TECH TALK All of this does make it seem Figure 3: Apple Health app with Medical ID data (image from Apple)
such as hospital groups, HMOs, etc. will either create such capabilities or work with data specialists fi rms. I can export this data to either my phone or my PC, to do with it as I please. My next step will be load this onto my smartphone in case I ever experience an emergency so that in case my medical history is needed on the spot.
One possible example scenario is if a passenger with a history of cardiac issues who is on a special regimen of medications has a heart attack in fl ight. If this person had on a Apple Watch 4 and an iPhone, and had their medical history stored on either device (since their doctors offi ce was loosely integrated with Apple’s cloud solution and the patient had setup all of the permissions for this automated exchange of data to happen), the fl ight attendant helping him could enable the watch to sync the health records to the IFE, which are transferred to the airlines doctor
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on the groud. This doctor could quickly view the full medication list, recent treatments and resulting lab reports, and view the ECG readings from the watch, contact the patients doctor (hopefully they are reachable), and have a better course of action by which to not only direct the fl ight attendant with what needs to be done to save his life, but also decide if an immediate fl ight diversion is needed based upon all of this background and current information. All of this is possible, once the regulatory framework is created, and software integrations are enacted. Once government and industry
work out a framework for how peoples personal data is protected, and defi ne common data formats, medical device providers will be able to better develop communications-enabled products with standard software interfaces to communications interfaces such as aircraft IFE systems, we will see results.
that aviation is still quite a bit of time away from an end goal, but, keep in mind how fast the world is moving. Apple and AliveCor have only recently introduced products for consumers which have FDA clearance; Microsoft and Google are developing centralized machine- learning applications and databases to work with medical care providers, and we have reasonably reliable broadband in fl ight. All of the basic infrastructure for this vision to be reached are either in place or nearly so. What we need is the regulatory framework and common data formats and rules by which software fi rms can use to create applications which could extract medical histories, current medical readings (be they from a portable watch, or a device used by the fl ight crew). We are entering an era of precision medicine powered by portable medical devices and cloud-based data and learning, and the cabin of an airplane should not impede assisting people in need.
John Pawlicki is CEO and principal of OPM Research. He also works with Information Tool Designers (ITD), where he consults to
the DOT’s Volpe Center, handling various technology and cyber security projects for the FAA and DHS. He managed and deployed various products over the years, including the launch of CertiPath (with world’s fi rst commercial PKI bridge). John has also been onic FAA 8130-3 forms, as well as in defi ning digital identities with PKI. His recent publication, ‘Aerospace Marketplaces Report,’ which analyzed third-party sites that support the trading of aircraft parts, is available on
OPMResearch.com as a PDF download, or a printed book version is available on
Amazon.com.
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