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NewsVideo '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...
Telemedicine, remote monitoring aid care aboard offshore oil rigs
The explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 and set off one of the worst environmental disasters in history is an extreme case, but workers on even the safest of offshore rigs are... Read more...
'Smart' Band-Aids signal new possibilities for remote monitoring
"Smart" Band-Aids that can detect vital signs and alert healthcare professionals when there's an abnormal reading may be new, but they represent more than a decade of advances in the field of remote... 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...
FCC wants to expand eligibility, subsidies for broadband access at rural health sites
Faced with the perception that its $400 million fund to subsidize Internet services at rural healthcare facilities is underutilized, the Federal Communications Commission is proposing modifications... Read more...
Helmsley Trust donates $8 million to study remote monitoring of seniors
Some 1,600 patients in 40 rural Great Plains towns will test telemedicine and remote sensor technology, thanks to a three-year, $8 million grant by a rural health initiative of the New York-based... 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...
SPOTLIGHT: Telemed, remote monitoring, robotics and social media for health reform
In a commentary for Hospitals & Health Networks, Dr. Charles J. Shanley, associate CMO for Beaumont Hospitals in Michigan, and David Ellis, corporate director of planning and future studies at... Read more...
60 apply for Center for Technology and Aging remote-monitoring grants
The Center for Technology and Aging, Oakland, Calif., says it has received 60 applications for a planned $500,000 in grants to demonstrate how remote patient monitoring technologies can reduce... Read more...
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