Big Data Saving Lives?

One of the major advantages that the digital age has bought is, the ability to store large amounts of REAL-TIME DATA. Data creates a virtual blueprint for each of our lives. These similarities in characteristics combined with various environmental factors that influence us to create, TRENDS. Trends are a powerful thing as they essentially track patterns and with our ability to mobilize large amounts of data these patterns can be used to devise solutions.

Big data has proven to be very useful in the healthcare industry. It now follows the logic of PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE. Its effects of BIG DATA on the healthcare industry are:

• Recording and monitoring data about an individual early in their life so the symptoms of the onset of a disease can be detected early on.
• Identifying the cause also happens to be more cost-effective than rectifying the outcome.
• Enable doctors to provide remote diagnosis and provide customizable medication to the patients.
• Real-time data can be used to alert doctors off drastic changes in the health of their patients.

Millions suffer from Asthma every year and asthma management can be quite overwhelming! By tracking visits to the ER, types of symptoms and the severity of the condition conclusions can be drawn about the type of asthma and the medication prescribed. But this is still a part of the curing process. This still doesn’t take into consideration external factors or rather when the next attack may hit the patient. Again, owing to the digital age many mobile applications have been launched to track the patient’s health and provide caution when needed.

Keva Health Makes Asthma Management a Breeze for its Users!

• It is a diary where users can track their medication, symptoms, and overall health.
• The inbuilt chatbot gives it an interactive user interface.
• It tracks the pollutants and pollen in the air the warn the users to take the necessary precautions.
• Medication is tedious to understand sometimes, Keva health breaks it down and makes it easier.
• Tutorials on topics as basic as how to use an inhaler exist on the app to support its consumers.

When customers check in with their information, it gives useful data to us, who work tirelessly to interpret that data, find trends and draw inferences that intern contribute to the bigger problem- Helping people do the one thing that every human is entitled to, BREATHE.

About Keva Health

Keva Health’s platform is integrating innovative remote monitoring functionality with evidence based self-monitoring programs for patients with chronic respiratory diseases to improve outcomes and reduce cost. Please contact us at [email protected] for more info.