Opportunity

INACTIVITY AFFECTS YOUR LIFESTYLE & THE BOTTOM LINE
Research has proven a correlation between an individual’s lifestyle choices and the evolution of certain types of chronic diseases.  Inactivity accounts for approximately 40% of the overall cost of lifestyle-related chronic diseases according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Productivity losses caused by prevalent chronic diseases total more that $1 trillion.  Obesity is more costly to employers than smoking or alcoholism and drives 86% of US employers to offer corporate sponsored wellness programs. In 2007, total healthcare spending reached $2.3 trillion or 16% GDP.  By 2015, U.S. healthcare spending is expected to increase to $4.2 trillion, or 20% of GDP.

WIRELESS MOBILE HEALTH MONITORING
An effective wireless wellness monitoring solution should connect consumers with consumers and their health services easily and affordably. The demand for wireless health-related devices is expected to increase by 58% per year for the next five years. (Source: FDA News). The wireless healthcare market is expected to grow from $304 million this year to $4.4 billion in 2013 according to Parks Associates, a Dallas-based research company.  According to ABI Research, the market for personal health sensors will increase to 400 million units by 2014.

Solution

Elbrys provides a mobile Web-based solution that automatically captures personal wellness data from wearable wireless sensors and mobile devices and transmits data to Internet-based monitoring services. Elbrys is developing integrated solutions and partnership expertise for connecting people, wearable sensors, and Internet services that include: video, gaming, movement, location, presence, and unified messaging.

Elbrys believes that the correlation between activity and wellness begins with a social gaming engagement model that can deliver measurable evidence-base data. As part of our end-to-end system, we provide:

• User Experience  - Play outdoor adventures with engaging physical and social programs while getting the CDC recommended levels of activity.
• Wellness Monitoring – Measure verifiable physical activities with wearable health sensors connected to Internet-based intelligent coaching services.
• Social Gaming – Motivate users with new multi-player social wellness games and sustain healthy lifestyle choices with colleagues, friends, and family.
• Real-time Reporting – Access and compare real-time changes to participation levels in wellness programs that generate healthier behavior.