Apple Watch: Securing the Path for the Future of HealthTech | Thingee’s Tech-Talk
Last month Apple introduced Apple Watch Series 3 and it got some buzz… but now that we’ve had time to unpack the real possibilities of this breakthrough technology, we believe it deserves a much bigger celebration. Join us for Tech-Talk as we explore how the Apple Watch Series 3 with LTE basically blows the door off its hinges, especially for those in the healthcare field.
So how does Apple effect such a huge change with a watch? It’s the cellular connectivity that’s the game changer. Are you involved in clinical trials, patient efficacy or compliance? With the Apple Watch LTE you now have convenient, secure and fast data exchange for patient/staff communications… with a myriad of applications.
Just to recap, here’s a quick list of benefits that Apple Watch Series 3 lays at the healthcare doorstep:
- Live patient monitoring
- Instant two-way communication
- Trial center and patient
- Patients and HCPs
- Simplified data collection
- Secure data
- Emergency contact capability
We’ve been following Apple’s entry into healthcare for a few years now. Occasionally we post articles like this one that gives us insight into Apple’s plan for merging health with tech including their HealthKit and CareKit software development platforms. Now tack on the Apple Watch LTE connectivity and we’re really entering into something amazing.
Apple’s healthcare plans under the microscope: From iPhone apps to Apple Watch and what comes next.
What we are sure of is that it’s going to be a cool journey into the unknown! Can we count on you to come with us? Give us a call, we’ll be ready.
Jeff Bromley
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Video Transcript
00.00 hey everybody Jeff Bromley here and
00:01 welcome back to Tech-Talk where we talk
00:03 all things digital today we’re going to
00:06 talk about the Apple watch in health
00:07 care we’ve had some we’ve had some
00:10 recent announcements from Apple and it’s
00:11 gonna change the way we possibly can use
00:13 this device in healthcare and more
00:16 specifically in clinical trials a few
00:19 years ago I talked about the Apple watch
00:21 in health care and how we can connect
00:22 patients with clinical trial centers the
00:26 challenge that we had was that you
00:28 always needed the phone because the
00:29 phone and the watch needed to be paired
00:30 with one another since Apple has
00:33 announced that there’s going to be
00:35 cellular capabilities inside the watch
00:37 that frees us up to do a lot more and
00:41 allow people a lot more freedom with the
00:43 watch and being able to track things so
00:47 now it’s going to be even easier for the
00:50 patient to have a two-way communication
00:52 between the patient and the Trice trial
00:55 Center all they need to do is talk to
00:58 the watch anywhere they are and be able
00:59 to tell let them know whether they’re
01:01 having an adverse event or whether
01:04 they’re not feeling well or to just
01:05 check in and say everything’s okay which
01:07 probably wouldn’t happen but we also
01:10 have better monitors we have heart rate
01:12 monitors and mobility monitors so now we
01:14 know whether people are actually getting
01:16 up getting out of bed and moving around
01:18 and that could be checked remotely it
01:20 gives us a tremendous amount of
01:22 information for the trial Center to see
01:24 whether that patient is actually getting
01:26 up and getting out of bed so it’s going
01:28 to really create this two-way street
01:30 between the patient and the trial Center
01:32 and the one last thing just in case this
01:36 can actually communicate and alert
01:38 emergency services that’s big especially
01:41 when you have a patient you know maybe a
01:43 cancer patient they’re on a clinical
01:45 trial and they need to be able to
01:46 contact two EMS and tell them that
01:48 something major is going on that’s going
01:50 to be that’s gonna be big as well now
01:53 you’re thinking all right well we have
01:54 two major players that are vying for the
01:57 clinical trial space you have Apple and
01:59 Google well I’m gonna take Google and
02:01 I’m gonna get rid of them out of the
02:02 equation and I’m gonna go with Apple
02:04 reason being Apple is so laser focused
02:07 on security and laser focused on patient
02:10 data this is going to win every single
02:13 time
02:13 Google is leaving it up to the
02:15 developers to figure that out where
02:16 Apple is focused they have you know you
02:19 have your health kit and health store on
02:21 the phone they’re stored specifically on
02:23 the phone in a very regulated
02:25 environment you have to ask privileges
02:28 for apps in order to be gained a gain
02:30 access to that information this is again
02:33 this is huge so if you want to explore
02:36 how the watch can be used in your
02:37 clinical trial or just have questions
02:39 about the watch give me a call give me a
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03:00 until then take care.