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Ria Blagburn@riaface · Founder, GrowBeyond
I believe this is just UK for now, but they've got big plans to expand (according to their website). I like the fact that the doctors are able to dispense prescriptions, and the monitoring looks pretty nice. It would be great to see something like this integrated with the NHS so service users could access some of their data via an app.
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Matthias Fenz@alternative3 · CEO/Founder @Recommendo
@riaface If this could be connected with iPhone's health plugins, that could be a really big thing, especially for monitoring elderly people. Imagine the doctor would be contacted automatically whenever the app tracks some unusual health values...
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Joelle Alcaidinho@joelle_writes · ACI Researcher, misanthropic gadabout
@alternative3 when I spotted the mention of connecting health apps and monitoring my heart did a happy flutter... Hopefully this means the answer is yes.
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Matthias Fenz@alternative3 · CEO/Founder @Recommendo
@joelle_writes well, I don't know, you should ask the maker (if he/she ever gets here) if they intend to implement this. If they like my idea – they shall feel free to take it.... ;)
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Joelle Alcaidinho@joelle_writes · ACI Researcher, misanthropic gadabout
@alternative3 I think they are already thinking along those lines at least according to their site. I imagine the biggest hurdle is really regulatory, not technical.
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Matthias Fenz@alternative3 · CEO/Founder @Recommendo
@joelle_writes yes, I think so too. but as I don't know anything about UK law, I can't say how big the hurdles may be...
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Emily Grenfell@babylon_emily · Marketing Assistant and Copywriter
@alternative3 @joelle_writes - Hi there, we are ready to integrate with a range of devices and apps including fitibit, jawbone, nike fuel band, withings, moves & Apple Health. We're also ready to integrate with the Apple Watch when that comes out.
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Matthias Fenz@alternative3 · CEO/Founder @Recommendo
@joelle_writes @babylon_emily awesome! do you also plan to implement some sort of technology that sends notifications to the doctor in case of some serious health stats? with this you could also target the market for monitoring elderly people who are living alone (we have something similar in germany, but not app-based).
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Emily Grenfell@babylon_emily · Marketing Assistant and Copywriter
@joelle_writes @alternative3 yes we do and it's in the pipeline. Our aim is to make running diagnostics on our bodies as routine as the diagnostics running automatically in our cars :) it's an exciting world we live in.
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