AIMI Research Meeting: Enabling Digital Health Implementation - Oliver Aalami, MD; Vishnu Ravi, MD; Paul Schmiedmayer, PhD

Abstract: In this presentation, we will explore the innovative capabilities of CardinalKit, a powerful open-source platform that leverages tools from Apple's ResearchKit and CareKit and Google's Health Connect, aiming to streamline the creation of "FHIR-native" digital health applications which are interoperable out-of-the-box. We will delve into how CardinalKit enables healthcare professionals, researchers, and developers to efficiently implement health data collection, user engagement, and healthcare intervention features, thus accelerating the pace of digital health adoption. Highlighting real-world examples, the talk will illustrate how the platform supports customization and scalability, reducing the barriers to entry in digital health and fostering more personalized and effective healthcare solutions.

Bio: Dr. Aalami is a Clinical Professor of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery at Stanford University and the Palo Alto VA and serves as the Director of Stanford’s Biodesign for Digital Health. He is the course director for Biodesign for Digital Health, Building for Digital Health and co-founder of the open source project, CardinalKit, developed to support sensor-based mobile research projects. His primary research focuses on clinically validating the sensors in smartphones and smartwatches in patients with cardiovascular disease and translation of digital health solutions. He has led both local research projects as well as a national precision medicine PAD trial called VascTrac, which leverages mobile phone technology to monitor patient activity and support them through a home-baed exercise therapy program.

Bio: Vishnu Ravi is an internal medicine physician and software engineer experienced in creating digital health solutions leveraging mobile, wearable, and connected medical devices, health data interoperability standards such as HL7 FHIR, and machine learning. He did early work on clinical applications for conversational AI and extracting insights from unstructured health data. Vishnu is currently the Lead Architect of Building for Digital Health and CardinalKit at the Stanford Byers Center for Biodesign.

Bio: Dr. Schmiedmayer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Byers Center for Biodesign at Stanford University, focusing on the applications of computer science innovations in the digital health domain. His current projects include the Stanford Spezi framework and ecosystem.

He earned his doctoral degree at the Technical University of Munich. He studied software engineering, mobile-based systems including smart devices, the applications and integration of machine learning techniques, and the evolution of web service-based distributed systems. He holds a master's and bachelor's degree in computer science from the Technical University of Munich.

Attendance is open to the Stanford community. If you would like to attend on Zoom, please contact the AIMI Center at aimicenter@stanford.edu.