In March 2019 ConnectedLife and Ocean Protocol announce their partnership to advance Parkinson’s Disease diagnosis and treatment with safe sharing of patient-generated data.

ConnectedLife (Health) is a healthcare AI company headquartered in Singapore with a Research and Development Team based in the heart of Munich, Germany. ConnectedLife uses medical-grade IoT sensors and cutting-edge deep learning technology to facilitate early diagnosis and monitoring of chronic diseases such as Parkinson’s, Chronic Heart Failure, or Orthopaedic Conditions.

By combining Internet of Things (IoT) and deep learning technology, ConnectedLife continuously collects motion data to objectively monitor motor symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease patients. Through clinical trials with the National Neuroscience Institute in Singapore and other research partners in Germany and Turkey, ConnectedLife gathers tens of thousands of minutes free-living motion data from Parkinson’s Disease patients.

The raw data is then processed continuously over time to develop a predictive model to objectively detect Parkinson’s Disease motor symptoms. Ocean Protocol provides the technology for the patient-generated data to be shared in a privacy-preserving and secure manner.

More than 10 million people worldwide are living with Parkinson’s Disease. So far, there is no cure for Parkinson’s Disease, and current therapies are limited to addressing symptoms, most notably the loss of spontaneous movement. After 50 years levodopa (Dopamine replacement agent) is still considered the best treatment. Unfortunately, long-term treatment often leads to fluctuations in patients’ symptoms.

With the advent of IoT technology, vast amounts of patient data can be collected and used to advance research and disease management. To scale this, there is a need to allow the sharing of health data. However, this is challenging due to a lack of trust, privacy and security concerns.

ConnectedLife’s high-resolution motion and biomedical data provides objective symptom measures and is shared via Ocean Protocol with healthcare professionals to help prescribe personalised treatments, so patients can be maintained in the optimal therapeutic range to prevent unwanted side effects and symptom fluctuations, significantly improving their quality of life. In addition, machine learning is used to facilitate the development of technology for early diagnosis.

Ocean will ultimately allow algorithms and models to travel to the data, get trained and then leave without exposing the data. This helps to unlock way more data without compromising privacy.

With way more data, the accuracy of AI models can be significantly improved to solve real-world problems like decreasing the prevalence of chronic diseases through early diagnosis.

ConnectedLife is certified with the Data

Protection Trade Mark (DPTM) under IMDA

ConnectedLife obtains Data Protection Trustmark (DPTM) certification by IMDA for it’s commitment and capability towards data protection. We hope to achieve an even higher level of transparency by explaining what the DPTM means for our customers and partners, the type of data we collect, how we use collected data and the steps we take to manage your data.

What does this mean for our customers?

Getting awarded the DPTM means that we have a robust framework in place, and responsible practices that is up to standard with IMDA’s guidelines. Put simply, as a valued customer at ConnectedLife, you can be assured that your personal data is safe with us. Our employees are trained to protect and manage your data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).

What does this mean for our partners?

We take pride in our collaboration and projects with our partners and their clients. The DPTM demonstrates our capability and commitment to having practices to handle and manage our partner’s clients data safely and responsibly. It also strengthens our organisation’s reputation, and allows our partners to build confidence and trust in our practices.

Who has access to my data?

Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is information that can be used to directly or indirectly identify you. Examples are such as name, address, well-being or health information. Here at ConnectedLife, only selected personnel has access to your information.

We only share this information to third parties under extremely limited circumstances to provide you with utmost necessary services, such as insurance claims or emergency medical services with your consent.

Data upon termination of service

On termination of services, our staff disposes of any personal information of the customer within the span of 90 days. With consent, ConnectedLife will still be able to reach out to customers for marketing purposes. However, you will always be given the option to opt-out of any marketing materials.