and wellness”

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## The Continua Health Alliance Vision

- “We believe that through the efforts of a collaborative industry organization, we can enable a personal health eco-system where many diverse vendors can combine their products into new value propositions with significant health benefits for people worldwide.”

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## Founding Promoters (37)

**Founding Promoters ****(37)**

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## Contributors (19)

- Bridge Technology Holdings
- Card Guard Ltd.
- Cardionet
- Carematix, Inc.
- EarlySense
- FitSense Technology
- Fullpower Technologies
- Healthsense
- LG Electronics

- Contributors (19)

- MCR Group
- Proskauer Rose LLP
- Rauland Borg
- Silicon and Software Systems
- Timex Corporation
- Training Peaks, LLC
- Tyco Electronics
- Wipro
- Your Choice Living

**Over 60 companies are now part of Continua!**

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## The Continuum of Care

**Amateur**
**Athlete**

**Diet/Fitness****Focused**

**Worried****Well**

**Elderly Living****Independently**

**Chronic**** Patient**

**Acute**
**Recovery**

**Infant**

***CONTINUUM of LIFE ***

***CONTINUUM of CARE GIVERS ***

**Doctor/NP/Nurse**

**Home**
**Nursing**
**Professional**

**The Family**

**Fitness**
**Wellness**
**Coach**

**New Parents**

**The Continua Health Alliance will enable a personal health eco-system that empowers individuals & families to better manage their own health and wellness across the continuum of life and care methods.**

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## Health & WellnessOne billion adults overweight world wide

**Healthy**
**family**

**Glucose**
**meter**

**Pedometer**

**Blood-****pressure**
**Cuff**

**Medication****Tracking**

**Digital**
**Home**

- _In the future..._
- Extension of healthcaresystem into the home
- Initial triage of conditions
-  Vital signs
-  Images
-  Email / chat / video
- Appointment scheduling

- _Health & Wellness_
- Weight loss
- Fitness
- “Worried Well” vital sign monitoring:
-  Weight
-  Blood pressure
-  Glucose
-  Cholesterol
-  Activity level
- Personal Health Records

- Internet

**Weight loss**
**and fitness**
**coaching**

**Healthcare**
**Professionals**

**Personal**
**Health**
**Record**

**Weight**
**Scale**

**Fitness**
**equipment**

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**Notes:**
TOMMOROW: Cell phone notification
 if Dad is still in bed at 10:00AM,
See him on “Gran-daddy Cam”
Sensors determine weight loss 
or social inactivity

## Disease Management860 million chronic disease patients world wide

**Digital**
**Home**

*Disease Management***860 million chronic disease patients world wide**

**Pedometer**

**Blood-****pressure**
**Cuff**

**Medication****Tracking**

**Personal**
**Health**
**System**

- _Disease Management_
- Vital sign monitoring (RPM)
- Medication reminders and compliance
- Utilize home network to locate devices in logical places:
-  Scale in bathroom
-  Pill minder in kitchen
-  BP cuff in living room
- Trend analysis and alerts
- Email, chat, video
- Appointment scheduling

**Cell**
**Phone**

**Pulse**
**Ox**

**Weight**

**PC**

** ****Chronic disease**
** ****Post trauma**
** ****Pre-op**

- Internet

**Family****care**
**givers**

**Disease**
**management**
**service**

**Personal**
**Health**
**Record**

**Implant**

**Healthcare**
**provider**

**Fitness**
**equipment**

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**Notes:**
TOMMOROW: Cell phone notification
 if Dad is still in bed at 10:00AM,
See him on “Gran-daddy Cam”
Sensors determine weight loss 
or social inactivity

## Elderly Monitoring600 million elderly individuals world wide

**Digital**
**Home**

**Personal**
**Health**
**System**

**Cell**
**Phone**

**PC**

- Internet

**Family****care**
**givers**

**Elderly**
**monitoring**
**service**

**Diet**
**&**
**wellness**
**services**

**Disease**
**management**
**service, ****healthcare**
**provider**

*Elderly Monitoring***600 million elderly individuals world wide**

- _Aging Independently_
- An adult child helping their elderly parents age gracefully in their own home.
- Basic life monitoring as appropriate (ADL):
-  Bed pressure (sleep)
-  Bathroom sensor
-  Gas / water sensor
-  Emergency sensor
- Vital sign monitoring (RPM)
- Medication reminders and compliance
- Trend analysis and alerts
- Email, chat, video
- Appointment scheduling

** ****Independent****  living**** **
** ****Chronic disease**

**Home**
**Automation**
**& Control**

**Pedometer**

**Blood-****pressure**
**Cuff**

**Medication****Tracking**

**Pulse**
**Ox**

**Weight**

**Implant**

**Fitness**
**equipment**

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**Notes:**
TOMMOROW: Cell phone notification
 if Dad is still in bed at 10:00AM,
See him on “Gran-daddy Cam”
Sensors determine weight loss 
or social inactivity

## Personal Health Eco-system

**CONNECTIVITY**

**Ethernet**

**SENSORS**

**AGGREGATION****COMPUTATION**

**SERVICES**

**Diet or**
**Fitness**
**Service**

**MICS / MEDS**

**Disease**
**Management**
**Service**

**Personal**
**Health**
**Record**
**Service**

**Implant**
**Monitoring**
**Service**

**Healthcare**
**Provider**
**Service**

**PC**

**Personal**
**Health**
**System**

**Cell**
**Phone**

**Set Top Box**

**Aggregator**

**N   E   T   W   O   R   K           (POTS, Cellular, BB)**

**Glucose**
**Meter**

**Pedometer**

**Blood-****pressure**

**Medication****Tracking**

**Fitness**
**equipment**

**Weight**
**Scale**

**Pulse**
**Oximeter**

**Spirometer**

**Bed / Chair**
**Sensors**

**Implant**
**Monitors**

**Baby**
**Monitors**

**PERS**

**Consumer**
**Electronics**

**Home**
**sensing &**
**control**

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## Guidelines  Certification  Logo

**Home**
**Automation**
**& Control**

_**GUIDELINES**_:Continua member companies will select connectivity standards and publish Guidelines for strict interoperability.
_**CERTIFICATION & LOGO**_:Continua will establish a certification program with a consumer recognizable logo signifying the promise of interoperability with other certified products.

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## The Continua Health Alliance Objectives

_**GUIDELINES**_:  Developing design guidelines that will provide vendors with the information needed to build interoperable sensors, home networks, health compute platforms, and health & wellness services.
_**CERTIFICATION & LOGO**_:  Establishing a product certification program with a consumer recognizable logo signifying the promise of interoperability with other certified products.
_**FDA & EU REGULATIONS**_:  Collaborating with government regulatory agencies to provide methods for safely and effectively managing diverse vendor solutions.
_**REIMBURSEMENT**_:  Working with leaders in the healthcare industries to develop new ways of addressing the costs of providing personal health systems.

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## Working Group Structure

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## Continua v1.0 Timeline

**A**

**M**

**J**

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**A**

**S**

**Q2 ‘06**

**Q3 ‘06**

- V1.0 Guideline Development

**O**

**N**

**D**

**Q4 ‘06**

**J**

**F**

**M**

**A**

**M**

**J**

**Q1 ‘07**

**Q2 ‘07**

**J**

**A**

**S**

**Q3 ‘07**

- UC V1.0

- Vote

**O**

**N**

**D**

**Q4 ‘07**

- Certification Program Development

- UC V2.0

- Vote

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## Accomplishments

- Launched on June 6th 2006	22 companies
- Rapid growth, 60+ companies, 350 members
- Over 40 use cases submitted for V1.0
- Draft Architectural guidelines created
- Bluetooth MED + IEEE 11073 interop
- Three reimbursement strategies in planning
- Government affairs policies by geo
- Summit calendar:  London, Tokyo, SF, Boston

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## Fall Summit 2006		    Harvard Medical School

- Fall Summit 2006		    Harvard Medical School

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