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  "id": 6475270,
  "title": "Building Presibo: The Technology Behind Continuous Healthcare",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/building-presibo-the-technology-behind-continuous-healthcare",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-09T21:02:42.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/jerrynwobodo/building-presibo-the-technology-behind-continuous-healthcare-n22"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Presibo aims to transform reactive healthcare into proactive, continuous care. Traditional healthcare is reactive, with patients seeking medical attention only when symptoms become severe. However, chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes demand continuous monitoring. Presibo's solution is a connected care infrastructure that bridges the gap between patients, medical devices, AI, and healthcare professionals.\n\nThe journey began as a software idea during the COVID-19 pandemic, initially focused on managing prescriptions, medication adherence, and appointments. However, it soon became clear that the greater challenge was ensuring continuity of care. Presibo's solution is the Presibo Care Loop, a technology infrastructure connecting patients, medical devices, AI, and healthcare professionals.\n\nThe loop comprises several stages: Patient → Device → Data → AI → Risk Detection → Triage → Healthcare Professional → Intervention → Patient. This continuous loop enables the system to collect health signals and flag situations that may require attention before the patient reaches a hospital.\n\nA key component is connected medical devices, such as blood pressure monitors and glucometers. These devices transmit readings to the patient's digital health record, creating a longitudinal health history instead of relying on isolated measurements. This shift from \"What is the patient's blood pressure today?\" to \"What has been happening to this patient's blood pressure over time?\" is crucial in chronic disease management.\n\nThe AI layer plays a vital role by analyzing patient data, identifying patterns, and flagging unusual readings or trends. The AI does not replace doctors; instead, it helps healthcare professionals make informed decisions at the right time. The triage and escalation workflow determines the appropriate response based on the severity of a concerning signal. This technology-driven hierarchy of care ensures that patients receive the right level of care without overwhelming healthcare professionals.\n\nHuman healthcare professionals remain central to the process, with AI assisting rather than replacing them. Doctors can see relevant patient information, understand the reasoning behind alerts, and take appropriate clinical actions. The human response completes the loop, transforming monitoring into actual healthcare.\n\nBuilding health technology in Africa presents unique challenges, including inconsistent internet connectivity, fragmented healthcare infrastructure, disconnected medical records, and patients who may move between different healthcare settings. Presibo addresses these challenges by building a digital and physical healthcare infrastructure. The \"click\" is the software, AI, connected devices, and digital healthcare experience, while the \"brick\" is the pharmacy, hospital, clinic, community health worker, or physical healthcare professional. Technology must work within the environment people actually live in.\n\nPresibo's long-term vision extends beyond a blood pressure monitor or a health app. The company aims to create an infrastructure where healthcare becomes increasingly continuous. Devices collect signals, AI interprets them, triage determines priority, healthcare professionals respond, and patient history stays in the cloud. This loop, powered by connected devices, AI, and human healthcare professionals, is designed to work from Nigeria for Africa and eventually for anyone requiring continuous chronic disease care.",
  "summary": "Healthcare is still largely reactive. A patient checks their blood pressure when they feel unwell. They visit a hospital when symptoms become serious. A doctor sees a snapshot of their health during an appointment, makes a decision, and the patient goes home. But chronic diseases like hypertension and diabetes do not work on appointment schedules. They happen every day. That is the problem we are…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}