Ambient Health Monitoring to become less intrusive and more connected

Remote Patient Montioring became a big thing during Covid and 2023 will continue to see development in this area but using passive, ubiquitous sensors e.g. your phone.

According to CB Insights in October 2022 Google acquired digital therapeutics startup Sound Life Sciences, which offers an FDA-cleared smartphone app that leverages sonar technology to monitor breathing. This breathing data can be used to diagnose sleep apnea, a process that can otherwise require an uncomfortable overnight visit to a sleep lab. The app can also help monitor patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, anxiety, and other conditions, alerting caregivers to clinically meaningful shifts in breathing patterns.

Another startup leveraging audio data is Sensi.AI, an Israelbased remote care monitoring platform focused on senior care. The platform leverages home audio data from sensors like smart speakers, smartphones, security cameras, and more to detect when patients go about daily activities (like meals and showers), as well as to alert care providers to potentially dangerous situations like falls.

In 2023 and beyond, one major question in the ambient healthcare space will be how to best blend continual data collection and “easy to live with” technology that requires little effort from

patients. Designing devices that are both technically effective and aesthetically pleasing will be a key focus for companies defining the next iteration of remote health monitoring.