Futura Mobility has launched mHealth and Telemedicine, customized mobile solutions that help physicians deliver services to patients and connect offsite specialists via cloud-based and cellular networks, for chronic disease management applications and mobile tele-video workstations.
The company currently supports more than 1,800 hospitals and 250,000 mobile devices in the U.S.
“We see dramatic growth opportunities in providing a continuum of care between patients and their providers of healthcare,” said Janet DeNicola, chairman of Futura Mobility, in a statement. “With major rollouts planned in Q4, we expect to gain traction quickly given the immediate health and financial ROI for patients, providers and payors.”
The CDC noted in 2009 that chronic diseases – such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, and diabetes – are among the most prevalent, costly, and preventable of all health problems. Even three years ago, healthcare organizations knew it was becoming increasingly more important to treat – and rein in costs for – those with chronic diseases and set up programs to manage them.
Dr. Sultan Rahaman wrote in 2010, that seven out of 10 deaths a year occur because of chronic disease, and it costs a lot of money – heart disease and stroke, $432 billion a year, and diabetes $174 billion a year, according to Triple Solution for a Healthier America.
Telemedicine is a way of caring for patients outside the hospital, whether they live five miles away or 50 miles. By remotely connecting patients to healthcare providers through communication networks, patients can be monitored from home rather than from a hospital bed, reducing costs while still providing safe and secure care.
Many hospitals use telemedicine services to outsource specialty services, such as radiology, stroke assessment, mental health and intensive care services, while also providing better management of chronic diseases, shared health and professional staffing, reduced travel times and fewer or shorter hospital stays.
“Our hands-on experience in one of three U.S. hospitals, combined with our mobile domain expertise, puts us in the unique position that enables us to build out sophisticated mobile infrastructures that help hospitals and care providers manage and treat patients for a fraction of the current cost,” said David Gulian, CEO of Futura Mobility.
Futura officials also said that the company has formed strategic relationships with Temple University Health System and Abington Memorial Hospital.
Futura also announced that it will “be devoting significant capital resources” to expanding its mobile services platform for chronic disease management over the next several months and will also come out with new software applications and mobile delivery equipment by the end of 2013.
Edited by
Brooke Neuman
