Development of an automated healthcare system for effective management of patients with chronic diseases

PROJECT SUMMARYCare delivery at primary and urgent clinics is critically hindered by doctor shortagetime constraints and the inappropriate use of infrastructuresRising aging population and unhealthy lifestyle are expected to drive the increase of chronic disease and the national health expenditures associatedof the U Sgross domestic product byTelemedicine has been proposed as a possible solution to reduce the cost of access to care minimizing the dependence of patients on health professionalsHowevercurrent solutions that connect patients with doctors don t allow accurate diagnosis due to the lack or inappropriate use of medical devicesAdviNow proposes to implement computer vision to offer a clinically reliable approach to perform selfevaluation of vital parametersAdviNow will develop the first Augmented RealityARalgorithms that will guide any non trained people to a correct usage of Classmedical devices at the point of needThe new approach will represent the core component of a novel clinical decision support systemCDSSwhich will be integrated into telemedicine platformskiosks or any medical office to automate medical visitsimproving chronic diseases managementIn this Phase I applicationwe will develop a minimally viable application based on heart stethoscope examsin order to assess the feasibility of the proposed approach for multiple medical devices to effectively monitor chronic diseasesSpecific activities will includeDevelopment of AR driven engine for the correct application of heart stethoscopedevelopment of a basic front end application for Real time instructionsestablishment of a classifier for heart sound abnormalitiesWe expect to achieve real timeandltmsestimation of phonocardiogram key points and accurate validation of the stethoscope position based on camera capture and audio recorded dataWe expect that our system will recognize normal and abnormal heart sounds with andgtaccuracyFinallya small feasibility test will be performed with healthy volunteers to verify their ability to position the stethoscope in less thanseconds with an error of less than one inchThe successful completion of this SBIR Phase I project will lay the foundation of a Phase II SBIR proposal for an external validation of the system to be performed in collaboration with urgent care clinics and patients affected by chronic heart conditionsThe mission of AdviNow Medical is to develop a disruptive solution for the delivery of healthcare that is safeeffectivetimelyefficientand available in centralized and decentralized locationsBy reducing the time for routine analysisthe actual doctor patient encounter will be more meaningfulimproving the clinical outcome as well as patient satisfactionThis invention promises to disrupt healthcareas providers will improve cost management and profitability by visiting more patients PROJECT NARRATIVE New strategies for accurate and efficient delivery of healthcare to chronic disease patients are requiredThis project will develop the first Augmented RealityARalgorithms which will guide patients to use Classmedical devices for self assessment of vital parameters to monitor the health status of chronic conditionsThe project is expected to introduce a novel clinical decision support systemCDSSto Primary and Urgent care clinics and remote settings to allow improved medical outcomes and cost management of chronic diseases