Rise of the “Internet of Healthy Things”

Innovative Healthy Objects 

Here is a list of a few healthy objects and apps to make you more accountable for your care and your family’s care –

Internet connected devices for diabetes and blood management —

• Glooko MeterSync Blue, Blood glucose monitoring systems
• AgaMatrix, Blood glucose monitoring systems

Internet connected devices for blood pressure management —

• Withings, Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor
• iHealth Wireless Wrist Blood Pressure Monitor

Heart pulse Internet connected devices —

• Eko Devices, an intelligent stethoscope
• AliveCor, a personal heart monitor

DNA Testing —

• 23andMe, patients can now get a DNA test to find out ancestry-related genetic reports just the swap from your mouth

Remote Care Team —

• Bettir, have a remote healthcare professional gives you a heads up and insight into your blood pressure
• better, a personal health assistant from your iPhone

Internet connected scales —

• iHealth Scale
• Withings Smart Kid Scale

Thermometer & Fertility —

• Raiing, iPhone-enabled body Fertility Tracker and thermometer

(Some interesting insight, these are now FDA approved devices. )

• Bellabeat, hear your baby’s heart beat

The connected environment —

• dropcam, a remote video and audio monitoring, great to monitor elderly parents or infants from other rooms
• nest thermostat, monitor and change room temperatures for sick patients and family members
• lockitron, lock and unlock doors remotely, this is great for letting a patient care team (e.g. physicians and nurses) into an elderly persons home without lifting a finger

Beyond just the devices, must have health apps —

• Apple Health, manages wellness and health data to other apps, per-installed iOS 8 on iPhone
• onpatient, a personal health record management app, allows doctors and patients to share data
• BetterDoctor, find a doctor when you need one from an iPhone

In summary, the “Internet of Healthy Things” will make us more educated; improve data quality, health management, trend identification, motivation, adherence, and accountability. Health objects, apps and devices are stealing headlines left and right.

Pedometers, heart rate trackers, blood-oxygen sensors and the like that have existed for years and only now, we are finally putting that data into the cloud.

Daniel Kivatinos is the COO and cofounder of drchrono, an integrated EHR platform that connects doctors, patients and health data to improve patient care. Daniel drives direction, brand vision, and business strategy for drchrono. Follow him on Twitter @danielkivatinos