{"id":23623,"date":"2014-11-10T08:56:46","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T13:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=23623"},"modified":"2015-01-07T13:56:28","modified_gmt":"2015-01-07T18:56:28","slug":"fiu-alums-product-creating-buzz-in-healthcare-industry-to-be-presented-at-tedxfiu-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2014\/11\/fiu-alums-product-creating-buzz-in-healthcare-industry-to-be-presented-at-tedxfiu-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"FIU alums\u2019 product creating buzz in healthcare industry, to be presented at TEDxFIU 2014."},"content":{"rendered":"

Molly Mettler, a blogger for the Wall Street Journal<\/em>, names Tempo as one of three tech tools that the elderly should consider using. This product, a wearable device that tracks the user\u2019s sleep, movement and location, is getting substantial press everywhere from the Huffington Post<\/em> to the National Association of Home Care & Hospice \u2013 and it doesn\u2019t even launch until January.<\/p>\n

The innovation all started with an alum of the College of Business at Florida International University (FIU).<\/p>\n

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Tempo, a wearable device that tracks the user\u2019s sleep, movement and location.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cSenior citizens want to stay in their own homes and their kids want to make sure they\u2019re okay, on a daily basis,\u201d says Satish Movva (MSMIS \u201902), founder and CEO of CarePredict, a Miami-based company. \u201cTempo, which looks like a bracelet, tracks the daily rhythm of its wearer, and can alert a family member if there is a change worth noting.\u201d<\/p>\n

A co-founder with Movva is another FIU alum, Krishna Vedala (PhD \u201913 and MS \u201908 in electrical engineering). Vedala will present Tempo at TEDxFIU 2014 on November 13, 2014 at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center on the Modesto Maidique campus of FIU. Now in its third year, FIU\u2019s TEDx, which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design, shares exciting ideas from a variety of speakers for a live audience of more than 500 people from around South Florida and countless others via the Web. The event is sold out, but will be live streamed at TEDxFIU.com.<\/p>\n

Movva is poised for his next success.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Satish Movva<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Movva realized there was a need for a product like Tempo as he cared for his parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cI visit them every Saturday and am in frequent contact. But they might not mention a problem such as starting to walk slower or sleeping for greater periods of time and I would want to know about that right away,\u201d he said. \u201cTempo, a wearable device, sends emails or text messages to a loved one, letting them know changes in an elderly person\u2019s patterns. A small problem can be addressed before becoming a major one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Movva has been in the healthcare industry since 1996. Before launching CarePredict, he was vice president and CIO of Interim Healthcare, where he invented the world\u2019s largest SaaS home care and hospice platform.<\/p>\n

\u201cI built the software and spun in out into a separate company called ContinuLink,\u201d he said. \u201cIn 2011 the company was purchased by Procura.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the early publicity, Movva reports that he and Vedala have been \u201cputting off\u201d interview requests from ABC News, CNN and other organizations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are waiting until January until the product is available, to make sure the rollout publicity has maximum effect,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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