BeatO, a digital care ecosystem for chronic disease management, has collaborated with OMRON Healthcare India to expand its footprint in remote management of lifestyle-related chronic conditions associated with hypertension. The partnership entails connection of OMRON BP Monitors in the BeatO App ecosystem allowing users to gain real-time advice and more informed management on the steps to manage blood pressure control based on the patient’s readings and trends.
Supported with BeatO’s team of 25 specialist doctors and Health Coaches, the remote and virtual management on the BeatO App will enable seamless and real time support on nutrition, lifestyle and medicine adherence for patients based on their blood pressure readings and trends.
Commenting on the partnership, Gautam Chopra, Co-founder and CEO, BeatO said, “With this partnership, BeatO members can monitor their blood pressure readings and receive personalized insights and real time support. Expanding the BeatO app ecosystem to hypertension allows us empower our members with more tools.”
OMRON Healthcare India MD, Masanori Matsubara added, “The association will not only help in reducing the in-hospital risks of COVID spread but also help give a push to the adoption of digital BP monitors amongst the masses.”
OMRON has sold more than 200 million BP monitoring units globally. Its digital BP monitors are fitted with patented technologies like IntelliSense, IntelliWrap and connectivity with smart phones, for accurate and easy communication. These are key requisites for a device to be integrated in a remote patient monitoring system, especially in the new normal created by COVID. This service will also be integrated into BeatO’s subscription plans that involve medicine deliveries, insurance and diagnostics making it an end-to-end solution just like the existing service of BeatO to manage diabetes.
BeatO’s AI triaging system, HealthNeuron, along with its Digital Care Ecosystem, helps diabetics manage their blood-sugar levels, especially during COVID-19. It extends the same digital care concept to people with high blood pressure. The company currently has 120,000 active diabetics on their platform, and 60% of them have hypertension as well.
Over 230 million Indians suffer from high blood pressure, and about 70 million cope with diabetes. Combined, these two conditions are the major causes of macrovascular and microvascular conditions that affect blood circulation to the heart, brain and other parts of the body. Further, the significant overlap between diabetes and hypertension make situations worse for those managing both conditions.
With COVID restricting visits to hospitals and clinics, an end-to-end preventive and personal remote healthcare management system can help patients better manage these lifestyle conditions without trouble of adding to the country’s economic burden.
