Challenge

Biological home testing has become increasingly popular in recent years with the advent of direct to consumer genetic, drug and STI testing. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, home testing has even become necessary. 

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.Despite the fact that at-home biological testing kits are widely available for a range of applications, there does not yet exist a scalable method to remotely monitor individual test compliance and to verify test results. While frequent testing is common practice as a result of the pandemic, confirmation that individuals are who they claim to be and that they adhere to the testing procedure in order to obtain certificates for travel, for example, still requires in-person verification, which is time consuming and has limited scalability.

Opportunity

Home testing was already rising in popularity before the global pandemic, as consumers were taking proactive approaches to their health. Medtech companies are now looking at developing over-the-counter and direct-to-consumer diagnostic tests for diseases other than COVID-19. The global home testing kits market size is expected to reach over $8 billion by 2027 according to Bloomberg.

A robust, scalable automated system that can reliably verify home testing would have several use cases and benefits, such as:

  • Verifying clinical tests for outpatient sample collection
  • Reducing the burden on health services during a pandemic
  • Rapid issuing of COVID-19 travel certificates
  • Enabling at-home drug testing
  • Facilitating decentralized clinical trials

Solution

By leveraging computer vision and machine learning, HomeGenie can verify the identity of an individual, monitor the accuracy of their sampling, ensure adherence to the testing process, confirm the test result, and issue a certificate of compliance.

In the case of COVID-19 antigen testing, for example, certificates are issued for negative results, permitting users to travel or gain access to venues. Positive results are automatically reported to relevant monitoring bodies. This solution is faster, safer, cheaper and more scalable than current testing methods. HomeGenie allows individuals to carry out verifiable biological testing in the comfort of their own homes.

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