Column Apple ‘Apple Watch’ serves as a remote health monitoring tool

A new study has been launched indicating significant progress in AI-based remote health monitoring.Apple has been playing a long game in digital healthcare. Regarding Apple’s major problem and where Apple is, Tim Cook recently said, “… (Skip) ఇది” It’s about giving consumers the right to have their own health records. ” And as the tools to start this ownership develop, more opportunities are coming.

Placing the ‘human’
You know, Apple devices can track health statistics. You know that this heart rate monitor (Apple Watch) is already saving lives.

In addition, The new study was published on March 24He said data collected from the Apple Watch could remotely monitor heart health. This is an important step in Apple’s plan for digital healthcare.

This is the data that supports this plan. Over the years, data collected by Apple on its watch has proven to make a difference. Meanwhile, the differences in the recent research results mentioned above are as follows. In addition to diagnosing health problems, the Apple Watch can provide heart health data that is similar to what you see in a hospital.

This indicates that the device can collect powerful data that telemedicine staff can use to make an accurate diagnosis of your heart health condition. Each year, more than 17 million people worldwide are diagnosed with heart disease. Because they died prematurely This is an important point.

Results
In the study, a total of 110 patients for heart disease were examined for heart health using the iPhone and Apple Watch. In addition, the study items conducted the process of checking heart health using an iPhone and an Apple Watch under hospital supervision. The results of the study are as follows.

Apple devices that use the WaskTrack app in the hospital show 90% sensitivity and 85% uniqueness in classifying ‘profit’.

Test When the same test is performed outside the hospital (at home), the sensitivity is 83% and the specificity is 60%.

(* Sensitivity is a measure of how well a person with a disease is detected, and a specificity is a measure of how well a person with a disease is detected.)

In other words, the researchers argued that passive data collected at home (data that automatically collects user behavior) was almost as accurate as tests performed in a hospital (6-minute walk test). This study suggests that remote monitoring of heart health status is possible.

“Convenience, low cost and improved data quality are considered to be the advantages of telemedicine and remote monitoring,” the researchers said. In addition, remote medical care and remote monitoring to prevent corona 19 pandemic and safe safety is rapidly spreading. “The study showed that smart device-based measurements, which include both 6MWT (6-minute gait testing) and automatically collected activity data, can provide clinically accurate and meaningful insights into patients.”

I think we can do this automatically because the monitoring is data-based.

Liability to be proved
This is an important step in building a remote health monitoring system. It also shows that some of Apple’s plans in the field of digital healthcare are becoming more clear. AI combines human health data and accurate analytics to provide automated remote health monitoring services.

However, remote patient monitoring has challenges. Believe it.

Users have become accustomed to using smart watches or other devices to track personal data (e.g., steps, position, even reading books). But when it comes to personal medical data, it’s different.

We are reluctant to share this data with giant companies that we have no control over. Apple’s attitude on privacy is good, but other companies in the chain seem to really care about privacy.

There is another challenge as well. Device access, commercialization of privacy, and increased reliance on medical digital devices run the risk of exacerbating existing health inequalities. Issued policy briefing.).

Pets are already coming
Significant work is being done in the field of veterinary medicine regarding AI-based analysis of patient data. For example, ‘Wet AI’ monitors the health status of companion animals using data collected from companion animal health care service provider, Smart Connect Wearables and AI. Then, when abnormal signs appear, veterinary advice is immediately provided through the ‘Joey App’.

This case is going to be one of the human health care services. In other words, key data collected from smart devices such as the Apple Watch is used by remote patient health systems (possibly connected to medical insurance companies). Of course, the problem is accuracy.

Where to find verifiable data
No one wants to use a system that does not work. Comprehensive testing of these remote digital health solutions requires a large amount of data that combines actual diagnostic data and patient data.

Finally, you need powerful, accurate, and verifiable data to learn the machine intelligence needed to monitor important signals collected from connected wearable devices.

Even with Apple’s research kit, researching this data can be costly. That’s why I think there is a competition to get data from the British National Health Service (NHS). Someone will try to dig into this data to get insights that can provide information from a remote patient monitoring system.

Now you know that data collected in real time from wearable devices can automatically create valuable insights, wearable devices will become part of future health services.

And I hope Apple plays a role here.

* Johnny Evans is a professional contributor who has been writing about Apple and Technology since 1999. ciokr@idg.co.kr