TITEL

MySOS via nomadic devices coupled to in-cockpit wireless networks and Ecall

SPREKERS

Keith Baker, open-innovatiemanager, Philips Applied Technologies

Rian Wouters, systeemarchitect software, Philips Applied Technologies

TAAL

Engels

ABSTRACT

Ecall is a major policy initiative of the EU to bring a telematic service to the European population via a capability to provide critical information to emergency services after a road incident, i.e. accident or medical emergency. Ecall has applications in society beyond the classical road incident application and could be considered as part of a wider form of ‘alarm system’ for personal emergency in any situation. This would include AAL applications for home healthcare, where alarm systems to emergency services and social networks are merged.

In part of the long term drive to bring personal medicine to the population the need for emergency services supported by medical informatics is expected to grow as the use of a care cycle approach to systematic medical care expands. FP6/FP7 (Myheart and Heartcycle) have put major efforts into the development of a care cycle for cardiovascular conditions, which allow a systematic approach for care to be created based on innovation in technology such as molecular medicine and medical informatics. Broadly deployed medical alarm systems are a critical component in a full care cycle, where the person at risk can be rapidly treated in the critical phase of an acute condition. Providing medical personnel with immediate information from informatics systems will in future be critical to aid persons suffering in the Golden Hour of Care, the time when acute treatment is most effective as an incident.

In our presentation we show that use of nomadic medical devices coupled to informatics networks are essential to bring new players into the discussion on using Ecall as part of a systematic care cycle approach to acute condition management. Ecall has seen much resistance because the cost is high to the automotive industry, yet the benefits are great to society. We need open Ecall networks with suitable interfaces to gain the greater benefit for the Golden Hour of Care and create the greater payback to society. Ecall then becomes a part of a ‘MySOS’ approach to alarm systems, thus a trusted Internet for medical informatics network at low cost.

Ecall integration must allow the medical and accident insurance companies to gain the maximum benefit from an Ecall network, which can be integrated into the car system or used via a personal communication device, either a mobile phone or a personal MySOS device. For this study a personal MySOS device has been devised in the form of a smart baby seat.