Phase III Communicator
Group C
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The Problem
The Solution
The Competition
The Customer
The Budget
The Challenges
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Organizational Chart
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Problem
 Individuals with cardiovascular diseases
that do not continue in a proactive
approach to improving their well-being
are more susceptible to future
cardiovascular problems
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Cardiac Rehabilitation Phases
Phase I
 Inpatient
 Hospital staff will take the patient for a walk
 Phase II
 Outpatient
 Patients come into the hospital for monitored exercise
 Phase III
 Maintenance
 Patients have to exercise on own
 Usually joining a gym or recreation center
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Characteristics of the Problem
 150,000 Americans killed by CVDs each year
are under 65
 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2003 Update, American
Heart Association
 Low rate of participation generally attributed
to lack of motivation and knowledge
 Patients who participate have a 50% lower
mortality rate than those who do not
 Source:ACSM’s Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise
Testing and Prescription, Third Edition. 1998
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Characteristics of a Solution
 Foster communication between healthcare
professionals and phase III patients
 Provide a forum for patients to communicate
together
 Incorporated with hospitals
 Easy to use
 Record patient’s exercise and extrapolate
prescribed goals based on actual performance
 Give health care provider a way to monitor and
motivate a large number of people with minimal
staff
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The Solution
How can the Phase III Communicator help
prevent future cardiovascular problems
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What is the Phase III Communicator (P3C)?
A software application designed to track specific
characteristics of physical fitness in heart
patients and facilitate continued communication
with cardiac specialists
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Proposed Solution
 Software application
 User Client
 Easy user interface for patient updates to exercise data
 Tracks exercise performance
 Extrapolates based on health professional’s recommendations
 Chat service provides motivation through patient collaboration
 Secure email to health professional
 Capable of importing specific data formats gathered from devices
 Free download
 Health Professional Client
 Easy user interface for viewing and updating of patient information
 Secure email to patients to provide encouragement or answer questions
 Automatically checks for patient updates via cookies
 Alerts nurse of patient non-compliance
 Automatically updates client software with recommendations
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Functional Component Diagram
WWW
Hospital Network
World Wide Wait
DB
P3C Server
P3C Client
Home Users
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P3C Application Software Overview
GUI
GUI
GUI
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System Requirements
 Linux Server
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P3C Server Software
Netscape/Apache Web Server
Chat Software
Database
Web Browser
Internet Connection
PGP/PKI
 Client PC
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Personal Computer
P3C Client Software
Internet Access
Email Access
Web Browser
PGP/PKI
Chat Software
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Support for Solution
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Jennifer Bloomquist, Head of Cardiac Rehabilitation Balboa Naval
Hospital
 “Balboa Hospital found a similar system, but it
was too expensive .”
 “It breaks my heart to see patients regress after
leaving phase II.”
 A low cost communication option is a “great idea.”
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Dr. David Swain, PhD FACS
 Anything that fosters communication between a
cardiac rehabilitation patient and his/her healthcare
provider is “invaluable.”
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Stanford Study
Control Group n=300
Standard procedures for phase III
patients
-Assumed normal dropout rates.
Experimental Group n=300
-Received phone call from nurse
-Higher participation rates
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What it will do
 Increase communication between patient and
health professional
 Provide feedback to patients about their
exercise progression
 Give exercise equivalency
 Exercise options based on exercises prescribed
by health professional
 Require additional staff at cardiac rehab
facility
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What it will not do
 Provide nutritional feedback
 Will be an option for expansion
 Prescribe exercise
 Not recommended by health professionals
 Make you exercise
 Stanford study
 Automatically monitor vitals
 Another area for expansion
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Competition
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Target Customer
 Hospitals and cardiac rehabilitation centers
 Providing or looking to provide phase III cardiac
rehabilitation
 Desiring better services to market to customer
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Target User
 Anyone eligible for cardiac rehabilitation
 Diagnosed cardiovascular diseases
 Genetic predisposition
 Focus on those 35-60
 Own computers
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Percent of Internet User’s by Age and
Prevalence of CVD by Age and Sex
Males w/ CVD’s
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Females w/ CVD’s
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