May 15, 2025 | BOMA International, Ella Krygiel
Healthcare technology has made significant strides in improving access, efficiency and comfort for patients looking to stay on top of their health. Dr. Vin Gupta, Chief Medical Officer at Amazon Pharmacy and Keynote Speaker at the 2025 Medical Real Estate Conference, emphasized that “clinical reasoning errors lead to over 100,000 deaths and hundreds of billions of dollars of waste.” In response, a wave of innovative companies are developing tools to reduce these risks.
One of the most promising advancements is remote patient monitoring (RPM). As more individuals seek the ability to track their health on the go, RPM devices are becoming increasingly mainstream, reducing the need for in-person visits. Healthcare Readers highlights several key types of RPM devices and their unique capabilities:
- Vital Sign Monitors: Track essential metrics such as heart rate, blood pressure and oxygen saturation.
- Wearable Devices: Offer real-time monitoring with the mobility and convenience of wearables.
- Chronic Disease Management Tools: Tailored for conditions like diabetes and hypertension, these devices assist in consistent monitoring and management.
- Mobile Health Solutions: Apps and devices that collaborate to collect, analyze and interpret personal health data.
- Telemedicine Solutions: Provide virtual consultations and comprehensive remote patient interaction.
Dr. Gupta specifically spotlighted vital sign monitors during his keynote. “60% of Americans have high blood pressure and don’t even know it,” he noted. He highlighted Anura, a smart phone app that measures vital signs through a short video selfie, as an example of how monitoring could become faster and more accessible.
According to Anura’s webpage, the app offers contactless health monitoring assessments that evaluate the risk of cardiovascular disease, heart attacks, strokes, and more. Beyond physical health, it also assesses mental well-being, claiming to analyze anxiety and depression levels via its Mental Stress Index and in-app questionnaires. “Unlike smartwatches, health trackers, and rings that track blood flow through light sensors, Anura®can do so via a 30-second video selfie,” the company states.
Another example of non-invasive monitoring is the Sempulse Halo, a wearable device that attaches behind the ear and along the neck. Unlike Anura’s video-based assessment, the Halo gathers continuous, multi-metric health data, including:
- Blood pressure
- Pulse oximetry
- Pulse rate
- Heart rate
- Respiratory rate
- Core body temperature
- Skin temperature
- Activity (including step count)
- Body posture
These technologies are revolutionary, particularly for patients who have difficulty accessing in-person care. “We do a terrible job at detecting diseases early,” Dr. Gupta emphasized. “It’s estimated that 80% of those that have flu don’t get diagnosed within that critical window.”
To close that gap, he also pointed to Amazon Clinic, which offers asynchronous, accessible virtual care. While many telehealth platforms now support video visits, services like Amazon Clinic aim to streamline the process further.
Dr. Gupta also predicts greater automation in pharmacy services, noting that “90% of prescriptions are still picked up in person versus only 10% via mail order.” As digital health tools continue to evolve, the goal is to give patients more control — and more convenience — in managing their well-being.
In the end, monitoring your health is becoming more accessible, streamlined and personalized. As technology continues to evolve, patients are gaining greater control over their care — from real-time health assessments to virtual consultations and mail-order prescriptions. Dr. Gupta emphasized that these innovative at-home disease detection devices will not replace the need for brick-and-mortar healthcare facilities. Rather, it will lead to more people taking charge of their health and seeking the care they need at medical outpatient buildings, ambulatory clinics and hospitals.
With these innovations, managing your health could soon be as simple as a few taps on a screen. The future of healthcare is truly at your fingertips.
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