Dover, Delaware – April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Sirona.tv, the healthcare industry’s first telehealth platform designed from ground up for seniors was today announced is ready to support healthcare organizations around the world in the fight against COVID-19. Sirona.tv enables remote medical examination, monitoring of and social connectivity for seniors. Home healthcare agencies, senior living facilities, families and healthcare organization in the U.S. and Canada can expand their use of telehealth solution to remotely examine and diagnose quarantined senior patients. Sirona.tv designed for elderly population enables seniors isolated at their homes to have their health monitored by professionals using vitals data required to make informed treatment decisions from a safe distance and minimizing physical contact and to help stem the spread of COVID-19.

Covid-19 has hit seniors the hardest, in the United States, 80% of deaths associated with COVID-19 were among adults aged ≥65 years. This is clear from CDC’s report of March 31, 2020 – “This first preliminary description of outcomes among patients with COVID-19 in the United States indicates that fatality was highest in persons aged ≥85, ranging from 10% to 27%, followed by 3% to 11% among persons aged 65–84 years.”

U.S. Federal and State Governments and the CDC recognizing the need of social distancing of senior’s has increased the importance of telemedicine’s potential during this global pandemic. Public health officials are strongly advising seniors to isolate and maintain social distancing. Patients, hospitals and health organizations are being encouraged to leverage telemedicine technologies and self-assessment tools to provide remote care for patients with non-urgent matters.

Using Sirona.tv healthcare providers can avoid exposure to seniors by remotely examining quarantined seniors isolated at home and senior living facilities.

“As the virus continues to spread, we need to focus our efforts where we make the most impact – the most vulnerable and hardest hit- seniors,” said Sanjay Chadha, Safety Labs’ CEO and co-founder. “Sirona.tv is uniquely suited to not only provide remote monitoring of vitals but also to keep elderly to be socially active, healthy and engaged so they do not succumb to the anxiety and depression closely related to isolation. I hope we provide proper care to our older population who I believe feel extra vulnerable during this pandemic.”

Sirona.tv is the only comprehensive remote examination solution for seniors which enables seniors to easily perform telehealth video visits and examinations using their TV. Vitals’ monitoring includes temperature, blood pressure, oxygen levels which are key for monitoring a senior’s health. The vitals captured can be easily reviewed remotely by a health professional, enabling them to monitor, diagnose and treat elderly quarantined at home or senior living facility. The solution is ready to be deployed and at scale for home healthcare, senior living facilities and other healthcare organizations, with training for staff and implementation occurring within a week.

Availability and Pricing
Sirona.tv is available for immediate order and deployment to healthcare organizations in US and Canada. For information please see our covid-19 page, product availability & pricing. If you have any questions email at covid-19@sirona.tv, we are standing by.

About Safety Labs and Sriona.TV
Safety Labs, Inc., a leader in remote engagement technologies for seniors is focused on connecting seniors to their family and friends and to the digital world through a line of products called Sirona.TV. Sirona.TV enables easy to use remote engagement and care by leveraging its innovative technology to integrate across the TVs and smart devices, improving quality of life of seniors and their families. Sirona.TV line of senior care products helps people stay at their homes safer and independently as long as possible. Visit https://www.sirona.tv/ and https://safetylabs.org/.