Remote Monitoring

Remote monitoring system gets important upgrade in the UK, including physician notifications

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The Merlin.net Patient Care Network for cardiac implantable devices has been upgraded to version 5.0 to include EHR integration and physician alerts

Hospital in Arizona uses Android and Bluetooth technologies to remotely monitor patients

13 days ago by
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Fifty people are being sent home with an Android phone and equipment to check their blood pressure, weight, heart activity and oxygen levels.

More than 2 million patients are being treated with remote patient monitoring

Jan 12, 2012 by
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Berg Insight concludes that around 2.2 million patients worldwide were using remote medical monitoring services as of the end of 2011.

Researchers describe smartphone platform to monitor elderly patients with chronic conditions

Jan 09, 2012 by
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mHealth Research Daily, with Tim Bredrup The need for continuous remote health monitoring is growing, especially amongst elderly patients that suffer from chronic diseases and heart conditions. In efforts to address this need, Informaticists in Portugal have proposed a system that relies on remote sensor monitoring combined with mobile and wireless computing devices. In this case, they utilized an Android smart phone with Bluetooth capabilities to collect and analyze vital data in real-time, triggering appropriate reactions in case of eminent [Read more]

Airstrip Technologies helps facilitate the untethered physician

Jan 05, 2012 by
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AirStrip Technologies has stepped in to bring a mobile solution that provides physicians the ability to view and interact with real time wave form data that sometimes is essential to provide appropriate patient care.

AIrstrip OB iphone app review, Obstetricians get mobile access to laboring patients

Jan 04, 2012 by
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AirStrip OB provides obstetricians a mobile platform to view fetal monitoring in real time and gives them the ability to make critical decisions regarding the plan of care in potential high risk obstetric patients.

NSF gives $1.2 million grant for diabetes app that uses smartphone camera to prevent limb amputations

Dec 22, 2011 by
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Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a smartphone diabetes app

iPhone blood glucose monitor makes big news with FDA clearance, but where does it fit in?

Dec 16, 2011 by
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iBGStar made big news after getting FDA clearance. So now the question is how will it fit in when it comes to real world management of diabetes.

Sotera Wireless announces $12.2M Series D round and strategic partnership with Cerner

Dec 14, 2011 by
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San Diego-based Sotera Wireless today announced they have raised an additional $12.2M in a Series D round and have signed a strategic partnership with Cerner to distribute their ViSi Mobile system when it receives anticipated FDA approval in Q1 of 2012.

Physicians in Scotland use iPhone 4 and Skype to remotely manage lung and pleural ultrasound

Dec 09, 2011 by
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In a letter to the editor, Scottish physicians describe a system in which a remotely located expert assists a physician with pulmonary ultrasound using a webcam, iPhone, and Skype.

Your car can do a lot more than give you directions, like tell you that you’re having a heart attack #mHS11

Dec 08, 2011 by
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We speak to Gary Strumolo, Ford Global Health & Wellness Research Manager, about the automaker’s plans for making their cars tools for mHealth.

The nuts and bolts of how to make remote monitoring work #mHS11

Dec 07, 2011 by
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Insights from innovators and leaders in remote monitoring, from the mHealth Summit.