Wearable devices to remotely manage patient chronic conditions

Wearable devices to remotely manage patient chronic conditions are set to become available for the medical profession as part of an Australian first.
The move follows collaborative research between Griffith University, telecoms company Huawei Australia and Tonwo Health Clinic Technology.
Aimed to help patients better self manage health conditions such as hypertension and cardiovascular disease and diabetes, the devices – which are set to become available next February – will use narrowband internet (NB-IoT) chips provided by Huawei Technology, which will send live data to an application platform.
“Both patients and doctors can view not only historical data to make a disease diagnosis but also manage the potential risks for other health conditions,” says Associate Professor Jing Sun from Griffith’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland (MenziesHIQ).
Associate Professor Sun and her team at MenziesHIQ have been involved in the development of a prototype of the wearable device and will be evaluating the data as part of a patient trial on the Gold

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