Connected Healthcare Solutions
S3 is a world leading Design and Consultancy Partner to companies building connected health and wellness systems. S3 enables its clients to build market leading eHealth products and systems by providing a full range of high quality design and development consultancy services focused on the specific elements in the end-to-end architecture including:
- End-to-end Telemonitoring Systems
- Health Gateways
- Sensor Devices, Personal Health and Wellness Devices
Healthcare systems worldwide are struggling to deal with the challenge of Ageing Populations, Obesity and Chronic Illness. These challenges will intensify over the coming years as the percentage of people over 65 grows, while simultaneously the number of clinicians and medical staff decreases. In parallel, increasing numbers of people are keen to stay fit, healthy and active.
Telecare, Telemedicine and eHealth provide the means to support independent lifestyles and address some of these challenges by:
- Shifting the emphasis on chronic disease from cure to prevention, and assisting chronic disease management through:
- Regular online monitoring of vital signs data, both in the home and on the move.
- Improving healthcare and quality of life through earlier detection of problems than periodic doctors visits can provide, and helping people to comply with their treatment programs.
- Assisting people to live independently in their own homes by:
- Monitoring activities of daily living to ensure that people are safe in their homes and while they are on the move as they age.
- Supporting social inclusion and contact with friends and family.
- Providing peace of mind to both the person and their friends and family.
- Monitoring individual fitness levels, and enabling social networks to provide friendly support and encouragement.
Digital convergence, broadband and mobile access and advances in wireless technologies, coupled with architecture and interface standardization by organizations such as the Continua Health Alliance have made healthcare delivery to the connected consumer a reality.
S3 is a member of Continua Health Alliance and actively contributes to its Technical Working Group and Marketing Working Group. For further information on how S3 may be able to help you please email our Consumer Healthcare team on healthcare(at)s3group.com.