LG Electronics announced the launch of a new venture, Primefocus Health. The platform will develop a healthcare delivery platform for healthcare providers that leverages technology and therapeutics to support remote patient monitoring and enable patients to access new treatments through technology applications.
It also enables healthcare providers to collect patient data, communicate with patients, track progress, and intervene as needed.
The company says the service can be integrated with providers' electronic medical record systems and leverages AI and machine learning capabilities.
The venture is the first platform launched by the LG Electronics North America Innovation Center. LG Nova.
“LG Electronics has a long-standing and trusted reputation with household consumers around the world, and with the announcement of Primefocus Health, we are encouraging consumers to work with their healthcare providers to help them manage their healthcare as well. We are looking to build on that history while asking people to trust us,'' PrimeFocus Health CEO Darren Szabo said in a statement. “Primefocus Health is leveraging the latest technology to revolutionize home patient care and working towards a future of personalized, accessible and effective care.”
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LG is aiming to expand into home medical care. Atul Singh, General Manager, Digital Health, LG NOVA said: Mobi Health News We discussed how the company wanted to evolve consumer electronics to improve health outcomes.
“Our ultimate vision is to track patients all the way to their homes. So within the home, customers and consumers can Get to know us,” Singh said.
“We want to extend the care they receive from the hospital once they are discharged from the hospital and return home. We also want to be able to provide care services with these appliances and devices that we have already invested in. I am thinking of doing so.”