One-line solution summary:
Anywhere, Anytime Patient Identification and Emergency Contact Notification with Pandemic Status and Tracking Capabilities
Pitch your solution.
In the world prone to global pandemics, trauma, and emergencies, first responders and physicians are dependent on being able to communicate with their patients so that they can attain the critical details about their medical history so they can provide better, faster and lower cost medical care. Patients with pre-existing conditions are told to use a medical alert, but these simple life saving devices have exceedingly low patient compliance. Also, no low-cost option exists for underserved populations. ERinfo is disruptive as it shifts compliance from the patient to the medical provider through its patented mobile application that identifies patients using machine learning with facial recognition technology. ERinfo provides access to a patient's pre-existing medical information including pandemic status anytime and anywhere across the globe.
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What specific problem are you solving?
Everybody, everywhere in the world would benefit from having access to a low-cost medical alert during a pandemic. Historically, in the USA, there are over 1 million emergency visits a year where a patient presents unconscious or non-communicative, and physicians experience extra challenges when trying to provide the best care possible. This past year, the pandemic exacerbated this problem as patients arrived to emergency rooms alone, already intubated, unable to communicate with physicians as they struggled to breathe. The pandemic pressured our healthcare system to its limit, so the ability to identify and treat patients in a streamlined and efficient manner became more critical than ever. Prior to our solution, physicians and first responders were dependent on medical alert bracelets to "alert" them of a patient's pre-existing medical condition. No one considered the need for pandemic or vaccine status or tracing . In the USA alone, where over 100 million people have pre-existing conditions and patient compliance for wearing a medical alert device is devastatingly low. Yet physicians and first responders are reliant on these to provide key patient information. Without knowing patient's history, their care is inherently compromised. This was proven over an over again during the Covid-19 crisis.
What is your solution?
During an emergency, what if a single picture from a mobile device could save your life?
Using machine learning, facial recognition and AI, ERinfo can determine:
- Who a patient is
- Who are their emergency contacts
- What are their pre-existing medical conditions
- What is their pandemic status (test results, vaccine status, tracing)
- What advance directives they may have
ERinfo helps save lives!
ERinfo is a patented cloud-based platform which is certified and runs on FirstNet wireless and AWS Server-less infrastructure.
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
Recent history has taught us that everybody, everywhere in the world would benefit from having access to a low-cost medical alert especially during a pandemic. Current solutions require patient compliance, are expensive, and are not globally scalable. Indigent and underserved populations do not have the resources, access to the products, or in some cases, the medical literacy necessary maintain a medical alert service.
ERinfo's team includes physicians and first responders that frequently and intimately work with unknown and non-communicative patients. Those experiences are what drove us to develop ERinfo. In addition, ERinfo has partnered with one of our nation's preeminent first responder training facilities, the Gordon Center at the University of Miami's Miller School of Medicine and FirstNet.Gov to ensure our solution is engages both our target consumers and first responders alike.
ERinfo is disruptive as it moves compliance from the patient to the provider. Now patients no longer need to remember to carry a medical id, as ERinfo allows credentialled first responders to use their mobile devices to identify patients, anywhere, anytime. In addition to providing first responders with information about pre-existing health condition, medications and allergies, ERinfo provides them with real-time access to a patient's emergency contacts.
Which dimension of the Challenge does your solution most closely address?
Equip last-mile primary healthcare providers with the necessary tools and knowledge to detect disease outbreaks quickly and respond to them effectively.Explain how the problem you are addressing, the solution you have designed, and the population you are serving align with the Challenge.
ERinfo equips last-mile primary healthcare providers with a necessary tool that can be used for field identification of patients, and real-time retrieval of medical and emergency contact information. This can include test status and results, disease and vaccine status. This knowledge can be used to detect disease outbreaks quickly and help first responders respond to them effectively.
ERinfo is scalable, requires no capital expenditure, and doesn't require incremental maintenance, consumables, or sterilization when used.
First responders can enroll their frequently seen patients for free making ERinfo accessible to broad populations that currently have no access to a medical alert service.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Miami, FL, USAWhat is your solution’s stage of development?
Growth: An organization with an established product, service, or business model rolled out in one or, ideally, several communities, which is poised for further growth.Explain why you selected this stage of development for your solution.
The initial release ERinfo is already in the market. The ERinfo's core patents are fully issued and it has attained Certified status with FirstNet.Gov, the Federal government's proprietary broadband network for public safety agencies.
ERinfo recently soft launched with FirstNet.Gov providing national over-the-air distribution to the medical first responder community. ERinfo has started outreach and engagement programs with JDRF primarily in Florida to reach its 400,000 members, families and caregivers. ERinfo will be launching its broader consumer reach marketing efforts on or about 7/1/2021 with the goal of substantially growing the ERinfo paid consumer subscriber base.
Who is the Team Lead for your solution?
Dr. Paige FInkelstein - Chief Medical Officer
Which of the following categories best describes your solution?
A new technologyWhat makes your solution innovative?
There is no product out on the market like ERinfo. Our closest competitor is the medical alert bracelet which pales in comparison to our capabilities. The medical alert bracelet is a crude technology that we have upgraded significantly from a cumbersome piece of jewelry. Additionally, we own several patents pertaining to ERinfos unique capabilities.
Please select the technologies currently used in your solution:
Select the key characteristics of your target population.
Which of the UN Sustainable Development Goals does your solution address?
In which countries do you currently operate?
In which countries will you be operating within the next year?
How many people does your solution currently serve? How many will it serve in one year? In five years?
<1000
>300,000
>10,000,000
How are you measuring your progress toward your impact goals?
We are able to measure progress through usage and through subscriptions. Additionally, we find feedback from first responders and physicians not only useful but heartwarming to find that our product is helping them with their jobs.
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
How many people work on your solution team?
Full Time: 3
Part Time: 6
How long have you been working on your solution?
2.5 years
How are you and your team well-positioned to deliver this solution?
Dr. Finkelstein completed her MD and MPH degrees at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Prior to medical school Paige attended MIT where she graduated with degrees in chemical engineering and biology. Paige is a nationally licensed EMT, worked for 3 years as a surgical resident, and is now an MBA candidate at Columbia University.
Mr. Finkelstein is a Professional Engineer and attended the University of Vermont (BSME) and York University’s Schulich School of Business (MBA). He is a serial entrepreneur. Most recently he was a founding and managing member of GovernmentAuction.com (sold in 2016) and equity member and advisor to BidOnFusion.com. David also successfully sold Alan James Group in 2007 and Fusive.com in 2002.
After his start in public accounting, Mr. Sharma entered the private education sector. He has worked for both public and private corporations in senior management positions. At the end of 2017 as the CEO of Digital Media Arts College (DMAC), he successfully exited with the sale of the College. Mr Sharma has a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from Carleton University and is a University of Miami MBA Alumni.
Together our team has the medical expertise, technology expertise, and business experience to successfully deliver ERinfo as a pandemic solution.
What is your approach to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive leadership team?
Our leadership team is extremely diverse. Our founder is a woman. Our CFO is Asian American. Our chief developer is African American. Our dev team consists of coders from around the world. The leadership team ranges in age from 29 to 61. ERinfo is a melting pot cultures and backgrounds which demonstrates our commitment to equity and inclusion. Furthermore, when expand our hires in the future, we remain cognizant of promoting diversity within our institution.
Do you primarily provide products or services directly to individuals, to other organizations, or to the government?
Individual consumers or stakeholders (B2C)Why are you applying to Solve?
We see MIT Solve as a platform that can help project our app into the world so that we can start saving lives sooner. Additionally, the mentorship and access to funding are critical to achieving our mission of saving lives.
In which of the following areas do you most need partners or support?
What organizations would you like to partner with, and how would you like to partner with them?
ERinfo wants every person and medical providers around the world to have access to its life saving technology. In order for that to happen, ERinfo must partner with organizations that can benefit by providing ERinfo to their members. On the for profit side, any enterprise health insurer, retail pharmacy or disease advocacy group could be great partners. On the not for profit side, working with global foundations and NGO such as the World Health Organization could help bring ERinfo intinto areas that need assistance with pandemic managment.
Previously, at MIT we have worked with Miho Mazereeuw who teaches Innovation for Disaster Relief Preparedness. Miho has experience in developing innovative solutions for emergency responses.
Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Prize? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.
Yes, I wish to apply for this prize
Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for The Andan Prize for Innovation in Refugee Inclusion? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.
No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution
Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for the Innovation for Women Prize? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.
No, I do not wish to be considered for this prize, even if the prize funder is specifically interested in my solution
Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for The AI for Humanity Prize? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.
Yes, I wish to apply for this prize
Explain how you are qualified for this prize. How will your team use The AI for Humanity Prize to advance your solution?
ERinfo uses facial recognition to match learned images of well patients with field images taken during an emergency. Facial recognition software relies on artificial intelligence to better and more quickly match images with higher degrees of confidence, and lower error rates. The use of more advanced AI techniques will allow less constrained field images to be matched more accurately as well as for larger image sets significantly improving ERinfo's ability to match and scale globally. Winning the prize will enable our team to build a better product and save even more lives.
Do you qualify for and would you like to be considered for The Global Fund Prize? If you select Yes, explain how you are qualified for the prize in the additional question that appears.
No
Solution Team
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Mr. David Finkelstein CEO/CTO, ERinfo
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Dr. Paige Finkelstein MD MPH Founder & Medical Director, ERinfo
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Solution Name:
ERinfo