Healthy.io, Johns Hopkins partner to advance remote wound care 

BOSTON – Healthy.io is launching a program using smartphone-based technology to improve wound care management for patients suffering from chronic diabetic wounds. The program expands access to Healthy.io’s Minuteful for Wound app to patients in the Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy Department at Johns Hopkins Hospital, enabling patients to scan their wounds with convenience and privacy from their own homes, and enabling care teams to remotely monitor patients in real-time, providing early interventions to prevent severe wound deterioration that can lead to amputations. "We are thrilled to be collaborating with Johns Hopkins to utilize this innovative technology, which empowers patients and their caregivers to take an active role in their wound care management," said Geoff Martin, CEO of Healthy.io. "This new patient-centered technology offers a convenient, precise, and reliable solution for early detection and intervention, ultimately improving the patient outcomes and saving significant costs." The first phase of the ongoing program, documented in a manuscript recently published in Frontiers in Endocrinology, showed for 36% of the patients, the real-time at-home remote-monitoring access through the app led to clinical changes to their wound management, such as changing their wound care procedure or scheduling an earlier clinic appointment. Additionally, 94% of patients reported the system was easy to use and beneficial, with less frequent in-person appointments and better continuity of care. Results to date have led to a follow-up larger study in multiple locations in the U.S. and Canada.