FibriCheck and patientMpower join forces to tackle cardiovascular disease
FibriCheck and patientMpower join forces to tackle cardiovascular disease
Digital health innovators FibriCheck and patientMpower are joining forces to help transform the management of cardiovascular conditions, thereby saving lives, reducing health inequalities and easing pressure on the healthcare system.
A joint approach to improve the outcomes of cardiac conditions
This partnership will see the integration of FibriCheck’s medically certified technology with patientMpower’s virtual care solution, enabling remote monitoring of key cardiac health indicators, including heart rhythm, heart rate, blood pressure and weight. FibriCheck’s heart health assessments are user-friendly and can be performed with patients’ own smartphone devices. Physicians receive analysed insights into the measurements and risk factors of their patients, which supports them in clinical decision making. For patients with cardiovascular conditions such as atrial fibrillation or heart failure this technology provides the ability to access clinical-grade monitoring at home, ensuring potential health complications can be detected and managed quickly.
The aim of this partnership is to help transform the management of cardiovascular disease. As cardiovascular disease is the most common cause of death globally, supporting a new approach to care has huge potential to save lives and reduce pressure on healthcare services. Whilst each technology alone has previously demonstrated improved outcomes in patients with particular heart conditions, the partnership will enable a more integrated approach to digital care.
With the partnership now in effect, the initial focus of implementation will be clinical centres in Ireland. There, the recently published Digital Health Framework for Ireland details a clear plan to harness digital technology to improve and integrate the delivery of healthcare services.
Eamonn Costello, CEO of patientMpower explained the rationale for the partnership. “We have always developed our solutions with leading experts and with extensive patient involvement, so we know many chronic conditions often go hand-in-hand. Care integration is key. FibriCheck and patientMpower’s capabilities are very complimentary. Equally importantly, we share many similarities in our approach to innovation. In particular the focus on building a really robust evidence base for our interventions sets us apart from many others in the digital health space. Both technologies have already reported reductions in re-hospitalisation in patients with cardiac conditions, and together we believe the outcomes will be even more powerful.”
FibriCheck’s CEO Lars Grieten stated the following: “At FibriCheck, we believe in the power of digital and hybrid care pathways to transform healthcare. Access to innovative, easy-to-use solutions is key to making a real impact on patient outcomes. By working alongside established partners, we can integrate our technologies and collectively drive greater improvements in cardiovascular care, ultimately creating a significant and lasting impact on the healthcare system.”
About patientMpower
patientMpower is a digital health company specialising in solutions for remote patient monitoring and virtual care. Our mission is to empower patient-centred healthcare & actionable insights through digital innovation. The patientMpower solution combines home monitoring of objective and subjective measures, inbuilt data quality control, patient-tailored alerting features and automated care work-flows. From our establishment in 2015 we have invested in continued innovation, focusing on specialist care solutions co-developed alongside leading clinical experts & patient organisations. Today, patientMpower’s solutions are used by centres across the US, UK and EU to enable a new approach to healthcare, reducing the need for outpatient appointments by as much as 70% and decreasing hospital admission by up to 80%.
https://patientmpower.com/
About FibriCheck
FibriCheck is a medically approved, clinical-grade smartphone app that offers heart health assessments using vital parameters such as heart rate, heart rhythm, blood pressure and weight. With FibriCheck, users are empowered to follow up on their heart health, wherever and whenever they want without the need for additional hardware. Healthcare professionals can gain valuable insights from our reliable, AI-powered heart rhythm measurement results and our insights into key risk factors for heart conditions. By facilitating informed clinical decision-making and timely interventions, we help streamline the way cardiac care is delivered.