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With 100,000 connected patients and 50% growth in 2012, eDevice affirms its position as the medical devices connectivity leader
Through innovation, eDevice has become the leading provider of connectivity solutions for medical device companies, now connecting one hundred thousand devices across the globe.A few years ago, it was considered a risky bet for an M2M (Machine-to-Machine) telecommunication company to heavily invest in new technology for the emerging Telehealth market. But with the combination of an aging population, an increasing number of chronically-ill patients, and a global need for improving the efficiency of national health systems, eHealth increasingly [...]
Frost & Sullivan: Rapid Technological Advancements will Transform Healthcare Delivery in Asia-Pacific over the Next Decade
Frost & Sullivan's Top Five Technologies that will Impact Healthcare Delivery in Asia-Pacific in 2013. The healthcare industry in Asia-Pacific is undergoing a transformation under the influence of an evolving consumer profile, dynamic disease patterns and increasing healthcare costs. "Efficient, affordable and timely delivery of quality healthcare services is a priority for governments across the region," says Natasha Gulati, Connected Health Industry Analyst, Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific. Frost & Sullivan has identified top five [...]
Berg Insight says 2.8 million patients are remotely monitored today
According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, around 2.8 million patients worldwide were using a home monitoring service based on equipment with integrated connectivity at the end of 2012. The figure comprises all patients that were using dedicated devices for remote monitoring. Patients using their personal mobile phone, tablet or PC for remote monitoring are not included in this figure. Berg Insight forecasts that the number of home monitoring systems with integrated communication capabilities will grow at a [...]
Healthcare Reform to Boost Growth in Telehealth Market by 55 Percent in 2013
From 2010 to 2011 usage of remote patient monitoring, or telehealth, increased by 22.2 percent as the number of patients enrolled worldwide reached 241,200. However, telehealth device revenues only grew by 5.0 percent from 2010 to 2011; and 18.0 percent from 2011 to 2012. InMedica, a division of IMS Research (now part of IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS)) attributes slow revenue growth over the last year to poor economic conditions leading to restrictions in healthcare funding particularly in Europe, and ambiguity on the impact of healthcare reform and [...]
MobileHelp® medical alert system leverages u-blox GPS and 2G/3G
GPS and wireless technologies enable instant assistance during medical emergencies. u-blox, the Swiss positioning and wireless chip and module company, has been chosen for global positioning and embedded 2G/3G wireless technologies by MobileHelp, America's leading provider of M-PERS (Mobile-Personal Emergency Response System) technology. Based on u-blox’ LISA 2G/3G wireless modem and MAX GPS modules, the comprehensive system includes compact, portable alert devices that function in and around the home, and while travelling. “As the [...]
Telcare goes global with Telenor Connexion
Telcare, the company behind the world's first wireless-enabled Blood Glucose Meter, has partnered with global connected service enabler Telenor Connexion for its international marketing initiative. Telcare seeks to aggressively accelerate market share to realize their vision of becoming the global leader in wireless mHealth solutions for people with diabetes and other chronic illnesses. "By partnering with Telenor Connexion we can significantly accelerate our entry into the global market. When evaluating M2M service providers, Telenor [...]
Ideal Life Chooses Orange Business Services to Add Global Dimension to Remote Health Management
Solutions Expand in Europe and Latin America with Orange M2M communications. At the 2012 mHealth Summit in Washington, D.C., Toronto-based remote health provider Ideal Life announced that it has chosen Orange Business Services to expand its remote monitoring solutions for wellness and chronic conditions to an international audience. Orange will provide seamless machine to machine (M2M) wireless connectivity for Ideal Life in Europe and Latin America, promoting comprehensive remote care to the home and preventing non-critical re-admissions [...]
Qualcomm Life Launches Its Wireless Health Solution in Europe – First Customers Include Telbios and Cystelcom
Qualcomm Life, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), today announced the availability of its wireless healthcare services offering in Europe. Qualcomm Life’s 2net™ Platform and Hub are designed to enable medical device manufacturers and service providers to wirelessly connect their medical devices via a secure, cloud-based solution so that biometric information is easily accessible by device users, their healthcare providers and caregivers. The 2net Platform and Hub are each individually certified as Class I Medical [...]
Embedded Wireless Taps AT&T to Deliver a Remote Monitoring and Response Platform for Eldercare Services
In an effort to make caring for patients outside of hospital and nursing home walls more accessible, and to improve quality of life for the elderly, AT&T* and Embedded Wireless are teaming up to wirelessly enable a new remote patient monitoring platform. More than 35 million Americans are over age 65, and that number is set to nearly double in 20 years. Those 85 and older are the fastest growing segment of the population in the United States and many currently suffer from some form of chronic disease and some form of disability; and if [...]
FDA Clears BodyGuardian for Market
Developed by Preventice and the Mayo Clinic, the system detects, records, and wirelessly transmits physiological data to support remote monitoring of nonlethal cardiac arrhythmias in ambulatory patients. Preventice Inc., a leading developer of mobile health applications and remote monitoring systems, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the company 510(k) clearance for its BodyGuardian Remote Monitoring System (RMS). Developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic, the BodyGuardian System uses sophisticated [...]
