A digital solution for patient-centred management of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease [METIS]

“慢性阻塞性肺疾病（COPD）是一种常见的、进行性致残的疾病，其特征是肺部气流阻塞，通常与吸烟者有关。世界卫生组织（世卫组织）估计，2010年全世界有超过3.84亿人受到影响，估计有6500万人患有中度至重度疾病。COPD的经济负担巨大，每年花费40亿英镑。Bond Digital Health正在开发一种名为Metis的可穿戴技术，该技术与公司现有的软件开发相集成，为目前患者与医生之间存在的“白色空间”空白提供数字解决方案。这种空白可能是几天或长达6个月，在此期间，临床医生不得不依赖轶事证据，充其量也就是不准确的纸质日记。这些通常被临床医生称为“停车场日记“，因为这是在咨询前一刻经常输入信息的地方。Metis集成了硬件和软件解决方案来解决这个问题。该设备提供了“在一定距离””听病人的肺和心脏，使他们的保健医生监测慢性阻塞性肺病患者从护理释放。它将使从业者能够对患者数据进行独立、准确的分析，提供有价值的、全面的见解和循证护理。Metis本质上是一种数字听诊器，由1到5个贴在患者躯干上的贴片组成。这些贴片包含处理芯片，音频捕获设备和蓝牙，允许收集肺部声音并传输到智能手机，然后由中央分析系统处理并存储在安全的云数据库中，供临床医生24/7访问。"

"Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common, progressively disabling disease characterised by airflow obstruction in the lung and commonly associated with smokers. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimated that over 384 million people were affected worldwide in 2010, with 65 million people estimated to have moderate to severe disease. The economic burden of COPD is huge, costing £4bn p.a. to the UK alone.Bond Digital Health is developing a wearable technology called Metis, which integrates with the company's existing software developments, providing a digital solution to the ""white space"" void that currently exists between patient visits with their doctor. This void can be a few days or as long as 6 months, during which the clinician has to rely on anecdotal evidence and at best, inaccurate paper diaries. These are often referred to by clinicians as ""car park diaries"" as that is where the information is often entered, moments before the consultation .Metis integrates hardware and software solutions to address this issue. The device provides ""at a distance"" listening to the patients' lungs and heart enabling their health care practitioner to monitor COPD sufferers released from care. It will equip the practitioner with independent, accurate analysis of the patient's data providing valuable, comprehensive insights and evidence-based care.Metis is essentially a digital stethoscope consisting of 1 to 5 patches which adhere to a patient's torso. These patches contain a processing chip, audio capture device and Bluetooth, allowing lung sounds to be collected and transmitted to a smart phone, which are then processed by a central analytical system and stored in a secure cloud database for clinicians to access 24/7\."