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1. 1 PROFILE
mHealth innovative technology…
…enabling wellness management at your fingertips…
M
obile Health (short form The mHealth solution and protection in this environment is
mHealth) is an emerging the concept mandatory and may be provided to
and fast-growing sector The formula for the IMI mHealth military standard if required.
that brings mobile communications solution is: Integrated mHealth
and life sciences together. mHealth The concept of the IMI mHealth
Concept + Hardware + Software = inte-
can and will support the health sector framework is integrated to build a
grated and interactive mHealth service
in a way that allocates resources perfect quality control loop that is
more efficiently and may potentially Concept
open enough to have permanent
save the NHS billions of pounds. IMI Based on the principle that wellness
upgrades through application
Health AG has developed technology and health is individual and that any
providers, users and experts from
using mobile communications and is influencing factor on the human
system must be verifiable in its effect, all over the world (see Fig. 2).
a first mover in the area of wellness
IMI believes in the power of open, The concept is also integrated in the
management conducted in a user-
integrated systems. Open for smart holistic idea that the human body is
friendly manner and at your fingertips.
approaches and applications (apps) a complex system and everything
When Dr Lingg, who founded IMI and thus open for improvements people do has an impact whether
Health AG, worked at Seva Sangh through the input of users. The they want to lose weight, improve their
Samiti Hospital in the Sunderbans, empowerment of people to be able to shape or optimise nutrition. These
West Bengal, India, he saw daily lines take conscious decisions about what points are all just single aspects of a
of people waiting to obtain medical they should eat, what they could do person living in our so-called ‘highly
support some of whom had urgent to improve their wellbeing and who developed’ civilization. But losing
needs and others who were perfectly they want to participate is a ‘Health weight could make some people sick
healthy. That is when he developed 2.0’ approach according to Lingg. and training too hard could over-
the idea of using a mobile device to Hardware burden the heart. This is why the IMI
capture and analyse basic vital signs IMI can offer mobiles (see Fig. 1) solution monitors these aspects and
thereby permitting the user to monitor or tablet PCs as all-in-one devices, people can function in a balanced
the state of their health as well as separate devices as an add-on for way, taking care of their metabolism
giving medical professionals the mobiles with Bluetooth connection and cardiovascular requirements.
opportunity to achieve fast and or, provide the technology for third The loop: From measurement
effective access to relevant data – parties to white label their products. to data capture
wherever and whenever. This was the Software To be able to test all different impacts
moment when the vision of IMI and IMI owns mobile and server-based on the human system, a measurement
Lingg was born – long before anybody software that is secure, patented and point is needed that:
used the expression mHealth. able to be connected to most common ■ Can be used instantly and in
“We want to monitor people’s health operating systems and browsers. Data any environment;
and not treat diseases – that is the
job of doctors and other specialists.”
With this mission statement Lingg
clearly defines the IMI approach that
he refers to as ‘salutogenic’, in
contrast to the ‘pathogenic’ approach
that prevails in the Western world.
Prevention is also cheaper than treat-
ment as the economic side of this
alternative view to health. On the
other hand IMI delivers a reliable tool
for doctors to supervise patients and
Fig. 1
be able to conduct remote checks.
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2. PROFILE 2
that spot check, advice can be given based and leaves it up to the user, if
on optimal nutrition and cardio work- he/she wishes to be the single user in
outs. There is also a special sport their account or grant access to the
application available that shows an GP, partner or even share the experi-
optimal training guide. Well-recog- ences and discoveries in social
nised and approved databases like communities. All data is stored on
Nutri-Find and WikiFood are used to the server in a way that every user
build up a detailed nutritional diary, is identified through a personal ID.
containing recipes and other useful Personal data to identify the user and
sources of information. The comparison the collected and stored information
Fig. 2
of advice given and what actually is retained in two separate databases.
happened will enable the software to An assignment is only possible
■ Functions for all users in the make an analysis. There are already through the ID and access to personal
same way; some precious ‘pearls’ with regard to data is specifically protected.
■ Has an immediate response to apps and databases that are available
in the mHealth sector, dealing with Summary
every impact on the human body. The integrated and interactive
specific aspects of wellness and
The cardiovascular and the autonomous health. IMI has developed a string to mHealth service provided by IMI
nervous systems of the human body Health AG technology facilitates:
be able to integrate those develop- ■ Remote monitoring;
are sending instant signals about our ments and hence be able to provide
wellbeing. IMI has found a way to a ‘string of pearls’ together with the ■ Self-empowerment;
interpret those signals utilising its loop. Eventually, all the captured and ■ Secure data storage for medium
patented algorithm. That is why IMI stored data will provide valuable and long-term analysis;
developed a device that can be inte- information, both demographically
■ A large range of supporting
grated in every mobile phone using and geographically, on a global basis.
four sensors on the back that can be mHealth applications;
Appealing graphics and an easily
equally applied from the fingertips or comprehensible menu structure on ■ A range of differing hardware
the breast. The measurement are of the mobile phone and internet devices;
one channel ECG, pulse and blood account makes the IMI Health ■ A built-in and effective control
oxygen that calculates and reports product a discrete and viable system.
blood pressure, the status of metabo- companion in daily life.
lism and the autonomous nervous In a world in which people are
system with special focus on stress The user area is programmed to living longer, the available medical
levels (see Fig. 3). provide a white label solution and resource, with the inherent cost, is
can be branded and adopted for being stretched to breaking point. It is
After a measurement, that can be many purposes by institutions vital that mobile communications are
conducted daily and takes two and companies. used to monitor people remotely. IMI
minutes 20 seconds, the result will
Health AG has developed technology
be shown immediately on the device Protected private sphere from a vision to make this a reality.
and – whenever connectivity to the Data protection is mandatory for the
internet is possible – also in a capture, storage and use of personal Remote monitoring together with the
personal user area online. Based on health data. The user area is ‘https’- accurate evaluation of the collected
data creates wellness management
at your fingertips.
Leslie Wagstaffe
Chief Executive Officer
IMI Health AG
Felbaweg 10
9494 Schaan
Lichtenstein
Tel: +423 230 3060
leslie.wagstaffe@imi-health.com
www.imi-health.com
Fig. 3
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