01/13/2011
eWeek
Verizon Wireless and remote health management provider BL Healthcare have demonstrated a 4G LTE version of a high definition video-enabled telemedicine platform.
The exhibition of BL’s TCx-I Healthcare Access Terminal enabled for Verizon’s 4G LTE-enabled network took place at the Consumer Electronics Show from Jan. 6-9.
As part of BL’s HD video-enabled platform, the company [...]
12/07/2009
EETimes Asia
The City of Seoul, South Korea, the Community Chest of Seoul, Korea Telecom (KT), MacroEye and Qualcomm—through its Wireless Reach initiative—are expanding the Seoul Family Helper program. The project provides mobile devices to caregivers and senior citizens to provide health care related support. The pilot project received positive evaluations from participants and is now [...]
11/24/2009
FierceBioTech
Technology is increasingly mobile. Telehealth is on the cusp of a major boom. The federal government is pouring billions of dollars into health IT. Put the pieces together and it’s no surprise that so many big companies see tremendous growth potential in mobile healthcare.
Even during this traditionally slow Thanksgiving week, chip-maker Intel comes out [...]
11/19/2009
Pocket-lint.com
Can detect whether medication has been taken, or predict heart attacks
By Duncan Geere
Swallowable pills that contain sensors could be just around the corner. A company called Proteus Biomedical is working with Qualcomm to build both pills and patches that can monitor your vital signs and send them to a mobile device.
The idea is [...]
11/18/2009
New York Times
Andrew S. Grove, the 73-year-old former chief executive of Intel, has long brought a piercing intellect and a personal passion to the subject of health care.
In 1996, Mr. Grove famously wrote a cover story in Fortune magazine, “Taking on Prostate Cancer,” which chronicled his personal research, after he found out he had [...]
10/21/2009
Thomson Reuters – Boston Bureau
* Fund to focus on technological development
* GE making changes to employee healthcare plan (Adds details)
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) – General Electric Co (GE.N) is launching a $250 million investment fund intended to spur development of new technologies in the healthcare industry, the chief executive of the largest [...]
