As healthcare providers, you play a pivotal role in the lives of those living with Parkinson’s. Understanding the unique challenges you may encounter, we introduce Parky, an FDA-cleared Parkinson’s app for remote monitoring of symptoms via Apple Watch. It is designed to complement your expertise, offering consistent visibility into your individual patients’ conditions.
Welcome to Parky
Your Essential Partner in Parkinson’s Care
Welcome to Parky
Your Essential Partner in Parkinson’s Care
As healthcare providers, you play a pivotal role in the lives of those living with Parkinson’s. Understanding the unique challenges you may encounter, we introduce Parky, an FDA-cleared Parkinson’s app for remote monitoring of symptoms via Apple Watch. It is designed to complement your expertise, offering consistent visibility into your individual patients’ conditions.
With Parky,
save time, know more!
Parky, a dedicated patient companion, offers self-monitoring and real-time insights for objective assessments. Patients self-track symptoms and medication adherence, providing clinicians a comprehensive understanding between appointments.
Parky passively collects motor symptoms data, including tremor and dyskinesia via Apple Watch. With features like medication reminders and activity tracking, it generates detailed reports, highlighting correlations between symptoms, activity levels, and medication routines for optimized care.
Whom is Parky
intended for?
Parky is intended only for people diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease who can use an Apple Watch and iPhone. Its benefits are enhanced when used by tremor and dyskinesia-dominant patients.
Parky is currently available only in the United States and requires a prescription.
Elevate care, empower health!
Amplify Patient Communication with Parky
Enhance your ability to understand and support your patients by leveraging Parky’s data-driven insights. This transforms patient experiences, fostering more meaningful and informed conversations.
Improve Outcomes with Informed Decisions, Personalized Approach
Parky empowers you by enabling patients to take control of their condition through self-monitoring. This fosters a more informed and proactive approach to care, strengthening the doctor-patient relationship and helping to enhance treatment outcomes.
Focus on Lives, Not Just Management
Parky seamlessly integrates motor symptom tracking, step counting, medication reminders, and comprehensive reporting into your patients’ daily routines. This holistic approach facilitates effective disease management, allowing you to focus on improving patient lives rather than administrative tasks.
Trust in Parky’s FDA-Cleared Algorithm
Parky has been scientifically proven and validated. The objective data provided to you through your patients’ use of Parky ensures that you have the real time and ongoing insights to support highly personalized care for your patients.
Clinical Evidence
Parky leverages the Movement Disorder API, a tool developed by Apple Inc. The algorithm was validated in a study of 343 participants, including longitudinal tracking of 225 participants for up to six months and used the clinical gold standard (MDS-UPDRS) as a reference. Details of the study were published in Science Translational Medicine*.
Through this algorithm Parky continuously and passively monitors motor fluctuations like tremor and dyskinesia and provides user-friendly reports via the Parky Provider Portal.
Track your patient’s symptoms from anywhere
Parky passively and continuously monitors your patients’ motor fluctuations, including tremors and dyskinesia, while also tracking step counts and providing information on medication adherence.
Access your patients’ reports on Parky Provider Portal
Parky provides reports, that is easy to understand by users and is also shared with you through the Parky Provider Portal. Parky is powered by FDA-Cleared Algorithm.
Your patients’ support system: Reminders and Assistance
Parky also incorporates a medication reminder module, allowing users to log their medications and receive timely notifications. Through continuous user input, Parky can assess and provide information on your patient’s medication adherence.
• Parky is supported on WatchOS 8+ and iOS 13+ devices.
• WatchOS 8+ is supported on Apple Watch Series 3 devices and above.
• iOS 15+ is supported on iPhone 6S devices and above.
- Parky collects motion data only when the patient wears an Apple Watch.
- Besides motion data, Parky does not collect heart rate, voice, mobile & phone activities, screen, or app usage data.
- Patient data can only be shared with the prescribing clinician for whom the patient or caregiver provided consent and can only be shared with one clinician at a time.
- Patient data, including personally identifiable information, is stored on HIPAA compliant servers using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES256). Patient data is never shared with a third party except for authorized clinicians.
- It is advised to install a mobile security software to further ensure the security of the device.
Frequently asked questions
Is Parky technology validated?
The app leverages a clinically validated Movement Disorder API, a tool developed by Apple Inc. A study of 343 participants, including longitudinal tracking of 225 participants for up to six months, used the clinical gold standard (MDS-UPDRS) as a reference. Details of the study were published in Science Translational Medicine in 2021.
How can Parky support my clinical practice?
Upon prescribing the Parky app and your patient’s enrollment, you will receive a confirmation email. Subsequently, your patients’ reports will be conveniently accessible through the Parky Provider Portal. These detailed reports encompass motor symptoms charts, medication adherence, step counts, and recording time. For any further inquiries, please feel free to reach out to us at support@parkynow.com .
Which Apple hardware and software platforms are compatible with Parky?
The Parky app is available on WatchOS 8+ and iOS 15+ devices.
WatchOS 8+ is on Apple Watch Series 3 devices and above
iOS 15.0+ is on iPhone 6s devices and above.
Patients should download the Parky app from the Apple App Store to ensure that their devices are compatible.
