Safeguarding the lives of elderly in Hong Kong via this vital sign monitoring system

This vital sign monitoring system has been deployed to 60+ residential care homes in Hong Kong and received much positive feedback. The device offers better client protection and greatly reduces the pressure on care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

See how our users think about the system :

It offers huge support in monitoring vital sign changes with patients wearing the ring; the system automates health monitoring continuously. In addition, our caretakers would be alerted when abnormal changes in vital signs trigger the alarm, and caretakers would provide immediate support.

Wan Wah Care & Attention Home for the Elderly
Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association

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How to do remote vital sign monitoring ?

It is the first IoT system in the World composed of a medical-grade wearable Belun® Ring, a body temperature sensor Belun® COR and a communication hub, empowering caretakers to monitor the client’s condition anytime, anywhere, remotely. Its alert system facilitates early detection of deteriorating clients, provides timely medical support and offers better protection and quality care.

Transmissions of the vital sign – how it work ?

Physicians can also triage the clients effectively based on the vital sign trend. The device is applicable for real-time or remote monitoring for hospital accident & emergency wards, early discharged patients, elderly care homes, rehabilitation centres & clinics. It’s designed with easy deployment, automatically connecting to the mobile network (NBIoT / CAT M1 / 4G) without pairing for Bluetooth or WiFi. The proprietary algorithm monitors vital signs, predicts abnormalities, and avoids artifacts to minimize false alarms. It also allows different pre-set thresholds for the needs of other client groups, fulfilling the role of a scaleable remote patient monitoring tool. It also supports API for exporting data to Clinical Management System. See more details here.

Partners using Belun® remoVital System 

Partnering with Belun :

Up to now, over 32 organizations, including HK hospital authority hospitals, medical groups, clinic groups, dentists, and elderly centers selected to use the Belun Sleep Platform, Belun® Ring and Sleep App, and Belun® remoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers, including 1) “Belun® Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592) and 2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040). If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, please feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling out the form below:

References

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Belun Technology is proud to share that our healthcare solutions Belun^® remoVital (vital sign monitoring system), won Merit Award in the categories of “Inclusions & Community Services – Health & Wellbeing” & the “Technology – Internet of Things” at The Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards #APICTA2022 among 26 countries. 

Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Awards is an international awards program known as the Oscars of the Asian IT industry; it aims to increase ICT awareness in the community and assist in bridging the digital divide.

The awards were hosted by #Pakistan for the first time. The prestigious event was attended by 16 economies of the Asia Pacific region, with 150+ foreign delegates, as well as eminent local businesses, entrepreneurs, and public sector professionals.

See the overall performance of the Hong Kong delegation in the APICTA [LINK] 

For more information about the event [LINK] 

About Belun® remoVital

Belun® remoVital is a vital sign monitoring system that empowers efficient monitoring & better care for the elderly & patients. Its alert system facilitates the early detection of deteriorating patients for timely medical support. The device reduces 90% of unnecessary interactions with patients in the isolation zone, thus minimizing the risk of the virus spreading and solving the problem of caregiver shortage during the pandemic. 

“Our team transformed the sleep health platform to an Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) platform to combat COVID-19 as one community. The IoMT platform will become part of Belun’s preventive healthcare platform to help reduce the medical burdens due to the aging population & prevalence of chronic diseases.” shared Lydia Leung, Co-founder, and CEO of Belun Technology.

About Belun Technology 

Besides Belun® remoVital, Belun has an outstanding award-winning track record, Belun® Ring winning the Hong Kong ICT Award 2018 – Award of the year, ICT Startup Grand Award and Smart Living Grand Award. The company also won 3 awards in the Asia Pacific ICT Award 2018, including the Inclusions and Community Services – Wellbeing category (Winner), Start-Up of the Year – Business and Community (Merit) and Technology of the Year – Big Data Analytics (Merit). 

Belun is a data technology company headquartered in Hong Kong with Preventive Healthcare Solutions powered by billions of health fingerprints and proprietary AI algorithms collected from global research in the US, Hong Kong, Singapore & Taiwan. Their medical-grade wearables & AI solutions for screening sleep health can evaluate treatment effectiveness for patients with chronic disease & predict health risks.

Video showcase: http://tiny.cc/Belun_remoVital

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DM us if you are a potential partner!

Partnering with Belun :

Up to now, over 32 organizations, including HK hospital authority, medical groups, clinic groups, dentists, and elderly centers selected to use the Belun Sleep health platform, Belun® Ring and Sleep App, and Belun® RemoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers, including 1) “Belun® Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592) and 2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Platform wearable with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040). If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, pls feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling in the form below:

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Belun Technology is named the Hong Kong ICT Awards 2022 – Smart People Grand Award

Belun Technology Company Limited (Belun), a healthcare data technology company for preventive healthcare, announced today that its Belun^® remoVital monitoring system (for remote vital sign monitoring) was named the Smart People Grand Award and Smart People (Smart Ageing) Gold Award of the Hong Kong ICT Awards (HKICTA) 2022, steered by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer & 8 other organizers, including the Hong Kong Council of Social Service hosting the Smart People category. It is a recognition of Belun’s effort in preventive healthcare, tackling the world issue of the aging population and safeguarding the lives of the elderly and people with disabilities during the pandemic outbreak in Hong Kong. 

“We are very honored to contribute to safeguarding the weakest link in our community during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our dream is to bring Hong Kong home-grown ICT solutions to serve the world’s aging population.” shared Raymond, co-founder of Belun Technology. 

The Smart People Award of the HKICTA 2022 is established to recognize innovative development of ICT products/solutions or ICT-enabled services that promote the rights of disadvantaged groups with their right to access ICT technology & address the challenges facing the aging society. “Belun^® remoVital monitoring system achieved all these objectives, protecting both the patients & caregivers, also help to reduce the pressure of the frontline during that critical pandemic.” shared by the judging panel. 

Belun® remoVital is a vital sign monitoring system that empowers efficient monitoring & better care for the elderly & patients. Its alert system facilitates the early detection of deteriorating patients for timely medical support. The device reduces 90% of unnecessary interactions with patients in the isolation zone, thus minimizing the risk of the virus spreading and solving the problem of caregiver shortage during the pandemic. 

“Our team transformed the sleep health platform to an Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) platform to combat COVID-19 as one community. The IoMT platform will become part of Belun’s preventive healthcare platform to help reduce the medical burdens due to the aging population & prevalence of chronic diseases.” Lydia Leung, Co-founder, and CEO of Belun Technology.

About Belun Technology 

Besides Belun® remoVital, Belun has an outstanding award-winning track record, Belun® Ring winning the Hong Kong ICT Award 2018 – Award of the year, ICT Startup Grand Award, and Smart Living Grand Award. The company also won 3 awards in the Asia Pacific ICT Award 2018, including the Inclusions and Community Services – Wellbeing category (Winner), Start-Up of the Year – Business and Community (Merit), and Technology of the Year – Big Data Analytics (Merit). 

Belun is a data technology company headquartered in Hong Kong with Preventive Healthcare Solutions powered by billions of health fingerprints and proprietary AI algorithms collected from global research in the US, Hong Kong, Singapore & Taiwan. Their medical-grade wearables & AI solutions (Belun Sleep Health System) for screening sleep health can evaluate treatment effectiveness for patients with chronic disease & predict health risks.

Video Showcase of the vital sign monitoring system: http://tiny.cc/Belun_remoVital

Continue Reading :

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Part 2 – Digital Health Advancement

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Partnering with Belun :

Up to now, over 32 organizations, including HK hospital authority, medical groups, clinic groups, dentists, and elderly centers selected to use the Belun Sleep health platform, Belun® Ring and Sleep App, and Belun® remoVital monitoring system. Many doctors read our medical journal papers, including 1) “Belun® Ring Platform: a novel home sleep apnea testing system for assessment of obstructive sleep apnea” (https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.8592) and 2) “Detection of obstructive sleep apnea using Belun Sleep Health System with neural network based algorithm and its combined use with STOP-Bang questionnaire” (https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0258040). If you would like to know more about how to adopt Belun’s solution in your organization or home use, pls feel free to contact us to schedule a meeting by filling in the form below:

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