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iSoft, Medic4all team to market remote monitoring systems
Just two weeks after HIMSS10 wrapped up in Atlanta, HIMSS is joining with some European partners for the World of Health IT conference over in Barcelona, Spain. The event opened yesterday, so the... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Wireless home monitoring devices
Wireless remote patient monitoring is on the radar of the mainstream media. How do we know? Because MedApps CEO Kent Dix appeared on the Fox Business Channel last week to discuss how home medical... Read more...
VA's telehealth budget may double, but strategic questions linger
The Department of Veterans Affairs, which already cares for 35,000 patients remotely via home telehealth technologies, would get $163 million for home telehealth programs under the Obama... Read more...
Geriatric practice keeps patients at home with wireless monitoring
"How ironic that it was technology that caused home visits by physicians to go away, and now it's technology that makes it possible for us to treat homebound patients," Dr. Tom Cornwell tells the... Read more...
Novartis embraces 'smart pills' as some worry about intrusion
Last week, Novartis reportedly became the largest drug company to embrace "smart pills" by agreeing to pay California start-up firm Proteus Biomedical $24 million to acquire exclusive licenses and... Read more...
IBM, Continua to showcase wireless interoperability at CES
The annual International Consumer Electronics Show opens Thursday in Las Vegas. Normally we wouldn't care all that much, given the consumer focus, but this time, the huge show features a first-ever... Read more...
AT&T banking on 'smart slippers' to kick off telehealth initiatives
It's becoming almost a weekly occurrence of late: a major telecommunications company announcing plans to conquer the telehealth market. Following entrances by Verizon and Vodafone, we get word out of... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: British government pledges millions for home telehealth
The government of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged 130 million pounds ($216 million) to provide home telehealth care and home adaptations to help an estimated 130,000 people live... Read more...
Heart patients gain freedom, better monitoring with wireless pacemakers
If you had a pacemaker, would you rather hook yourself up to a monitor and place a phone call to the cardiologist's office, or simply walk within 90 feet of a wireless base station? Would you prefer... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: Philips expanding home monitoring in Europe
Dutch Philips Electronics is teaming with the largest health insurer in the Netherlands (yes, Europe has private health insurance, too) on a five-year program to invest an unspecified amount in home... Read more...
