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NewsRemote patient monitoring market to hit $295M by 2015
New research from Frost & Sullivan predicts that remote patient monitoring will continue to play a significant role in transforming healthcare. In fact, it says the market for remote monitoring Read more...
Trend: eICUs manage critical patients remotely
With 20 percent more ICU beds in place nationwide now than there were 10 years ago, it's been difficult to find enough skilled doctors to monitor them. One solution which is emerging is a new, Read more...
Remote Monitoring
Remote Monitoring Qualcomm offers telemonitoring technologyWireless technology giant Qualcomm is jumping into the increasingly hot telemonitoring market, releasing wireless mobile network technology which will allow consumers to monitor varied health conditions. Qualcomm is offering a line of cell phones which will integrate capabilities such as blood glucose monitoring. The phones, which will converge with biosensors and medical devices, will also be capable of tracking other health indices such as aerobic activity. To run the related network, … Read more...Study: Telemonitoring seems promisingHome-based telemonitoring of patients with chronic diseases has a great deal of potential, according to a new study published this month in a high-profile health IT journal. To conduct the research, which appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, Canadian researchers reviewed more than 65 studies published in the U.S. and Europe. The studies looked at home-based management of chronic pulmonary conditions, cardiac diseases, diabetes and hypertension … Read more...ALSO NOTED: A new RHIO for Rochester, NY; Army simplifies med supply orders; and much more...> A New York Blue plan is funding the launch of a new Rochester-area RHIO. Article > The Army's medical communications division has deployed software that will make it much simpler for combat medical units to order supplies. Article > Poughkeepsie, NY-based St. Francis Hospital has cut hospital readmissions for cardiac patients with new … Read more... | Press ReleasesVisiting Nurse Services of Connecticut Selects Cardiocom® As Its New Telehealth VendorMINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut, one of the state's oldest and largest home health agencies, announces that it has entered into a business Read more >> TripleTree LLC and WLSA Announces I Award Finalists for 2011Twelve I Award Finalists in Wireless Healthcare Selected Awards To Be Presented at the WLSA Convergence Summit May 10-12, 2011 in San Diego NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TripleTree, LLC and the Read more >> Health Resource Solutions Implements ExpressMD™ Solutions' Electronic House Call™ for Patients with Chronic DiseasesBERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J., June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ExpressMD™ Solutions, a provider of remote patient monitoring systems and services for patients with chronic illnesses, today announced that Read more >> Cancer Patients Use Telemonitoring to Manage Oral Cancer TherapyeMedonline(R) medication management system monitors Gleevec therapy at Rex Cancer CenterCHICAGO, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- A clinical study underway at Rex Cancer Center of Wakefield will evaluate the Read more >> |
