The skin is the largest organ in the human body and performs important functions, such as protecting the person from external agents or acting as a barrier against fluid damage. In addition, skin diseases can also be a sign of more serious health problems. Despite this, dermatology is often perceived as a specialty that deals with aesthetic issues and therefore does not receive the same attention as other medical specialties.
Based on his experience as a patient, Andy Aguilar discovered a deficiency in this type of medicine and decided to create Legit.Health in 2017, a Bilbao startup called a clinical diagnosis tool to detect more than 232 visible pathologies of the skin. “Prior to founding the company, I worked for years to find the special medical treatment I needed for a chronic skin condition. My knowledge in technology pushed me to create a solution that could improve access to specialized medical care for all people, regardless of location or economic status”, explains Andy Aguilar, co-founder of Legit.Health.
Patients can download this platform to any mobile device, through which they can capture film images of the affected areas. The doctor examines it and decides if the patient needs a consultation. To achieve this, it has the support of technology, which provides an assessment of the severity, in addition to the information provided by the consent of the doctors, when the program learns both cases.
In addition, it allows to know which people can be treated in primary care and who should be referred to a specialist. From this time, it follows automated, regardless of which doctor takes the patient, who will be able to consult the prescribed treatment and will be able to receive alerts for new photo posts from time to time. If the system detects an inappropriate development, it will send a monitor to the doctor to change the treatment or make an appointment with the patient.
Scope and customers
“He reads. Health proves that a simple photograph, using any technique and accompanied by advances in artificial intelligence, can save a life. The only solution is able to assess the severity of the pathology through the image thanks to the self-scoring system,” explains Andy Aguilar.
The platform has made more than 230,000 diagnostic reports, is marketed in five different countries and is used by remote patients in more than 12 countries. Pharmaceutical companies and insurers around the world are already working with this technology, such as Novartis, Cigna, Almirall or Alira Health. Item 10 first care seat. “Our mission is to help doctors help patients around the world. In the short term, and considering the utility and the great demand to generate our solution, the US, England, Germany and France are potential candidates to benefit from this technology”, explains Aguilar.
simple and intuitive
Faced with the possibility of generating a digital divide with those people who have technological difficulties to deal with, Aguilar promises Legit. The safety interface is simple and intuitive: “Stack is designed to be easy to use for anyone, regardless of age. or technical difficulties. It allows you to increase the size of the font, adjust the contrast and read clearly, to help older users or users with visual or hearing impairments.
Legit.Health, with nine employees, was among the eight finalists of Spain 2022 eAwards, whose call remains open this year; Also finalists of the sixth annual Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge and winners of DigitalTek2022, among other recognitions. The digital health market generates more than 220,000 million dollars per year and is expected to grow by 27.7% by 2030.
Infradiagnostic
Early detection. Various studies have shown that many skin diseases are underdiagnosed, especially in developing countries and in marginalized communities where access to medical care is limited. He reads It provides primary health care to doctors to provide a fast and effective diagnosis in many cases, avoiding unnecessary reports, thus alleviating the workload of dermatologists to better serve patients as a whole.
Atopic dermatitis. A study published in the journal Dermatology in 2017 showed that atopic dermatitis is underdiagnosed in up to 50 cases in the world. It is a skin condition that affects children the most and whose intense itching can have a serious impact on the quality of life of those who suffer from it.
Psoriasis Another study published in The Lancet in 2015 indicates that psoriasis is diagnosed all over the world and only 30% of patients with this pathology receive proper diagnosis and treatment.
Skin cancer. Every year, 78,000 cases of skin cancer and more than 6,000 new cases of melanoma, the most dangerous type of tumor, are detected in Spain. Its early diagnosis is the key to increasing the cure rate of this disease by 80%.
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