Marion GrahamQardio is a slick, new heart health monitoring device that enables regular wireless heart monitoring, sharing concise and up-to-date personal information securely to clients’ doctors and health care providers in the cloud.
Article by Marion Graham
Communication technology is increasingly becoming central to everyday human life. Many technological advances have been made in the last twenty years into how information and media are shared. Oceans no longer separate us, and an international call need no longer be limited to one, brief, monthly occurrence.
Now Qardio has launched a product that will change how we view and understand our health. Making waste with antiquated pen and paper recording methods, and the heavy reliance on the oh-so dreaded periodical visit to the Dr.’s office - understanding one’s health has been made much easier and efficient.
The Qardio devices are wearable, smart and connectable with an iOS device and Android. QardioArm and QardioCore collect and transmit data to the Qardio app, and then onto Qardio’s secure cloud - where data is stored, analysed and can be made available to a family member, physician or healthcare provider.
According to the World Health Organisation, heart disease is the number one cause of death worldwide. In the USA today, heart disease and stroke are among the most widespread, costly and fast-growing health problems, accounting for more than $500 billion in health care expenditures and related expenses each year. Qardio’s proposition is simple: smart healthcare. The smart design of the devices resembles everyday objects that one could conveniently carry along. The wireless transmission keeps updated medical information securely between clients and doctors, allowing everybody to be smarter about personal healthcare.
It featured as one of the five notable exhibitors at the Digital Health Summit at CES 2014, and has also been awarded with the prestigious 2014 RedDot Product Design Award. The service is completely handled by Qardio: they have designed and developed the hardware, software and cloud services in order to ensure the highest level of customer experience and secure information sharing.
This innovative product will surely become the new-age healthcare gadget! Aiding in preventative healthcare measures, monitoring risk of future conditions, and making for more health conscious users.