By Kerry Daley at Sway Medical - August 2021
Over the past decade, clinical care has seen an abundance of mobile medical applications, commonly referred to as Software as a Medical Device (SaMD), integrated into patient care. These tools have simplified healthcare and made it more accessible for patients, with applications ranging from calculating appropriate insulin dosage based on a patient’s blood glucose level to determining risk factors associated with epileptic seizures. The use of SaMDs can be used across many different medical specialties, including medical professionals interested in balance, cognitive, and functional assessments.
Sway Medical’s product is used widely throughout the sports market, with experienced professionals and an established base of users validating the company's credibility. Sway’s research and data science team works closely with researchers at leading academic institutions such as Harvard, Duke, and Wichita State University to conduct research, gather data, and validate the Sway platform. The platform has contributed to over 4 million total tests administered, 400,000 users, and over 1,000 organizations thus far, an attestation to the utility and value Sway has in the sports market.
Sway’s products make previously subjective assessments immediately objective, allowing athletic trainers to better care for their athletes. An informed return-to-play decision is essential for an athletic trainer, as it can assist in identifying a head injury that needs immediate attention or one that requires additional testing. Sway assessments reduce time commitments by allowing for the baselining of multiple athletes simultaneously, freeing up time for the always busy lifestyle of an athletic trainer. Accessibility, accuracy, and efficiency are at the core of Sway’s product, providing athletic trainers the high-quality assurance they need in a balance, functional, and cognitive assessment tool to make challenging decisions in the most challenging scenarios.
