Sleep therapy equipment maker 3B Medical and BMC Medical (3B/BMC) has selected Vodafone to deliver a global mobile solution for reporting patients’ sleep therapy compliance data from the 3B Medical’s line of Luna CPAP devices.
The agreement lets 3B Medical Luna devices that are pre-installed with a Vodafone global SIM to use Vodafone’s Internet of Things technology in order to automatically and upload sleep data to 3B’s cloud-based patient management system, iCodeConnect. Regardless of patient location, iCodeConnect provides secure, real-time clinician and physician access and management of patient records, compliance reports, and the ability to track overall treatment progress. This helps patients who travel globally or those who do not have existing WiFi connections in their home to realize the clinical benefits of real-time data analysis and reporting.
"This new relationship with Vodafone is a significant next step in our wireless vision, which started with free wireless data connectivity using WiFi,” said Joe Toth, vice president of sales and marketing at 3B Medical. “The addition of mobile data significantly enhances our wireless functionality with a device that automatically uploads to the cloud everywhere and anywhere, even across international borders on Vodafone’s global mobile network. Mobile data allows our devices to communicate with no patient involvement and makes sleep compliance reporting effortless.”
“3B Medical will be able to better manage and treat sleep disorder patients with access to information in real-time using the Vodafone global SIM running over our mobile network,” said Vodafone Group’s Head of M2M Americas Andrew Morawski said. “3B Medical is a great example of how the healthcare industry is embracing the power of IOT technology to the benefit of patients, providers and insurers.”