72: How a smartwatch & iOS app is personalising care for Parkinson’s disease? With Amanda from Strive PD

15 Minutes With The Doctor: Learn from Healthcare Entrepreneurs and Innovators

On this episode, Vinay chats with Amanda Hare, a nurse practitioner specialising in neurology, and experienced in Parkinson’s disease management. Amanda explains the complexity of treating Parkinson’s patients. To help, she introduces Strive PD, an iOS app that integrates objective data and patient inputs.

The solution was created by a patient. It tracks mobility, tremors, medication adherence, and enables symptom logging. The app enhances access to clinical trials, assists tailored treatment plans, and empowers patients through actionable data.

Discover:

• How Amanda started her career in the neurological field
• How individuals with Parkinson’s often have unique symptoms
• How Strive PD was created by software engineer with Parkinson’s who entrusted the platform to Rune Labs in 2018
• How Strive PD tracks symptoms between hospital visits to improve treatment plans
• How Strive PD has been able to track dyskinesia through an Apple watch
• How mobility metrics collect enough data to provide baseline comparisons
• How Strive PD can help to educate patients and optimise their treatment regimens
• How Strive PD has helped people self-record and track their symptoms to avoid reliance on memory
• How they’ve partnered with clinicians and medical professionals across the US to expand their patient knowledge
• How they partner with pharmaceutical companies to shorten the cycles necessary for patients to enter medical trials
• How their hope is to reduce the cost and improve quality of life for Parkinson’s patients

Guest: Amanda Hare
Website: https://www.strive.group/

Host: Dr Vinay Shankar
Website: https://www.oncedaily.co
Podcast: 15 Minutes With The Doctor