Using Clinical Data from the Wild: HIPAA Compliant Wearables & Virtual Assistants

May 22, 2019 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM

MassBio, 300 Technology Square 8th Fl, Cambridge, MA 02139

Add to Calendar 5/22/2019 8:00:00 AM 5/22/2019 10:00:00 AM Using Clinical Data from the Wild: HIPAA Compliant Wearables & Virtual Assistants Wearable data collection devices (Garmin Wearables, Apple Watch, etc.) provide opportunities to collect real-time data from clinical research subjects. This can include physiological measurements like heart rate and Pulse Oxymetry and behavioral measurements like steps taken, stairs climbed, minutes slept. But the opportunity presents uncertainties: What’s the quality of the sensors and collected data? Is there data security? Is the data provided in a HIPAA compliant manner? What about publicly available data, like Strava, can that be aggregated and used as clinical trial data? In this forum, we’ll discuss the opportunities presented by wearables, the regulatory rules of the road, and effective approaches to take. We will also hear from Boston Children’s Hospital about their program using Amazon's voice assistant Alexa to enable parents and caregivers to provide clinicians with updates on their progress after surgery and get information on post-operative appointments.

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Product & Portfolio Manager, Children's Hospital
Sarah Lindenauer is a Product & Portfolio Manager within the Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA) at Boston Children’s Hospital. She is focused on accelerating digital health technologies through the development pipeline from inception through commercialization. She is also responsible for managing the accelerator portfolio of innovations. She enjoys working with clinicians and entrepreneurs to build and scale market-competitive technologies for patient impact. Prior to joining Boston Children’s, Sarah worked as a digital strategist for InVentiv Health, consulting to biopharmaceutical and medical device companies on the development of digital adherence and disease education programs. Before that, Sarah worked for a digital health start-up, where she developed a multi-disciplinary framework for the evaluation of third party health applications and advised product managers regarding the optimization of user experience for behavior change. Sarah received both her Master’s in Public Health and her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.