Orange Business Services and Weinmann develop homecareONLINE, an end-to-end telemedicine solution for sleep apnea patients
05 Setembro 2013 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
In close cooperation, Orange Business Services and Weinmann, a
global manufacturer of therapeutic system solutions in sleep
medicine and ventilation, have developed homecareONLINE, a
fully-integrated, end-to-end connected medical device solution for
sleep therapy. This solution will be first commercialized in France
starting October 2013.
Sleep apnea effects can be improved by CPAP (Continuous Positive
Airway Pressure) devices prescribed by healthcare professionals.
With homeCareONLINE, clinically useful data is collected from
patients through Weinmann CPAP devices in strict compliance with
e-health regulations and international data protection guidelines.
Data is hosted on “Flexible Computing Santé,” Orange Business
Services’ infrastructure as a service solution dedicated to medical
data. The data, including graphical representations, is available
through a secure application to registered users and official
healthcare system representatives.
homecareONLINE supports homecare providers to improve their
patient care and working processes as well as to optimize patient
reimbursement. It provides the opportunity to homecare providers to
get close to their patients without travelling and also fulfills
the latest regulatory requirements. Indeed, an increasing number of
governments and public health systems are requiring that medical
equipment manufacturers such as Weinmann include remote monitoring
capability for the therapy device in order to be covered by medical
insurance or for reimbursement.
Sleep apnea is a serious sleep-related respiratory disorder
which causes daytime sleepiness possibly leading to road accidents,
but also impairs the cardio-vascular system, being an important
risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke.
In order to meet Weinmann’s targeted market launch, Orange
Business Services helped to develop homecareONLINE in six months
relying on its wide expertise in both machine-to-machine (M2M)
solutions and e-health. The solution is based on a communication
module integrated into Weinmann CPAP devices which sends device
usage and clinical data information via the secure Orange network
to a “Connected Health Center”. This cloud platform enables the
seamless, automatic and secure flow of data from patients to care
providers who can access them via a secure Web portal. The
efficient development of the solution was also permitted by
Intelligent Apps Enabler, Orange Business Services’ platform to
develop M2M applications.
Dr. Karl-Andreas Feldhahn, CTO at Weinmann, said: "We chose
Orange Business Services as our partner for this solution for
several reasons. Orange is the only service provider that could
rollout a cloud-based platform that is scalable and flexible. With
Orange, we just have one partner for all tasks – SIM connection,
application development and integration, hosting services as well
as service management – all on a one-stop-shop basis. Orange
Business Services' global presence and reach enabling uniform
e-health services across countries is a critical factor for us,
allowing us to make available scalable monitoring services for our
medical equipment via a secure, private network to our customers in
many countries."
"In only six months and thanks to an excellent, intense
cooperation with the customer, we implemented with Weinmann a very
innovative M2M solution that is exemplary for many other M2M
healthcare applications,” said Dr. Helmut Reisinger, senior
vice president for Europe, Russia and CIS, Orange Business
Services. "With an increasing drive to enhance patients’
healthcare, manage related costs and meet emerging regulations,
market leaders like Weinmann have assumed a pioneering role in M2M
healthcare applications. Orange is pleased that we could contribute
our M2M and healthcare expertise in order to create an innovative
solution for Weinmann that will be used at the global level."
About Orange Business Services
Orange Business Services, the Orange branch dedicated to B2B
services, is a leading global integrator of communications
solutions for multinational corporations. With the world's largest,
seamless network for voice and data, Orange Business Services
reaches 220 countries and territories with local support in 166.
Offering a comprehensive package of communication services covering
cloud computing, enterprise mobility, M2M, security, unified
communications, videoconferencing, and broadband, Orange Business
Services delivers a best-in-class customer experience across a
global landscape. Thousands of enterprise customers and 1.4 million
mobile data users rely on an Orange Business Services international
platform for communicating and conducting business. Orange Business
Services was awarded three of the telecom industry’s highest
accolades at the annual World Communication Awards 2012 – Best
Global Operator, Best Cloud Service and the User’s Choice Award.
Orange Business Services is a five-time winner of Best Global
Operator. Learn more at www.orange-business.com or follow us on
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Orange is one of the world’s leading telecommunications
operators with annual sales of €43.5 billion in 2012 and has
168,000 employees worldwide at June 30, 2013. Orange is listed on
the NYSE Euronext Paris (symbol ORA) and on the New York Stock
Exchange (symbol ORAN).
About Weinmann
Weinmann develops, produces and markets therapeutic system
solutions for ventilation and sleep medicine in 55 countries
through subsidiaries in St. Petersburg, Paris-Igny, Shanghai and
Neuenhof near Zurich; representative offices in Singapore and
Venezuela; and partners in many other key markets.
Founded in 1874 by Gottlieb Weinmann as a precision mechanics
company in Ludwigshafen, Weinmann initially concentrated on the
production of fine mechanical fittings for oxygen devices. The
expansion of the medical technology product palette came when Karl
and Vera Feldhahn assumed control of the company and Dr. Joachim
Griefahn joined the business at the end of the 1960s. Innovations
such as the emergency case Quick-O2-Med, the ULM CASE for first aid
treatment of emergency patients and the MEDUMAT ventilator with
portable system made their mark in emergency medicine. In 1977 the
company moved to current company headquarters in
Hamburg-Stellingen.
At the end of the 1980s Weinmann expanded its fields of business
to include the home care segment. The company was the first German
manufacturer to produce a CPAP device for the treatment of sleep
disorders.
Several ground-breaking medical products followed, including
expansion of the SOMNO, VENTI and JOYCE product lines in Homecare
and growth of the MEDUMAT respirator family in Emergency. In
mid-2013 Weinmann split into two independent companies. Weinmann
Homecare focuses on ventilation and sleep medicine while WEINMANN
Emergency concentrates on emergency medical systems solutions.
Learn more at www.weinmann.de.
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