Remote Rural Health Monitoring
Access to quality healthcare is the “RIGHT” of all individuals, whether rich or poor. In most of the developing world the poor, still live in rural areas. Nowhere is the urban-rural divide more evident than in the rural health care system of developing nations.
According to many studies, most developing countries may meet the global average in the number of physicians but nearly 80% of doctors, 60% of hospitals and 75% of dispensaries are located in urban areas.
In fact, according to a UN figure the ratio of rural population to doctors is 6 times lower than in urban areas, while the hospital beds to population ratio is 15 times lower. About 66% rural population lacks access to preventive medicines and over 31% have to travel over 30km for treatment.
Further, Non-communicable and chronic diseases are the leading causes of death in most parts of the rural population these deaths are mostly due to undiagnosed heart disease, strokes, diabetes mellitus, and lung diseases. Most importantly, delayed access to healthcare is assumed to negatively affect health outcomes due to delays in diagnosis and treatment, and hence the ailment becoming an emergency.
It is believed that 80% of the health problems can be initially diagnosed by regularmonitoring of vital signs.There by helping in prevention or early detection of Underlying health issues resulting in huge sums of money being saved and also having a very healthy & happy population.
The Solution
Overcoming rural health care barriers through innovative wireless health technologies.
Evitalz RPM (Remote Patient Monitoring) kit is a low cost and highly reliable technology, for rapid monitoring of basic vital health parameters. The kit offers a comprehensive solution for care professionals and first responders to capture, store and transmit patient’s vital signs data to medical specialists for further consultation.
Evitalz Kit Includes
- Tablet PC with Built-in Webcam
- Thermometer
- Pulse Oximeter
- Blood Pressure Monitor
- Glucose meter
- Electrocardiogram
- Bluetooth Headsets
- Evitalz Smart Consult Software App
Key features and benefit
- Display patient vital signs in real time
- Lightweight and easily transportable
- Low Bandwidth device(2.4 kbps dataspeed)
- Secure login and data storage
- GIS mapping option
- Database of patients
- Supports clinical decision-making
- Provides encrypted transmission by 3G/4G,GSM & Satellite.
- Customised software and reporting