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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...

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...

Press Releases

Healthsense, Inc. Announces Investment by Radius Ventures, LLC

MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Healthsense, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation wireless sensors and remote monitoring solutions for the senior care market is pleased to announce Read more >>

BIOTRONIK Launches Its New ProMRI® Pacing System Portfolio

BIOTRONIK ProMRI® pacing system portfolio gives patients more access to MRI scanning and physicians more options with single and dual chamber pacemaker systems BERLIN & NICE, France--(BUSINESS Read more >>

FDA clears Aesculap SterilContainer S System for use in the STERIS Amsco V-PRO 1 and V-PRO 1 Plus Low Temperature Steriliz

CENTER VALLEY, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Aesculap, Inc. is pleased to announce that the SterilContainer S product line has been cleared by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), (510(k) Read more >>

NewCardio Selected to Make Presentations at 32nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and

Data Validates Effectiveness of CardioBip to Diagnose Acute Cardiac Events SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NewCardio, Inc., (OTC BB: NWCI) a cardiac diagnostic technology provider, announced Read more >>

AirStrip Technologies Lauded at Innovation Celebration

AirStrip remote monitoring solution selected by the Premier healthcare alliance;event highlights commitment to healthcare quality improvement SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AirStrip TechnologiesTM Read more >>