HEALTHPAL – MOBILE WIRELESS HEALTH MONITORING

Link: http://public.medapps.net/Pages/HealthPAL.aspx   and http://mobihealthnews.com/2166/medapps-connects-to-microsoft-healthvault/

Description: HealthPAL is a low cost, simple, portable device, about the size of the cell phone that automatically collects data from compatible, off-the-shelf medical monitors using smart cable or wirelessly via Bluetooth. The data is then transmitted to various health portals. HealthPAL can currently be used with the Glucose meter. For the normal daily operations the patient does not have to push any buttons or navigate any screens on the HealthPAL. It was originally devised to send data to the MedApps Healthcare portal but has now been upgraded to transfer data to Microsoft’s HealthVault and some other similar systems. The important challenge for HealthPAL is to see weather patients will be willing to carry an additional device with them as almost everyone carries a mobile phone.

Use-Case: Transfer medical data to the Medical record systems like Microsoft’s HealthVault

The patient (actor) takes the relevant reading (for example: his blood glucose level) on this normal regular device as he has been doing. HealthPAL collects and transmits the data automatically in the background and forwards the data to Healthcare portals.

Standards: For transferring data, HealthPAL uses embedded wireless technology like M2M Cellular, CDMA, GSM, Bluetooth and GPS. This device does not use any specific information sharing standards other than the normal data transfer standards mentioned above.