Health care increasingly is subject to demands for improved health and quality of life. Cima Connected Life home diagnostics aid in responding to such demands by enabling accurate detection of health risks and disease at earlier stages and improving treatment and disease management, while diminishing subsequent health problems and their associated costs. Cima Connected Life provides accurate diagnostics which serve a key role in the health value chain by influencing the quality of patient care, health outcomes and downstream resource requirements.

Cima Connected Life connected diagnostics have evolved with our understanding of biological systems and disease, along with advances in science and technology. Emerging today are entirely new categories of diagnostics, based on full continuum of care and personalized medicine approaches. As such connected products mature, clinicians and patients will be better able to assess the risks and benefits of care options and customized health management strategies to optimize individual health and quality of life.

Arm Blood Pressure Monitor

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death and disability world-wide. Managing your blood pressure is the most important risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Reducing blood pressure by lifestyle interventions  is pinnacle in preventing strokes, heart failure and coronary heart disease.

Infrared Ear & Body Thermometer

Compared with the younger population, the elderly have increased susceptibility to infection and are at significantly increased risk for morbidity and mortality due to many common infections. Infections in the elderly, similar to other acute illnesses in this age group, may present in atypical, non-classical fashions.

Bluetooth Weight Scale

Weight gain is used by healthcare providers as a marker of heart failure decompensation. Increases in body weight are associated with hospitalization for heart failure and begin at least 1 week before admission. Daily information about patients’ body weight identifies a high-risk period during which interventions to avert decompensated heart failure that needs hospitalization may be beneficial.

Glucose Analyzer

We know that diabetes is not simply a metabolic disease that changes the body’s ability to make and utilize insulin. It’s also a disease of the vascular system, as excess glucose (sugar) in the blood damages blood vessels. Complicating matters further, older adults with diabetes have a higher risk of heart attack, stroke, renal disease, eye disease, and death than their younger counterparts.

Medication Adherence Reminder

Medications are arguably the single most important health care technology to prevent illness, disability, and death in the older population. Of all age groups, older persons with chronic diseases and conditions benefit the most from taking medications.