How Wearable Devices Can Aid Safer Sleep

https://www.integratedchange.net/how-wearable-devices-can-aid-safer-sleep

Looks like an huge, heated market with many players.
CMP would need to create an ecosystem for its devices to provide a comprehensive solution and thus form synergy between its products. Somfit alone is not enough to be competitive in the market.

But, CMP is creating platforms for both professional and consumers. Consumers still need professionals/doctors to solve their sleep disorder, once the data is collected. This is where CMP plays out its strength in having strong presence in clinical/hospital market with established relationship.   Forming links between consumers and professionals/doctors is crucial.

How Wearable Devices Can Aid Safer Sleep
25% of the UK population suffer some form of sleep disorder that results in excessive daytime sleepiness. Disorders like sleep apnoea are potentially life-threatening and sufferers may stop breathing for between 10 and 25 seconds at a time. It’s a breathing disorder caused when throat muscles relax and block the airway during sleep. It affects the sleep of around 180,000 people in the UK.
Health awareness campaigns such as National Bed Month in March 2015 in the UK and The National Sleep Foundation Sleep Awareness Week in the US 2 – 8 March 2015 help raise awareness of the importance and benefits of a good night’s sleep. So how can modern technology such as wearables help or hinder sleep sufferers?
Mobile Health News recently reported that 66 per cent of Americans are interested in apps for health, 79 per cent are interested in wearables. From the same survey, 41 per cent of respondents were tracking sleep patterns.
Not all gadgets get you to sleep

Smartphones, tablets and other gadgets play a significant role in our on-the-go daytime lives, but what about at bedtime? Whether you’re checking out the latest Facebook feed on your smartphone, reading email last thing or playing a video game, you’re not winding yourself down for a good night’s sleep.
It’s recommended that you should give yourself at least 30 minutes of gadget-free transition time before going to bed. But temptation is close at hand as The National Sleep Foundation has found that 89 per cent of adults and 72 per cent of children aged six to 17 sleep with at least one electronic device in their bedroom.
According to the Great British Bedtime Report in 2013 a third of Brits get by on five to six hours sleep a night. So if you want to sleep longer or suffer from snoring, sleep apnoea or insomnia can medical wearable technology work for you?
Do wearables work?

Wearables are growing in popularity year on year and the healthcare industry is set to benefit significantly from the advances made with this technology. Canalys revealed that 4.6 million devices shipped last year (2014), and that 720,000 of them were running Google’s Android Wear software. To us, this figure seems low and whether adoption will increase when the Apple Watch arrives will remain to be seen. Incidentally, it would seem that Google also thinks the same as well as they recently announced that Android Wear would soon be compatible with iOS – but why not from the start?
Either way, for those who really suffer from a hard night’s sleep, wearables can play a part in a symbiotic treatment plan between patient and doctor. Pro-sumer wearables map sleep stages and breathing disruptions and provides clinical biometric data. Through patient and doctor consultation it’s possible to adjust sleep tactics and measure the results. Although not cheap, it’s a big change from the nice to have gadget as it that tracks valuable content to monitor life-threatening sleep conditions.
This type of wearable can have a significant impact on patient recovery. For us at Integrated Change, we believe this type of medical technology will propel wearables past the fitness market and into the field of recognised medicine – the possibilities are huge.
Nothing to wear to sleep?


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The Nyx Somnus Sleep Shirt is a smart night shirt you ‘wear’ to sleep. It’s embedded withfabric electronics to monitor breathing patterns to help achieve the perfect slumber. A small chip in a pocket of the shirt processes data to analyse sleep phases. This data again can be monitored and help change bed time habits.
Wearable technology has been taken to a commercial level by a hotel chain in America. Westin Hotels & Resorts in partnership with Lark Technologies invites guests to connect to the Lark Up Sleep Monitor, Silent Alarm Clock and Personal Sleep Coach during their stay.
The Lark Up combines a scientific sleep monitor with an expert-based app, which is said to significantly improve 70 per cent of users’ sleep within just one month. This type of technology is giving consumers choices about how to actively improve their sleep.
The Mimo Baby Monitor is a smart baby onesie that monitors the respiration, skin temperature, body position, and sleeping and activity levels of infants. The data is then sent to a smartphone app in real time. It’s possible to set up alerts if there are any changes in the baby’s sleep pattern. This smart wearable allows parents to check on their baby remotely any time that they sleep, night or day. Importantly, this wearable allows carers to make decisions about their child’s sleep and monitor symptoms of a potential illness.
Healthy future for wearables

It is self-evident that smartphones and wearables are driving a major behavioural shift in consumer health and wellness. As a leading digital healthcare agency we are diligent in monitoring this type of medical technology that can transform the management of acute health conditions and not just the number of steps taken or fitness routines.
Wearables and apps can be used to engage and involve healthcare professionals and patients in more meaningful ways that are two-way and personalised. For us at least, this is where we see the future of wearables