1. Ofer Atzmon
VP Business Development and Marketing
Telehealth Success Stories

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Introduction and Definitions

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Aerotel Medical Systems:
Improving people’s health, safety and quality of life
 Aerotel is a global provider of advanced personal telehealth and telecare solutions
 Headquartered in Israel
 More than 15 years of experience
 Ownership: 67% Israeli private investors; 33% Neusoft (China)
 Our solutions are used by homecare agencies and remote monitoring service
providers in more than 50 countries

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Telehealth Vision
Image Credit: Luis Vazquez/Gulf News
Patient
Cloud

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Cade Studies

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(1) Personal ECG Monitoring
Personal Mobile ECG
Monitor
Monitoring
Center
Fixed or Mobile
Phone
BT

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Remote ECG Monitoring – The Benefits
 Reduced hospital admissions by 30%
 Reduce death rates by 45%
 Peace of mind for high-risk patients
 High satisfaction by users and professionals
 Significant cost savings
 Fast return on investment
Source: Studies in the USA and UK

9. (2) Chronic Disease Management
 500 million patients in the worldwide suffer from chronic diseases
 This will increase dramatically by 10%-20% over the next 10 years
 According to the World Health Organization (WHO) chronic diseases are the
leading cause of mortality, representing 60% of all deaths
 Prevention programs can provide valuable information, eliminate risks and enable
effective decision making and timely intervention
 Insurance companies try to lower their expanses and reduce hospital admissions
 The result: Significant growth in home monitoring of chronic diseases
9 Source: GBI, Juniper Research, Berg Insight, InMedica

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Aerotel’s Home Monitoring System

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CHF Patient Monitoring (USA)
 Detect changes and intervene before the patient has to be hospitalized
 Instead of constantly going to the doctor, the monitoring service can detect
immediately if the patient has a problem
 Faster evaluation of suspected heart failures
 30% reduction in hospitalization for heart-failure patients
 Cost savings: $6,300 for a Medicaid heart patient's typical hospital stay vs. a
$630 wireless monitoring system (10:1 ratio)

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COPD Patients Monitoring (Spain)
Source: Princesa University Hospital (Madrid), Air Products

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COPD Study Outcomes
days in hospital
visits to
emergency
units
hospitalizations
Telemedicine
Group
Control Group
Source: Air Products

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Conclusions: Telehealth Benefits
 Telehealth can allow doctors to see more patients within given time
 Sensors can monitor vital signs and provide the data to healthcare providers
 Telehealth systems can watch patient’s location and conditions
 Monitoring can automatically alert a doctor or healthcare facility when necessary
 Early detection of acute conditions and prevention of deterioration
 Real-time information can make the difference between life and death
 Telehealth helps reduce the high costs
 Eliminate unnecessary hospitalizations
 Improve quality of life

15. Thank you
‫רבה‬ ‫תודה‬
Ofer Atzmon
VP Business Development and Marketing
+972-3-5593222 ext. 109
ofer@aerotel.com
www.aerotel.com