- Patient health management can be difficult due to limited time with doctors during appointments, low health literacy and poor recall of doctor recommendations
- Routine patient generated data can ensure patients stay on track, provide a comprehensive view of health, and provide critical information between provider visits
- Checkup allows for patients to accurately track their health with disease-specific tools, keeping doctors updated and ensure medications are working properly, all in one place
Ubie, a global healthcare AI platform that works at the intersection of patients, providers, and life sciences to guide everyone to better care, today announced the launch of Checkup, a platform designed to help patients track and improve their conditions by recording key measurements, providing reminders for medications and doctor appointments, and helping patients communicate with their providers. The platform allows patients to easily share updates and important health information with doctors to ensure their health and medication are being properly managed, and to flag any issues that may necessitate emergency care.
For patients living with serious illnesses and chronic diseases, self-management of health between doctor appointments can be critical to their health. Patients who track their health and use data to communicate with providers are more likely to have better health. Patient self-monitoring also helps doctors assess patient health, see how medications are working, and understand if patients would benefit from other treatments.
Patient engagement and routine self-tracking are more likely to result in positive health changes and reduce the economic impact of chronic disease. But many patients have low health literacy or simply forget what their doctor asked them to do. Patient reminders and notifications are an important part of patient engagement. Nine out of 10 Americans don’t fully understand, or remember, their doctor’s instructions, and many need help remembering to take timely measurements or adhere to medications regimens.
“We see in the clinics and hospitals we work with how difficult it is for patients with serious health conditions to not only remember to monitor and record key health data, but to also manage their medication and communicate these various pieces of information with their doctor during their next appointment,” said Kota Kubo, Ubie Co-Founder and Co-CEO. “Ubie developed Checkup to serve as a single point of self-care management that tracks health, shares that information with care providers, and sets up reminders for critical care moments.”
Checkup has specialized modules for a growing number of diseases to ensure that reminders are appropriate and personalized to a patient’s condition. The platform will launch with an asthma module, with plans to expand into other disease areas soon after. Asthma patients will be able to manage medications and monitor their Asthma Control Test (ACT) scores, which will allow doctors to gauge the seriousness of a patient’s asthma.
The majority of doctors in the US spend less than 17 minutes with their patients during a visit, with much of that time asking how things have evolved since the last visit. More than 60% of doctors feel they have little to no time or ability to effectively address their patients’ drivers of health. Patient self-monitoring with Checkup provides doctors with insights ahead of time, letting them focus on patients and their concerns.
Current tracking solutions tend to be disparate, with point-solutions spread across multiple platforms and devices, and the traditional method of recording health updates in a paper journal relying on a patient to remember without prompting. In between appointments, patients may also feel unsure of how their health is progressing and turn to other sources, such as internet search or online discussion groups, for information.
Checkup is easy for patients to set up and integrates with Ubie’s AI-powered Symptom Checker, which is used by over 9 million people every month. Patients fill out a profile their first time on the platform, input information about their current treatment, answer questions specific to their condition, update symptoms and include notes for their doctor, followed by the input of appointment timing and location for tracking and reminders. Checkup will then provide patients with regular SMS reminders and encourage them to update their symptoms, measurements and information, as needed.
Checkup is part of Ubie’s care guidance platform, which currently includes Ubie’s Symptom Checker. The two will work together to help provide holistic guidance to patients from pre to post-diagnosis and disease management. The system is designed to help patients navigate the health system and ensure they are routed to where they need to be.
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