Everything tagged with health monitoring

19 July 2010

The future of health monitoring solutions is mobile

Visiting the ATA Telemedicine conference and exhibition in San Antoino made it quite clear that there is a large potential in digitalizing the health sector and enable remote health solutions.  The area of chronic disease management is especially interesting since it is expected to account for 75-85% of total healthcare costs! Combining an aging population with increasing estimates for chronic diseases throughout the world the healthcare system in many countries will inevitably stand some huge challenges.

Much focus is currently on remote health monitoring systems – basically providing the care giver constant access to health status data, without the need for a physical visit. Examples of conditions suitable to monitor on remote are obesity, hypertension, sleep disorders, diabetes and cardiac disorders.
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8 March 2010

Telenor Connexion launches new platform for business critical M2M solutions

Less CO2 emissions, increased safety in traffic and improved life for patients is enabled by the recently launched technical platform solely built for reliable M2M data communication. Products, devices and vehicles are increasingly equipped with embedded mobile connectivity to further enhance product offering, enable new services and cut costs.
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Health monitoring

Although the adaptation of wireless technologies in health home monitoring solutions is still nascent, there are strong indicators of that remote data monitoring and distant disease management solutions are vital parts of tomorrow’s health care system. Examples of common conditions that increasingly will be monitored at home are irregular heartbeats or cardiac arrhythmia, high blood pressure, the glucose levels in diabetes, and high levels of lipids or fats in the blood. M2M communications solutions makes this possible. Read more