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BD - Delivering personalized healthcare in real time with IoT

A major obstacle to optimized treatment of Type 2 diabetes is the lack of data. BD’s innovative solution is a mobile patient app and clinician portal built on Couchbase and Couchbase Mobile. The solution connects medical devices with a mobile app to automatically log real-time data on patients and give them custom alerts and recommendations. Doctors also use the data to determine the best course of treatment. Couchbase enables the app to work offline and securely syncs patient data from device to cloud.

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Challenges

Collect massive amounts of patient data and make it easily usable by healthcare providers
Enable real-time patient data collection, alerts, and recommendations even with unreliable connectivity
Support compliance with strict healthcare regulations, including HIPAA

Outcomes

Couchbase Mobile enables seamless data collection and sync without reliance on a steady network
Diabetic patients can automatically track insulin shots, glucose levels, and more in real time with a mobile app
Doctors have real-time access to patient health data
Patient data is secure without sacrificing speed, scalability, or ease of use

We’re using the whole Couchbase stack for mobile – Couchbase Lite on the phone, Sync Gateway in the middle, and the Couchbase cluster backing Sync Gateway.

Dylan Wilson Associate Director, Software Engineering, BD