VIEWPOINT the creation and tracking of their personalised prevention journey. This comprehensive platform encourages compliance, tracks behavioural changes and facilitates remote patient monitoring. For healthcare providers, the Adesso Clinical Portal offers an efficient way to track data, ensuring better outcomes and collaborative behaviour change with their patients through a medically-validated, personalised prevention strategy. Their first pilot with Premier Mountain Healthcare included 100 women in rural Arizona. The programme has been so successful that the cohort of women patients is expected to grow to 800 by October of this year. Interestingly, the clinicians are now asking if men can also participate in the Adesso programme, as well. News travelled fast, leading to another with Arizona’s Commonwealth Primary Care ACO, plus four other clinics in Arizona to contract with Adesso in August and September. Women’s health has been largely overlooked but is now being recognised as an immense opportunity. Technology is playing a key role in bridging the gaps and addressing the unmet needs in women's health, by providing more accessible, affordable and personalised solutions for women. However, technology alone is not enough. We need bold innovators and commercial partnerships to support and advance all aspects of women’s health. By investing and innovating in women’s health, we can not only improve the health and wellbeing of women, but also of their families, communities and societies. Sally Ann Frank is worldwide lead for health and life sciences at Microsoft for Startups “We need bold innovators and commercial partnerships to support and advance all aspects of women’s health” 153 Photo: istock/FatCamera PUBLIC SECTOR
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