Amon Inc Case Study
Design and Development
It is important to point out that AMON works as a multi-parameter health system. It has the full capacity to monitor pulse, oxygen saturation, body temperature, blood pressure and heart acceleration. It is able to evaluate them due to the integrated bio-sensors technology it has.
Medical parameters are calculated constantly: pulse and skin temperature are read every thirty seconds, while oxygen saturation, body temperature and acceleration are updated every minute. Additionally, AMON medical ranges are set according to the World Health Organisation medical standard values. Factors are based upon patient?s age, gender and medical history. AMON is able to provide three possible outcomes:
?In order?: Patient is informed that all measurements are under control. This data is transferred to the telemedicine centre three times a day.
?Parameter out of range?: under this scenario, the …show more content…
device undergoes an automatic recheck of that erroneous parameter. If the outcome is the same as before, the user is informed that additional measurements are required. Telemedicine centre then decides whether to pop the emergency alert.
?Parameters out of range?: The data is automatically sent to the telemedicine centre, and activates the alarm. Depending on telemedicine centre analysis of the received data, additional steps are required: in a non-life threatening emergency condition, the patient is informed that it should schedule an appointment with his doctor; while in a life dangerous situation, the telemedicine centre immediately prepares a pre-hospital care and transportation.
Algorithms used in AMON system
It is worth mentioning that blood pressure and oxygen saturation parameters are measured at the same time. They are based on the concentration of two wavelengths through a pulsatory arteriolar movement. Arterial saturation in oxygen and pulse are evaluated by comparing the variations of each wavelength during one single pulsation.
Moreover, pulse and skin temperature are likewise measured together, they are calculated based on a fixed peak detection. If a variation is detected between two peaks, an arithmetic average calculation would determine if it falls between the normal parameters.
Additionally, AMON sensitive technology works as a thermometer; it provides quick and highly accurate results over the body temperature range by evaluating the human body every minute. When there is no further variation in the body temperature AMON provides the result.
Finally, heart acceleration can be read because AMON allows a constant track of user?s heart rate by measuring the electrical activity of the heart muscle.?AMON interprets the electrical currents of the heart during a series of heartbeats.
Business Case and Risk Analysis
Business proposition
Australian elderly population is growing significantly in the last couples of years and is expected to keep rising. As a result, health centers are collapsing with overload of patient and information leading to high financial internal costs. Therefore, AMON devices promise to reduce these cost in the long run by constantly monitor and analyze users vital signs. Helping families, users and insurance companies to improve emergency assistance through early detection and prevention. While allowing them to feel more secure about the health status of those who are around them.
Critical Success Factors
AMON Inc.
is aware of the importance of having the critical success factors integrated in the firm's culture in order to achieve our mission. Therefore, AMON Inc. believes that the firm's core capabilities must be fully recognized by the whole firm while sharing and reinforcing all members in the cross-functional team about AMON's vision. Furthermore, it is important to reinforce our capacity to rapidly learn and to decrease mistakes. Likewise, there must be a top management support that overviews the product quality over short periods of time. We believe in the importance of allowing supplier and customers to be part of the firm's development and to be able to obtain feedback from them in order to satisfy the market's needs. Therefore, a installation of a call centre for customers services would allow us to work on a future improved device that will be more efficient with lower costs and quicker technology that integrated new vital signs analysis. It would decreases hospital time of reaction while increase patient security and
comfort.
It is important to point out that AMON works as a multi-parameter health system. It has the full capacity to monitor pulse, oxygen saturation, body temperature, blood pressure and heart acceleration. It is able to evaluate them due to the integrated bio-sensors technology it has.
Medical parameters are calculated constantly: pulse and skin temperature are read every thirty seconds, while oxygen saturation, body temperature and acceleration are updated every minute. Additionally, AMON medical ranges are set according to the World Health Organisation medical standard values. Factors are based upon patient?s age, gender and medical history. AMON is able to provide three possible outcomes:
?In order?: Patient is informed that all measurements are under control. This data is transferred to the telemedicine centre three times a day.
?Parameter out of range?: under this scenario, the …show more content…
device undergoes an automatic recheck of that erroneous parameter. If the outcome is the same as before, the user is informed that additional measurements are required. Telemedicine centre then decides whether to pop the emergency alert.
?Parameters out of range?: The data is automatically sent to the telemedicine centre, and activates the alarm. Depending on telemedicine centre analysis of the received data, additional steps are required: in a non-life threatening emergency condition, the patient is informed that it should schedule an appointment with his doctor; while in a life dangerous situation, the telemedicine centre immediately prepares a pre-hospital care and transportation.
Algorithms used in AMON system
It is worth mentioning that blood pressure and oxygen saturation parameters are measured at the same time. They are based on the concentration of two wavelengths through a pulsatory arteriolar movement. Arterial saturation in oxygen and pulse are evaluated by comparing the variations of each wavelength during one single pulsation.
Moreover, pulse and skin temperature are likewise measured together, they are calculated based on a fixed peak detection. If a variation is detected between two peaks, an arithmetic average calculation would determine if it falls between the normal parameters.
Additionally, AMON sensitive technology works as a thermometer; it provides quick and highly accurate results over the body temperature range by evaluating the human body every minute. When there is no further variation in the body temperature AMON provides the result.
Finally, heart acceleration can be read because AMON allows a constant track of user?s heart rate by measuring the electrical activity of the heart muscle.?AMON interprets the electrical currents of the heart during a series of heartbeats.
Business Case and Risk Analysis
Business proposition
Australian elderly population is growing significantly in the last couples of years and is expected to keep rising. As a result, health centers are collapsing with overload of patient and information leading to high financial internal costs. Therefore, AMON devices promise to reduce these cost in the long run by constantly monitor and analyze users vital signs. Helping families, users and insurance companies to improve emergency assistance through early detection and prevention. While allowing them to feel more secure about the health status of those who are around them.
Critical Success Factors
AMON Inc.
is aware of the importance of having the critical success factors integrated in the firm's culture in order to achieve our mission. Therefore, AMON Inc. believes that the firm's core capabilities must be fully recognized by the whole firm while sharing and reinforcing all members in the cross-functional team about AMON's vision. Furthermore, it is important to reinforce our capacity to rapidly learn and to decrease mistakes. Likewise, there must be a top management support that overviews the product quality over short periods of time. We believe in the importance of allowing supplier and customers to be part of the firm's development and to be able to obtain feedback from them in order to satisfy the market's needs. Therefore, a installation of a call centre for customers services would allow us to work on a future improved device that will be more efficient with lower costs and quicker technology that integrated new vital signs analysis. It would decreases hospital time of reaction while increase patient security and
comfort.