A new mobile app will allow professional drivers, like those working in mass transit and trucking, to perform 30-second health checks to identify risk factors for high blood pressure, type-2 diabetes, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), all of which are common in the industry.
The app is called CDL Health Scanner and was developed by NuraLogix, a company that makes AI healthcare technology, and Health in Transportation, a company that provides health and medical services to commercial driver’s license (CDL) holders.
The app was announced at the AutoTech Detroit conference last week.
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The app uses NuraLogix’s
Anura technology to measure blood pressure (BP) with a smartphone’s camera through what it calls “transdermal optical imaging.” This measures blood flow in the user’s face by measuring how light bounces off of proteins like hemoglobin in the blood. According to clinical studies
, this information combined with the user’s BMI data can identify risk factors for health problems common to professional drivers. The goal: keep drivers healthy so they can keep driving
The goal of CDL Health Scanner is to keep drivers healthy, of course. Specifically, it’s an attempt to address the growing shortage of drivers in the country by reducing the number of medical disqualifications that follow a Department of Transportation physical exam.
According to NuraLogix, “Close to 80% of those disqualifications are caused by high BP, dangerous blood-sugar levels, and OSA, and this app not only warns drivers that they are in dangerous territory, it also links them to specialty health coaches who can guide lifestyle changes that will transform their health situation.
“It promises to protect the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of professional drivers whose life expectancies are years less than their contemporaries.”
The industry is short about 100,000 drivers and “putting a new driver behind the wheel involves [a] five-figure expense for the carrier,” presumably in hiring, training, and insurance costs. So, it’s beneficial and cost-effective to keep current drivers healthy.
The app is currently for “Investigational Use” only, meaning it should not be used in clinical diagnosis or patient management at this time.
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