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Video 'telecaregivers' keep seniors in their homes longer
Cell phones are ubiquitous. Plenty of American homes have high-speed Internet and wireless networks. And the population is aging. Take those factors together and it's no surprise that home patient... Read more...
Study: Remote monitoring cuts hospitalization, mortality for heart failure
The expected boom in remote monitoring has been somewhat restrained by the dearth of scientific studies proving that such technologies can save lives and money. Slowly, though, the body of evidence... Read more...
GE, Intel to combine home-health operations in a new joint venture
General Electric and Intel are creating a 50/50 joint venture to develop and market home-based healthcare technologies, the two companies announced Monday. The yet-unnamed venture will combine the... Read more...
West Wireless CMO: Opting for money-saving mobile technologies is a matter of priorities
Everyone with an inkling of knowledge about healthcare policy knows that the current system of episodic "sick care" is unsustainable. "There's a bleak future that's in front of us unless something... Read more...
Companies seek FDA approval of wireless, implantable diabetes monitors
One of the knocks against all this great, new home-monitoring technology is that there hasn't been enough scientific evidence of back-end savings to justify the added up-front expense. Slowly, that's... Read more...
Pushback against home monitoring devices
There was bound to be a downside to the wider acceptance of wireless remote monitoring technologies. Sure, some devices can give aging patients the freedom to live independently, but they also can... Read more...
WellPoint, Aetna, Humana test wireless monitoring for congestive heart failure
One of the main barriers to widespread adoption of wireless home patient monitors is that insurers have been reluctant to pay for the technology. Granted, there isn't much scientific literature yet... Read more...
Telemonitoring, medication self-management cuts blood pressure in hypertensives
Self-management of blood pressure via telemonitoring by patients with hypertension actually can produce better results than conventional, episodic care by health professionals, a new study indicates.... Read more...
Obituary: Dr. Robert Butler, pioneer in aging, pushed for home monitoring technology
Psychiatrist Dr. Robert Butler, who died July 4 at the age of 83, founded the National Institute on Aging, the Alzheimer's Association and the American Association of Geriatric Psychiatry. He won a... Read more...
Leaders in San Diego m-health community discuss wireless innovation, roadblocks
Readers of FierceMobileHealthcare understand how wireless and mobile technologies have the potential to revolutionize healthcare. Now, the wider business community is starting to figure that out. "I... Read more...
