…over 80m Nigerians hypertensive, 26.7m HBP patients
The Ekiti State Government has commenced the pilot study of SignalAdoc Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Vital Signs Monitoring in the state.
According to the Ekiti State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, they would deploy Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Application to monitor health conditions such as; blood pressure, oxygen saturation, heart rate, respiratory rate, mental stress level and heart variability.
The Commissioner further revealed that the pilot study will hold at the three Specialist Hospitals in the state in collaboration with SignalADoc.
Dr Filani said that the application will aid health workers to read vital signs using phone cameras and get instant results noting that the goal is to observe readings in 2,000 patients over the next one month and assess the accuracy of results.
In his presentation, the founder and CEO of SignalADoc, Osagie Omokaro explained that they are privately-owned organization that leverage on artificial intelligence to transform health and wellness.
Omokaro stated that studies have shown that about 80million Nigerians are living with hypertension while 26.7million Nigerians are currently receiving high blood pressure treatment, saying that their vital Signal Monitor would allow users especially those with elevated blood pressure or other health conditions that contributes to High B.P. to check and monitor their blood pressure and other vital signs.
He added the the VSM application will also allow users to share their results with their doctors and cardiologists to monitor elevated high blood pressure over a period of time rather than taking only occasional blood pressure readings they visit hospitals.
The Manager Growth, SignalADoc Mrs Nancy Udeh said self-monitoring could help one feel more motivated to control blood pressure with improved diet, physical activities and medication use, seeing as hypertension which she noted remains a deadly and prevailing ailment in Nigeria.
Ekiti Govt Deploys Artificial Intelligence to Monitor Health Conditions
…over 80m Nigerians hypertensive, 26.7m HBP patients
The Ekiti State Government has commenced the pilot study of SignalAdoc Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Vital Signs Monitoring in the state.
According to the Ekiti State Commissioner for Health and Human Services, Dr. Oyebanji Filani, they would deploy Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Application to monitor health conditions such as; blood pressure, oxygen saturation, heart rate, respiratory rate, mental stress level and heart variability.
The Commissioner further revealed that the pilot study will hold at the three Specialist Hospitals in the state in collaboration with SignalADoc.
Dr Filani said that the application will aid health workers to read vital signs using phone cameras and get instant results noting that the goal is to observe readings in 2,000 patients over the next one month and assess the accuracy of results.
In his presentation, the founder and CEO of SignalADoc, Osagie Omokaro explained that they are privately-owned organization that leverage on artificial intelligence to transform health and wellness.
Omokaro stated that studies have shown that about 80million Nigerians are living with hypertension while 26.7million Nigerians are currently receiving high blood pressure treatment, saying that their vital Signal Monitor would allow users especially those with elevated blood pressure or other health conditions that contributes to High B.P. to check and monitor their blood pressure and other vital signs.
He added the the VSM application will also allow users to share their results with their doctors and cardiologists to monitor elevated high blood pressure over a period of time rather than taking only occasional blood pressure readings they visit hospitals.
The Manager Growth, SignalADoc Mrs Nancy Udeh said self-monitoring could help one feel more motivated to control blood pressure with improved diet, physical activities and medication use, seeing as hypertension which she noted remains a deadly and prevailing ailment in Nigeria.
