Opionion Opinion


Remote monitoring - saving lives during Covid-19


COVID-19 has adversely affected people’s health across the globe, and many have lost their lives due to complications from having other medical conditions like high blood pressure (HBP) and Type2 diabetes (T2D). Due to genetics, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people are more likely to have high blood pressure (HBP) and Type 2 diabetes (T2D) compared to Caucasians, and because of these health conditions, are more susceptible to Covid-19.


The UK has 4 million people with T2D. Africans/Africa-Caribbeans are three times more likely and South Asians six times more likely to develop T2D. 50% of T2D sufferers also have high blood pressure and T2D is 3-4 times


loss of 7,000 quality-adjusted UK life years. A sustainable solution is para- mount as these losses are avoidable. BAME people are more likely to con- tract Covid-19 due to a variety of fac- tors like genetics, poverty, use of public


Saving money and lives


Preventative and effective treatment of HBP/T2D is desperately needed to reduce the cost of these diseases to the NHS and more critically, avoid BAME


Healthcare professionals will receive self-monitored data that patients have sent if the data collected by the app moves out of acceptable parameters. There is also an auto-report function that will automatically send alerts to clinicians and healthcare professionals.


more likely to occur in black people of African/Africa-Caribbean descent than white people. HBP and T2D related health issues cost the NHS a staggering £2.1bn every year. Every 10 years, poor mon- itoring of these diseases causes the


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transport and as previously mentioned, HBP and T2D. Age and BAME are two of the major contributing factors, and when combined with intergenerational households, the exposure to high-risk people by asymptomatic super spread- ers is much higher.


deaths. A remote monitoring solution for these two health issues within the BAME population could address in- equalities exposed by Covid-19. This will reduce the number of cases that need intervention. Millions of pounds


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