DATA SHARING IN HEALTHCARE Leverage Actionable Insights

MOBILE APP TRACKS DIABETES PATIENT DATA
Collaboration between IBM Watson Health and Medtronic

With a shared vision to help people living with diabetes, IBM Watson Health and Medtronic:

• Leveraged the data science expertise of IBM Watson Health and the patient-centric diabetes management technology of Medtronic
• Produced Sugar.IQ, a “diabetes assistant” that continually analyzes how an individual’s glucose level responds to food intake, insulin dosages, daily routines, and other information provided by the app user

REMOTE MONITORING FOR HIGH-RISK PATIENTS
Medtronic Care Management Services (MCMS)

Medtronic Care Management Services (MCMS) remote monitoring solutions provide clinicians with insights to evaluate patient status and identify patients who may be at risk for acute events. MCMS continues to advance in the data sciences space, providing services designed to make it easier for patients to stay compliant with their remote monitoring plan, help doctors by flagging patients who may need follow up, and improve outcomes for payers and hospital systems.

MCMS offers provider and payers care management services comprised of:

• Patient engagement solutions 
• A central care management software
• Advanced analytics and reporting
• More than 20 disease management programs, from monitoring patients with heart or kidney disease to those recovering from a knee or hip replacement
  
  

ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS IN BARIATRICS
Nederlandse Obesitas Kliniek (NOK), The Netherlands

A strategic partnership between Medtronic and the largest specialized, independent Dutch clinic for obesity treatment provides integrated care for bariatric surgery patients. The collaboration:

• Resulted in high compliance rates 
• Showed greater than 50 percent excessive weight loss 
• Sustained surgical outcomes over 24 months
• In 18 reports, HRQOL improved post-surgery and continued to improve as total weight loss percentage increased¹