Preventing medical infrastructure collapse by a monitoring system linked to LINE
New Delhi, July 22, 2020: Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Eisai Co., Ltd. announced that their jointly submitted study and development project has been selected by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) for its publicly advertised 2020 “Field of Support for Experimental Study on Medical Devices and Systems that Contribute to Measures Against Viruses and Other Infectious Diseases” as part of its “Technology Development Project for Measures against Viruses and Other Infectious Diseases “, and that Allm has entered into an industry-academia-government joint research agreement with Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Eisai respectively.
The selected study and development project is as follows:
Study of the monitoring system for COVID-19 patient on the home/hotel recuperation.
Representative organization: Allm Inc.
Duration of study and development: from grant delivery decision date during 2020 until March 31, 2021 (1 year).
(Reference) AMED website (Japanese only）
https://www.amed.go.jp/koubo/02/01/0201C_00094.html
Summary of the Experimental Study
Since April 2020, Allm has been operating a medical treatment administration system linking the communication application “LINE” and the medical information collaboration system “Team”, developed and operated by Allm, for use in the treatment of patients with mild cases of the novel corona virus infection at home or in accommodations in Kana gawa prefecture. On the other hand, while vital signs such as body temperature in addition to blood pressure, respiratory rate, and SpO2 are indispensable for the physical management of medical care recipients, measurement equipment supplies were not sufficient. Accommodation care facilities were insufficient such that among patients testing positive, those with mild symptoms or without symptoms had to share accommodations. Provision for patients receiving treatment at home was even more difficult. With predicted increases in patients yet to come, establishment of a system to allow for arrangement of secure medical treatment at home became an urgent task. Therefore this study will apply widely used smartphone and SNS technologies and add a function that allows for remote acquisition of various data that contribute to medical decision making to an existing communication system, without requiring special knowledge or equipment from users. Demonstrations are planned in Kanagawa Prefecture and Tokyo Metropolis.
This study will first implement a non-contact body monitoring function in the lifesaving and health support application “MySOS” developed by Allm. This function is equipped with AI to measure vital signs including SpO2, respiratory rate, and blood pressure using a smartphone camera.
The vital information obtained by this function is applied to optimize the content of a medical inquiry, sent to the patient through LINE chat, according to the patient’s condition. In addition, the following three points will be verified by combining an olfactory test (classified as miscellaneous goods) provided by Eisai with other commercially available antibody tests and antigen tests, under the supervision of Tokyo Medical and Dental University:
1. Designation of remote assessment criteria for patient consultation to eliminate patient anxiety and prevent inundation of medical institutions
2. Construction of an alert system that predicts serious deterioration, in order to prevent sudden changes and serious deterioration of patients receiving medical treatment at home.
3. Designation of criteria for determining when medical treatment may be ended and the patient may return to society
This study aims to make a great contribution to solving problems in the medical field by enhancing communication with medical institutions through AI and ICT in situations where the work of medical institutions and public health centers is saturated and patients’ anxiety is amplified due to the rapid spread of infection.
Corporate Comm India(CCI Newswire)
