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consumer's data is theirs and it's not shared
unless they share it. Anyone who tracks
their health data with an OMRON connected
monitor and app has the ability to choose
whether or not they want to share their
data with their physician. OMRON medical
devices are HIPAA-compliant, and we hold
ourselves to an even higher security standard. VitalSight, for example, uses a 512-bit
encryption for security, well exceeding the
HIPAA standard of 128-bit.

Q Are the elderly using these devices?
A Older consumers have adopted blood

How do your other connected
monitors help consumers and/or
physicians who treat them?

Courtesy of OMRON Healthcare

A OMRON has transformed the global

heart health marketplace with the
introduction of HeartGuide™, the first
wearable blood pressure monitor, and
Complete™, the first blood pressure
monitor with EKG combined in a single
device for use at home. We introduced
HeartGuide three years ago and it transformed the idea of what a blood pressure monitor could be. As a wearable,
HeartGuide fosters regular monitoring
and really puts the consumer in touch
with their condition. The physician
receives more data from monitoring and
gains more insights for treatment decisions. Our team has heard from customers that HeartGuide makes it easier to fit
daily monitoring into their lifestyle and
build heart-healthy habits. We created
Complete to help serve those who must
manage AFib, a condition that comes
with five times higher stroke risk, and to
help anyone who has a family history of
irregular heartbeat. Irregular heartbeat
is often missed at the doctor's office

because it is just that - irregular. With
Complete, anyone can easily monitor for this condition at home, and our
customers say it gives them greater
peace of mind to know they have a more
complete view of their heart health.
We've heard stories from consumers
that Complete detected their irregular
heartbeat, they took the data to their
doctor, more tests with their physician
confirmed the diagnosis and they began
a treatment plan to address their condition. That's so important to us. Now, with
Complete, patients who discovered this
condition can proactively manage it to
significantly reduce their risk. OMRON
is also innovating our digital health
services. HeartGuide and Complete -
and all of our other connected blood
pressure monitors - will pair with our
new app, OMRON Connect 2.0, which
allows users to securely store, track and
share their health data with their families
or physician and monitor their numbers
over time.

pressure monitors for use at-home and
they're adopting and using our apps at a
higher rate. The past year has awakened
more older consumers to the benefits of
managing a health condition from home
and how these technologies can foster
greater communication with their physician. We've also noticed how behavior
among older consumers has changed
during the pandemic and the new ways we
can engage with them. Older consumers
are a priority for us. OMRON has worked
throughout our history to listen to their
feedback, gain insights from their doctors,
and to design technology tailored for their
needs and preferences. Medical-grade
accuracy and ease-of-use are key deliverables in our heart health technologies and
we've also made it seamless to share data
from an OMRON blood pressure monitor
with a doctor if the patient decides to do
so. The VitalSight kit includes an OMRON
connected blood pressure monitor and
data hub that are pre-set to securely
share measurements with the patient's
physician and care team. But don't forget,
hypertension is not just an older person's
condition. When the American Heart
Association (AHA) and the American
College of Cardiology set the categories
for high blood pressure in 2017, hypertension had tripled in men from age 22 to 44
and doubled in women under 45 years of
age. With the AHA's estimate of 116 million
adults in the U.S. with hypertension, that
means nearly one in two of us has high
blood pressure. It's staggering!

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