From Space to Your Home: The Tech Behind Clinical Grade Wearable Sensors with Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, co-founder and CEO of Hexoskin
Empowering patients is the driving force behind Hexoskin, which aims to decentralize healthcare and make services more accessible.
In this episode, Outcomes Rocket welcomes Pierre-Alexandre Fournier, co-founder and CEO of Hexoskin, for an insightful discussion around his journey into the healthcare space, driven by the goal of making healthcare more accessible and efficient. He introduces Hexoskin, a Montreal-based company specializing in clinical-grade wearable sensors and AI software for health and clinical research. Over the past four years, the company has achieved significant milestones, including installations on the International Space Station, utilization by Chris Hemsworth on Disney+, and continuous growth in the research community with over 200 published papers. Throughout this conversation, Pierre delves into the Hexoskin shirt’s capabilities, measuring ECG signals, breathing patterns, activity, and sleep metrics, and discusses challenges in large healthcare organizations, emphasizing the need for accelerated adoption of digital health technologies within a 12-month timeline.
Tune in and learn how Hexoskin is pioneering remote patient monitoring and contributing to advancements in healthcare research and treatment strategies!
Resources:
- Connect with and follow Pierre-Alexandre Fournier on LinkedIn
- Follow Hexoskin on LinkedIn.
- Learn more about Hexoskin on their website!
- Listen to Pierre-Alexandre Fournier’s previous episode on the podcast here!
- Watch Limitless, starring Chris Hemsworth, on Disney+ here.
- Reach out to Hexoskin’s team at [email protected].
